Famous Quotes & Sayings

Christopher Lee

We don't live in a particularly attractive world. I don't really remember, except as a small boy, anything but a pretty grim world.

You have got to attract the brightest and the best, but the brightest and best won't stay unless they see real career options.

Surely it is one of the simplest laws of taste in dress, that it shall not attract undue attention from the wearer to the worn.

Emmanuelle Chriqui

When you have confidence, that's what becomes attractive to other people and makes them want to work with you and spend time with you.

Curtis Jackson

It's difficult for me to trust a woman. Men are attracted to beautiful women. Women are attracted to men who offer security - financial security. And if you have money and you're famous, women find that sexy.

How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism.

Hugh Laurie

I think actors are attracted to the idea of other identities and concealing themselves behind some other identity.

For some reason, Superman seems to be held to higher standards on the subject of secret/super identities than other superheroes. No one ever says, 'Peter Parker was a nerdy kid. He can't possibly be Spider-Man, attract a good-looking gal, work in a newspaper, etc.' And no one gets hung up on whether his nerdiness is a disguise.

Thomas Kinkade

A still image attracts the viewer with an overall impact, then reveals smaller details upon further study.

John Irving

It's not very interesting to establish sympathy for people who, on the surface, are instantly sympathetic. I guess I'm always attracted to people who, if their lives were headlines in a newspaper, you might not be very sympathetic about them.

Bar Paly

I think the attraction to Israeli women stems from the fact that we're exotic and the fact that there are many talented and beautiful women in Israel. I think that there is also greater awareness of Israel than before in the movie industry.

Dan Farmer

When I'm not supposed to do something, it becomes more attractive to me.

It's the adventure, the adrenaline-flowing, risk-taking in outdoor activities that attracts me.

This will lower the cost of capital and the investment hurdle rate, make SA more attractive for foreign direct investment, and support foreign portfolio investment in (local) equities.

This will be seen as a publicity stunt and, yes, we want to attract people who might not ordinarily be basketball fans. But the main reason for doing this is to give basketball fans the chance to see one of the all-time great players playing here in the BBL.

This was a niche that was very attractive to us. It seemed like a timing thing more than anything else. I thought the product had viability and strong marketing possibilities, and I liked the shelf life of the movie. I'm looking at 80 million poker players -- and growing -- and I'm thinking if we can get 50 percent of them to look at this, it could be really interesting.

The past couple of years I've had other opportunities that were fairly attractive to me, but I'm committed to this. I still perceive this program to have great potential. I think we can do something special here.

This recognition is validation that MATRIX places strong emphasis on building a workplace that attracts and retains the best people in our business. By providing a desirable work environment with an emphasis on work-life balance, we enable our employees to perform their best in delivering superior service to our customers. Investing in our people and culture is smart business as it ensures the continued success of our company.

This show has caught on so fast with audiences and has consistently lifted us at 8 p.m.. The fast pace and the potential for a true reversal of fortune has attracted a lot of people for us in that crucial time slot, and we look forward to seeing more of the same with these new episodes.

This should preclude valuations from retesting previous troughs of this year, making the stocks very attractive following the pullback of the past week.

The power rate structure the PUD commission will set in the next two weeks will have long-range consequences on economic development, impacting both the viability of existing businesses and the potential for new businesses and industries to locate in our county, ... Retaining and attracting industrial and manufacturing businesses that provide jobs and in turn stimulate the local economy are key to the health of our communities, the county and our citizens.

When you hire a good coach, it's basically an attraction. (Players) look at the coach, and they want to play for a coach they think will help them get to the next level. The kids here are basically having a good time. They're learning we're winning because of the coach. It's attraction. The word attraction is very, very important. A good coach attracts.

When you go and watch a race, it's not just someone driving around the circle. There are young and up-and-coming drivers who are cute. Most of them are eligible bachelors. That's attracting younger female fans.

We've got to attract fans to come out for an entertainment experience. It's not like the old days where they come, sit down and watch the game.

The reason we think this can work from a non-proliferation standpoint is that we are seeking to provide commercially attractive incentives for countries to lease fuel rather than make investments in their own fuel cycle.

The reason we purchased the Vision console was to get that classic API sound in a 5.1 console, ... For NYU, the API Vision console will be a remarkable teaching tool. With the department's focus on contemporary music, this console will enable our students to learn recording on the best-sounding surround console in the world. We look forward to the variety of projects that our new studio and new console will attract within the university.

To attract sophisticated investors to the business was our plan. This is a company built to attract institutional capital.

To attract an economic equivalent could take a generation. We have been pursuing prospects -- some successful, some not so successful -- but they pale in comparison to what this could mean,

We're trying to attract this subculture here to immerse them into the Las Vegas experience.

We're not really exiting the phone business, but refining our strategy, ... Craig Young has assembled a group of people that we were very much attracted to, and so it just seemed the right thing to do.

We think this is a very attractive offer to all shareholders which they should very seriously consider.

We think the odds are that a recovery is under way but we don't think it will be a terribly strong recovery, and our biggest issue is that valuations are not particularly attractive even now.

We're providing some options for the city to not eliminate some of the things that are so attractive about the building, so exciting about the building. Rather than me make that decision, I'd rather give the Council that option. ... I still think an extra 10 or 12 feet does not invalidate the concerns that many of the community members had with the height. I think it's relevant enough without taking away the character or integrity of the dome.