Famous Quotes & Sayings

Big studio conglomerates are concerned about the bottom line, not awards. It used to be that a studio would make a movie that appealed both commercially and artistically. That's not the case now.

Blue Nile is obviously proving that its business works and that it can be quite profitable in the process. That's the appeal to investors.

Every brother has the right to appeal to get back in if they choose.

Kurt Braunohler

Everyone wants something that'll appeal to, like, 13-year-olds to 18-year-olds. Especially working in television and trying to pitch shows, they're like, 'We definitely want something that a 14-year-old will be, like, super-psyched about.' And I'm like, 'I don't know if my reality is appealing to a 14-year-old.'

Cassidy Freeman

Every job I've had since 'Smallville' has wanted me to have red hair, so I have to thank 'Smallville' for that. But, just the fact that it was so different was appealing to me. As an actor, you want to be able to play a lot of different things.

Helen Rowland

Every man wants a woman to appeal to his better side, his nobler instincts and his higher nature - and another woman to help him forget them

John Lasseter

Every movie has three things you have to do - you have to have a compelling story that keeps people on the edge of their seats; you have to populate that story with memorable and appealing characters; and you have to put that story and those characters in a believable world. Those three things are so vitally important.

Jan Egeland

The most important and urgent appeal we have to make is for an immediate cease-fire. Initial reports from the cease-fire talks being held in N'Djamena in Chad are not very encouraging.

Jose Theodore

Some other athletes who had the same drug in their system all went on appeal because it was an Olympic year for them and they all lost. The (appeal) hearing is public, it's long, it creates some distraction for the team and we decided our priority was the NHL.

Joel Robuchon

Southeast Asia food uses many different types of spices which are quite new to me, like the curry leaves which I saw at the Kreta Ayer wet market in Chinatown. With such spices used in cooking, this usually imparts a strong aroma to Southeast Asian food, which appeals to the senses.

Mikhail Prokhorov

Sometimes, if I need assistance on the government level, I can appeal through official channels. For example, when I bought the New Jersey Nets, President Medvedev raised the issue with President Obama, who voiced support for the idea, which is always a nice thing to have going for us.

Craig McCracken

Now I did do later drawings where I tried putting fingers on them but it never looked right to me they weren't as appealing as that first drawing." ()

Casey Wilson

The more money you spend, the more you need to make back, and the more pressure there is to appeal to everyone - which to the studio means that the specificity and uniqueness must be watered down. But I think mass audiences like things that are more specific and tend to have a voice, like 'Napoleon Dynamite' or 'Superbad.'

Mariella Frostrup

The more brutal it gets in the working world, the more appealing the prospect of having someone at home creating a sanctuary becomes. Increasingly couples, particularly with children, are making that tough choice, with one or other partner electing to embrace domestic duties while the other brings home the cash.

Dell, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and now Compaq are all refining product and promotional efforts to appeal to small businesses, with the Internet and direct contact playing an increasingly important role.

Jay Sekulow

The Supreme Court got it right in determining that the appeals court went too far by declaring the parental notification law in New Hampshire unconstitutional. Parents have a critical role to play in the health and well being of their children, especially when considering an abortion.

The theory of the flat tax is a lot more appealing then the reality. We would have serious concerns that a flat tax imposed strictly on the District would be neither fair nor progressive. However, we've worked closely and well with Sen. Brownback in the past and hope to do so in the future.

The theme parks know what their expenses are. I'm sure they're trying to appeal to as many people as possible with the range of pricing. And Florida resident prices were hiked because they were pretty low.

Eugene Jarecki

The thing that happens is that politicians run on tough-on-crime rhetoric. You appeal to the public and say, 'Let's put more money into taller fences, tougher laws, tougher sentencing, handcuffs,' and where does that money come from? Well, immediately, it comes out of all the money needed for corrections.

I've been a huge fan of virtually every incarnation and spin-off of the 'Star Trek' franchise (don't get me started on 'Voyager,' though), but there's something about the purity of the original series that really appeals to me.

Josh Fox

I've been arrested three times. I don't like getting arrested, but it's not so bad when it's an organized form of nonviolent disobedience. It's something appealing to a higher law.

Thanks in part to the success of high profile professionals who are helping to reshape the image of golf in a positive and hip way, the appeal of golf to younger generations, women, and more diverse ethnic groups is starting to evolve.

Thanks to pricing and innovation in form factor and battery life, mobile PCs are appealing to a wider range of users.

Sosa was great because he appealed not only to the Hispanic audience, but he appealed to the African-American audience as well as Caucasian audience. So he was the perfect fit because he had such broad appeal.

P. J. O'Rourke

Sometimes the right response to evil is an appeal to powerful and effective social organization - an appeal to civilization itself.

It would be difficult to be a conventional person and have this type of lifestyle. It's tough. I have no life. I don't date. It sucks sometimes. My life is my restaurant. That doesn't seem very appealing to a guy who wants to go out on a Saturday night.

It was very informative, but probably would only appeal to those interested in Arabic linguistics.

These chains are moving into more suburban areas, and their formats are cleaner and brighter. Dollar stores also have a particularly strong appeal to low-income families.

These speeches are an appeal to the American public. He wants to show that China's development is peaceful, that China is a responsible stake-holder.

These really old pieces are incorporated to give a quality and decorative appeal you just can't duplicate.

The State Journal still has the broadest local reach of any local media, and it remains a great vehicle for delivering news. But we're enhancing our online news, too, to appeal to a new generation of readers.

The state has won preliminary rounds to clear up the sale of the bonds but appeals are pending.

The secretary-general is very concerned about the increasing tensions in the country and appeals to all parties to uphold the 2003 ceasefire agreement.