Famous Quotes & Sayings

In last 25 years, Famous Footwear was the most compelling growth vehicle that this corporation had. In 1981, it had 31 stores and now it's national with well over 900 stores. In 25 years, it's contributed more than $300 million in after-tax earnings to shareholders.

If you look at the need for another school, there's as much of a compelling need out in the Silver Springs Shores area, where we haven't had an opportunity to find land out there.

Chad Hurley

I'm probably not creative or talented enough to create an especially compelling piece of content, but I really do enjoy watching a great movie or TV show.

Doug Scott

I have no reason why I can't go, and obviously the need for people to go down there is compelling for us. But, there still is real life, and I have to make it work, too.

It's an extraordinarily compelling page turner that also happens to be a major work of literature.

It's easy to get rid of things when there is an obvious reason for doing so. It's much more difficult when there is no compelling reason.

In real life, nothing would be more tedious than trailing around after two strangers as they went house-hunting in Hertfordshire. But for some reason, television is more compelling than real life.

I'm not sure the evidence is going to differ greatly. The evidence is there. There are very compelling documents.

I'm not sure that either side makes a compelling argument.

Sami Gayle

I'm obsessed with those old romance films. I also would love to venture into the silent film world. I think that's extremely compelling and interesting and really relies on the acting, even more so than when you have an actor speaking.

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.

It has to be so compelling as to undermine confidence in the verdict.

Clearly, you have to have the discipline to invest the money and not spend it. That's the most compelling factor.

Phil Angelides

can't imagine compelling them to talk to me about this difficult a subject.

By contrast, China's domestic market was oversupplied generally, compelling traders to turn to international markets and thus boosting export.

Gay people are now living more honest and open lives and that leads to others wanting to know more about our lives. People want this product and we can provide it in a compelling and powerful way that can be profitable.

How do you create something that's so compelling that people move from A to B?

The message for the industry is clear: for mobile TV services to succeed we need relevant and compelling content, easy-to-use technology and reasonable and simple pricing plans. With these elements in place, consumer demand for mobile TV will follow.

The issues and the reasons that people leave home are so much more compelling and profound than a wall. So it ends up being millions and millions of dollars wasted.

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

There are some real competitive issues going on, and (Microsoft) needs to respond, not just with products and offerings for consumers but also (with) compelling products and APIs for developers, ... There's a recognition that people are embracing the Web as a platform, and they (Microsoft) want to be there as well.

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.

Jon Miller

This event has special qualities that have enabled it to rise in the poker landscape and establish a uniqueness that the public can embrace. The head-to-head confrontation between players, who are now legitimate stars, provides compelling competition for players and makes for entertaining television.

It's a tough sell. For me, it's always been a very compelling work, a very challenging work. I think the payoff is really great at the end.

These are well-crafted stories and compelling characters. No matter what time period they're in, we think those elements are magnetic.

There would have to be a compelling reason.

It's an old trick now, God knows, but it works every time. At the very moment women start to expand their place in the world, scientific studies deliver compelling reasons for them to stay home.

It represented compelling value a month or two ago, but has had a strong rally since,

All the feedback that I'm getting is that they feel Moses Lake has a very compelling story to tell. We're definitely on the radar screen and approaching the target zone.

The holidays will be challenging. They will have to have compelling products or good promotions to drive store sales.

And that could be the last of the sets, ... The work after that isn't quite as compelling as the stuff before.

All told, we think that this is a great franchise and its valuation continues to be very compelling for investors.