Famous Quotes & Sayings

Paolo Bacigalupi

I am interested in agricultural corporations and how they function. The idea that they own the genetics of our food supply is a really compelling thing to me.

Previously the Fed had a reason to raise rates. There is no compelling reason to raise rates at the present time.

Kim Edwards

In writing, I want to be remembered for telling good stories in beautiful and powerful language, using the poetry of words to reflect the thematic concerns of compelling stories.

Frank Lautenberg

The compelling factor, I've got to tell you, in my decision was the searing reality that I would have to spend half of every day between now and the next election fund-raising,

This is compelling information that will hopefully get people's attention.

They made a couple of really compelling arguments (Tuesday) night,

Sheldon Adelson

I am willing to spend whatever it takes … My moral standard compels me to speak out on this issue because I am the largest company by far in the industry and I am willing to speak out. I don’t see any compelling reason for the government to allow people to gamble on the Internet and nobody has ever explained except for the two companies whose special interest is going to be served if there is gaming on the Internet, Caesars and MGM.

Shane Carruth

I love the concept of the romance that exists when people are broken. Like, the promise of a romance when you're at the bottom. I think that's infinitely compelling and romantic.

The movie was outstanding, very compelling and very well done.

The most important thing for Windows is being compelling to developers. Developers are the linchpin for the success of Windows.

Elizabeth Blackburn

Studying organisms at a molecular level was totally compelling because it was moving from being a naturalist, which was the 19th-century kind of science, to being very focused and really getting to the heart of these molecules.

There would have to be a compelling reason.

Bob Cousy

This is a way to pay your dues and feel like you're contributing in a small way, ... There's nothing more compelling than that.

This is perhaps the most compelling evidence yet that global warming is happening right now.

That's not a compelling legal defense. The fact that you've stopped doing something is not a defense.

You're painting a picture of more compelling evidence,

What we really do is tell entertaining and compelling stories, through our rides, shops, restaurants, entertainment, even our resort hotels.

George Allen

Because it is impractical for all of those with a compelling interest to view this trial in person, we should give victims the option to view these open proceedings, which are directly related to the horrific events that injured them or took the lives of their loved ones,

While we give GM a 'B' for effort, this news is not as compelling as it sounds.

While the stock could remain under pressure near term, we maintain our 'buy' rating on IBM owing to a compelling second-half story.

Adam Rayner

Everyone working on 'Tyrant' wants to present the world and the issues in it in an intelligent, open, fair, non-reductive kind of way. For the actors, we have to try and make these stories as truthful and compelling as possible.

Conflict: Global Terror expands on the popular Conflict franchise that has sold more than two million units in the United States alone. Conflict: Global Terror provides a compelling gaming experience with an all-new graphics engine and intense online co-op play.

We are very pleased about our record fourth-quarter and full-year results. Motorola continues to deliver compelling products and solutions to our customers, who are embracing our vision of seamless mobility.

There's no real compelling reason for stocks to be up. But you've got little new news and there's an upward bias, so we're up today after a few days of selling.

So it's very difficult for them. But there are compelling reasons for them to come to the talks. The settlement on offer is a good one and I'd hope they would see their way to doing that.

Robert Wilson

Usually in theater, the visual repeats the verbal. The visual dwindles into decoration. But I think with my eyes. For me, the visual is not an afterthought, not an illustration of the text. If it says the same thing as the words, why look? The visual must be so compelling that a deaf man would sit though the performance fascinated.

Obviously, they've got an incredibly compelling story to tell.

John Roberts

On the other hand, simple disagreement about whether it's an appropriate issue for the public to see would not strike me as a very compelling governmental interest,

Freedom is not being a slave to any circumstance, to any constraint, to any chance; it means compelling Fortune to enter the lists on equal terms.

William Daley

I don't think you play it safe. I think you try to be very natural and lay out in a forward way the compelling reasons for the election going your way,

If the filmmaker has not done the work to grab the viewer with compelling storytelling, then the shock will probably be little more than a passing gimmick or an obscenity.

If someone can get ADSL today, the reasons today are compelling enough.

He would not consider it unless he saw compelling evidence that it would not harm New Hampshire's quality of life. And I don't think the Legislature will pass it.