Famous Quotes & Sayings

Amid increasing pressure on us to respond to crises, we urge the international community to remember that we can only provide as much assistance as we ourselves receive ? whether in cash or food. We have to appeal for every cent that we spend on the hungry poor.

A musical movie is not something that can immediately appeal to a broad audience. Exclusive release helps to build the buzz.

A Moscow City Court judge rejected our appeal to start review proceedings on the guilty verdict.

All the people who thought that Europe was a haven of privacy need to think again. Europe is making great strides toward building a corporate-government surveillance axis with this mandate. This untargeted, general warrant to search the population is probably appealing to law enforcement interests.

So far I think he has done quite well under very difficult and trying circumstances, ... He's making the store more appealing and easier to shop, and has been reviewing the product mix for the last several months now and we have seen some very favorable shopper response.

Kofi Annan

So far, donors have made firm commitments for only 12 percent, 37 million dollars, of the UN requirements under the flash appeal of 312 million,

Tony Curtis

So all of these pictures, when I see them now, I see another level that I didn't notice when I made them. That makes them very appealing to me.

Sharper Image products also evoke the desire in customers to buy them. Granted that a $1,800 massage chair may not appeal to someone who just lost their job, but one reason that these kinds of high-end gadgets are in demand is exactly because some people want to pamper themselves and take their mind away from that kind of reality.

Dave Mason

At this stage of the game, we don't know what the process will look like, how to determine medical necessity, or what doctors, or patients or physical therapists will have to do. And there's no guarantee of anything, because there's no appeals process.

That's certainly the process we set up, and they are welcome to go through the appeal process, and we welcome their input.

Existing charity cards are more of a niche product while we see this appealing to a larger market. This is for people who are looking for a card that says something about them but also does some good at the end of the day.

He was supremely confident that he was going to win his appeal in the 6th Circuit and it looked very promising.

Despite the growing selection of games on the operators' portals, consumers still are not finding games that appeal to them and are complaining that prices are too high. Faster networks and devices with larger screens will help improve the discovery process, operators and games publishers must do a much better job of marketing and merchandising mobile gaming content.

Apple prices probably not going to be any different. And a smaller apple has always been said to be a little sweeter. The apples may not be as appealing to the person who wants to get a big apple and bite it, you know, and have the juice run down their chin. They'll just have to bite two little apples and have the juice run down their chin. And that'll be a little sweeter then. That juice'll be a little bit sweeter.

Appeals are not a waste of time; the student just needs to have a really good argument. About 50 percent actually change their grade.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

As an actress, it appeals to me because I love the idea of playing those in-between moments, the sort of behavioral stuff that one might not normally see.

Our appeal is to all parties. There can be no cease-fire with one side,

Ruby Dee

Ossie was working as stage manager and he began making notes. Something about the sense of humor instilled in Eastern European Jewish culture appealed to him. The message was profound but the delivery was hilarious. Through that he saw that humor could turn racism on its ear, too.

Normally, the appeals process in a case like this takes a couple of months.

a formal confession to begin with, but an appeal to me for advice, followed by a blessing.

A few people suggested haggis but I'm not sure it will appeal to many so I don't think we'll have it.

The old equipment wasn't appealing to the eye. It (the program) was thought of as a joke. (Now) we have a better working environment ... the changes may interest more people to come back and participate in the program.

Epics typically appeal to the collective unconscious. They are brands, deeply entrenched in the mind and such is their recall that the first week's turnout is nearly assured.

Even after the appeal had closed there was still the odd donation coming in from members of the community.

Esquire was a niche magazine in its original format because it appealed to men as opposed to people at large,

Fiscal 2005 represented a record year for Red Robin in terms of revenue, earnings, and new restaurant openings - all are milestones for which the entire team should be very proud. We continued to experience good guest traffic growth which is a testament to our appeal to America's families, our strong price to value relationship, as well as the outstanding experiences that Red Robin team members are creating for our guests.

There's really not a great understanding right now about what appeals to parents and kids. It's a market that is tougher to target than other segments.

There's so much in our city: music, art, architecture, ... I don't know why we need to appeal to the lesser instincts.

Sometimes, part of pop's appeal is the container.

Satan is a slick character. To me, he's actually very appealing. He's not scary. That's kind of how sin is because it looks appealing and it looks harmless, but the consequences are there. It's a very powerful scene. There are even some demons and sufferers.

Really, I am entirely material driven. If a project appeals to me, I will try to find the right writer and director. And that may be someone I've worked with before, or it may not. It may be a woman, or it may not.

John Robinson

Prior to Elephant I'd taken about six years of acting classes in Portland, but there's not a huge market there. The only thing we have is commercial stuff, and that didn't really appeal to me. So this is really a dream come true.

Personally, I can't see the appeal in trekking down to D.C. for a networking extravaganza, even if it is built around a special moment in American history. While I find the election of Barack Obama inspirational, I don't have a desire to memorialize it with overly effusive celebration.