Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lincoln Kirstein

He was trained as a dancer, and he had both a dancer's body and a dancer's capacity. He incarnated for me the most appealing and tragic aspects of American lower-class life.

He has the Mr. Prospector/A.P. Indy cross that's worked so well. He's a horse I think is unique in that he's going to appeal to Americans and Europeans. He's got a real loose walk, and he looks like he could go either way, dirt or turf. But he's got enough hip and he's stout enough where he could be a Derby horse, too.

He has the middle class characteristics that might have appeal outside of Denver. He's not a member of a minority group. He has a background in business, and he's a fresh face.

He initially wanted us to handle an appeal and unemployment complaint, but ultimately decided to go forward with a discrimination suit,

He had an appeal process open to him, the arbitrator heard his case and made a decision. It's as simple as that.

For us to grow skier visits, we need to appeal to the big belly of the market. To compete with other resorts in Colorado, we've got to cater to intermediate skiers.

For the reasons set forth above, the defendant's notice of appeal is denied.

Steve Erickson

For thousands of years, we've insisted that art can make us better people. Unless a brief can be fashioned that, by its very nature, art appeals only to the best in people and never the darkness, which defies both logic and intuition, then we have to acknowledge that art can make some of us worse.

Given this timing and uncertainty of the outcome of the appeals process, we are reluctant to respond to requests we have for breakup valuation. But using just a 'back of the envelope' valuation, based on current revenue multiples for comparables to each business unit, we would assign a 15x revenue multiple to the Windows business unit and a 17x revenue multiple to the applications business.

Sathya Baba

God can be addressed by any name that taste sweet to your tongue or pictured in any form that appeals to your sense of wonder and awe.

If it goes as I expect it to, there will be a change in city hall. But, I think there will be an appeal to the (Alabama) Supreme Court separate from the merits of the case.

If it were only the federal government's lawsuit, it would be clear that the Appeals Court loses jurisdiction, ... The existence of the state suit makes it significantly less clear. But if the Supreme Court wants both suits, there is little doubt in my mind that it could take both of them.

I got a call from Christy, who asked if we had a car we could donate. It was appealing for us to do something right here in Wildwood. You have to do things to help out at home.

If we win, it will be over. If we lose, we will have to talk about an appeal at that time. ... If we lose, there's a good chance it will go on past graduation.

If the concept of the Enterprise crew meeting the Legion of Super-Heroes doesn't appeal to you, there may be something wrong with you.

Prince Andrew

I would put her appeal down to consistency. In their eyes, she has never let them down. There's a sameness, but at the same time a vitality.

John Badham

I would do it today because the thing that appealed to me was not necessarily the mechanics of the robot, but it was his personality and how funny and charming he was.

Gary Jennings

Everybody has done something about Marco Polo. It's the tiredest, most trite and worked-over subject in the world, and that was why it appealed to me, because I wanted to do something really new and different about something that had been worked over all these centuries, and I think I did.

We're trying to hit current, pop, alternative music that's appealing to kids in their teens as well as those in their thirties and forties.

Terry Anderson

We're trying to get some movement going, to appeal to the kidnappers and make them understand there's nothing to be gained from this and the right thing to do is release (the hostages).

Bill Lawrence

The landscape is television has changed so much, because there are so many outlets, that the odds of getting a zeitgeisty hit - you know how 'American Idol' seems to appeal to every human being on the planet? Doing that in comedy nowadays is very, very hard.

John Watson

There are many options, perhaps half a dozen we could pursue including appealing his decision, but right now, we don't know. We need to meet and assess the situation.

Charlie Pierce

Gradually, football has seen its appeal slip at the most basic levels. Pediatricians are advising parents not to let young children play organized football too early in life.

I have appealed to the constitution and laws of my country; if they fail to protect me, I appeal to God, and with Him I cheerfully rest my cause. I can die at my post, but I cannot desert it.

Oscar Wilde

If a work of art is rich and vital and complete, those who have artistic instincts will see its beauty, and those to whom ethics appeal more strongly than aesthetics will see its moral lesson. It will fill the cowardly with terror, and the unclean will see in it their own shame.

Martha Stewart

Without the stay, her appeal would have been meaningless.

Without the notoriety of the band, I wouldn't bring a Division I-AA team to Seattle. I felt the band gave the game the fan appeal that would make it a true event.

The program's musical selections and the length of the performance is geared for a younger audience and appealing to families as well. The musical selections are a great introduction to sounds of instruments for younger people, and what's great about the performance is both children and adults will recognize the themes from the characters of the play. It's easy to pick up musical clues from the performance.

The program is far less appealing and less effective if only a handful of airports offer it.

Bernard Cornwell

So the books have a greater appeal to a British audience, but that hasn't stopped them making best-seller lists in places like Brazil, Japan and at least a dozen other countries.

Bat for Lashes

There's a part of me that wishes I could go out in T-shirt and jeans, 'cause I really love Patti Smith, Cat Power, girls who look so casual; that appeals to me 'cause I guess it's the opposite from what I do. But I can never let myself just do that - I always have to try and dress up and create something.

Blake Lively

I always like hair being a little messy because I think there's something appealing about the whimsy of putting on a gown with any hair or make-up - just stepping into it, and you're ready.

Arjun Rampal

Physical attributes can make you appealing, but to keep the appeal going, one has to draw from within. You have to be a real person. Your fans and the people you associate with have to be able to see beyond your looks. You have to be a good friend, dutiful son and a good family man.