Famous Quotes & Sayings

Pauline Kael

The words ''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang,'' which I saw on an Italian movie poster, are perhaps the briefest statement imaginable of the basic appeal of movies. This appeal is what attracts us, and ultimately what makes us despair when we begin to understand how seldom movies are more than this.

Pierre Pettigrew

The scope of the disaster is much larger than first understood. We have heard the appeal for assistance and we are ready to do our part. We urge other donors to do the same.

Jay Rasulo

The Rose Parade is a wonderful way for us to highlight our ongoing celebration of five decades of Disney theme park magic. Our parks are magical experiences that offer creatively unique entertainment that appeals to families the world over, transcending geographic and cultural barriers to simply speak the international language of fun -- that's pretty magical.

Bill Buford

Tuscan sausages are smaller than their American cousins, each one demarcated with a string, a graceful loop drawn tightly into a knot - looping and tightening, looping and tightening, a symmetrically floppy, aesthetically appealing rhythm.

We don't see any of it now. We've been waiting and appealing and it is not coming in.

You have to look at who's online, who's the audience for the movie. For this movie, it's a perfect choice because it will appeal to younger audiences.

With respect to the appeal process for on-field discipline, that process was negotiated in collective bargaining and has served the industry well for decades, ... Mr. Wells' dissatisfaction with his appeal says more about his poor behavior than it does about the quality of the appeal process.

Tommy Bowden

You have to turn over about every stone you can. Usually, you talk to a kid about his mom up there watching, or his grandparents, or his girlfriend or whoever is up there watching. You appeal more to personal pride.

You have to have a system that appeals to a choice-rider. A light rail system is more appealing to that particular choice market.

David Brown

What we are seeing now is a much more flexible regime that is likely to appeal to a much wider range of companies.

What we are doing is attempting to open it up to appeal to the broad base of the community. There's a lot of things to delineate, particularly with the short time frame to get it on the ballot for June.

What this simply means is that appeal ends the administration process, and the next step is judicial.

We've really appealed to a lot of different people and ages, but we believe more in the family concept.

We've probably cut our yield in half already. It just doesn't look real appealing right now.

Whatever wins at the Board of Health, wins in court. We know the formulation to win at the Board of Health, the Appeals Court and the Supreme (Judicial) Court.

Jeffrey Tate

What appeals to me about an American music directorship is the involvement of the conductor with the orchestra and the community. I think that's a fantastic thing. In Europe, being principal conductor means merely that you're the person who does most of the concerts. For me, that simply isn't enough.

Timothy Spall

What appealed to me was that here was this man who, on the one hand, liked to sing and entertain in local pubs, but who was also the most proficient killing machine of the last century. I was drawn to the incongruity of it.

What appealed to me is what hooks most people, and that's Hollywood. 'Zorro,' 'The Three Musketeers,' even the sword-fighting stuff from 'Star Wars.' It hits the fantasy button in all of us. Every boy at some point grabs a stick and tries to sword-fight his friends with it in the back yard. We all have that kid inside of us who dreams of knights and sword fighters.

Jeremy Sisto

What appealed to me about the whole production is how big it is.

Robin McLeavy

What appealed to me about 'The Loved Ones' script was that it had this really theatrical element to it. I thought that the scope of this character is so broad, and there is so much fun to be had playing a crazy teenage loner. It was a great way to explore the delusions a mind can create.

What appealed most was that they will fit really well on our campus.

What distinguishes Nightline - the heart of its appeal - is its intelligence, seriousness of purpose, integrity and its depth.

There's nothing in the court of appeals decision or the original decision that supports the contention that Microsoft overcharged consumers. We believe that there is no validity to these suggestions. And we believe so far that we have been successful in many of the private class-action lawsuits.

Will Wright

The tools are the weak spot, That limits its appeal to a fairly hard-core group.

John Updike

I secretly understood: the primitive appeal of the hearth. Television is-its irresistible charm-a fire.

Mary Harris

I see this early college model as one that would appeal to the more mature student. We're looking at a mature group that's ready to take that step now.

Kofi Annan

I've been in touch with the two leaders, and I appeal to them to do whatever they can to bring the situation under control and bring an end to the violence,

We will undoubtedly spend the coming weeks and months appealing the seemingly endless list of errors... in the case,

With Lincoln's exciting cadence of new products coming this year, we are seeking innovative ways to capture consumers' attention. We believe that creative use of the Web to disrupt perceptions of our brand is one of the best ways to appeal to our audience.

Bob Dole

We got the across-the-board cut and the kiddy credit, and those are the two most important things to sell to voters, ... But there are a number other proposals in the economic plan that will appeal to businesses as well.

We hereby wish to appeal to our friends in the various districts to remove the barriers.

Amy Hill

We implemented a lot of new plans last fall that we believe may appeal to people who had chosen to not take our coverage.

We expect these lines will be successful since they are appealing to consumers' desire for more exotic flavors.