Famous Quotes & Sayings

If we had four walls we could attract more players.

John Edward

If we're going to win the general election, we're going to have to get independents. This is another in a long series of examples of me being much more attractive to independent voters, ... Larry King Live.

Tom Glavine

If we're going to try and attract people this winter to come here and play, you certainly want to give them an indication that you're moving in the right direction. And we're certainly doing that.

If we did it, the way to do it would be not just to build a school, but to establish some sort of world-class magnet program there that would attract children from all over the city.

If they haven't been able to attract an investor for the last year, I don't see how they can now.

For some reason, Superman seems to be held to higher standards on the subject of secret/super identities than other superheroes. No one ever says, 'Peter Parker was a nerdy kid. He can't possibly be Spider-Man, attract a good-looking gal, work in a newspaper, etc.' And no one gets hung up on whether his nerdiness is a disguise.

Thomas Kinkade

A still image attracts the viewer with an overall impact, then reveals smaller details upon further study.

John Irving

It's not very interesting to establish sympathy for people who, on the surface, are instantly sympathetic. I guess I'm always attracted to people who, if their lives were headlines in a newspaper, you might not be very sympathetic about them.

Bar Paly

I think the attraction to Israeli women stems from the fact that we're exotic and the fact that there are many talented and beautiful women in Israel. I think that there is also greater awareness of Israel than before in the movie industry.

Billy Collins

I am increasingly attracted to restricting possibility in the poem by inflicting a form upon yourself. Once you impose some formal pattern on yourself, then the poem is pushing back. I think good poems are often the result of that kind of wrestling with the form.

Billy Collins

I am a nonparticipant of social media. I'm not much attracted to anything that involves the willing forfeiture of privacy and the foregrounding of insignificance.

There are a lot of guys out there with a Web site and a dream, positioning things to flip over to genuine developers. The current gold-rush mentality has attracted several speculators, causing a low percentage of projects to get built.

I suppose women are attracted to the bad-boy image sometimes because it's fun to have an adventure. It's like eating junk food... it's fun at the time, but ultimately not the best choice.

Hermann von Helmholtz

Iron which is brought near a spiral of copper wire, traversed by an electrical current, becomes magnetic, and then attracts other pieces of iron, or a suitably placed steel magnet.

David Henry Hwang

My father has always been interested in discarding the past. He's never much liked China or the whole idea behind China or Chinese ways of thinking. He's always been much more attracted to American ways of thinking. He feels Americans are more open - they tell you what they think - and he's very much that way himself.

Orison Swett Marden

If you would attract good fortune, you must get rid of doubt. As long as that stands between you and your ambition, it will be a bar that will cut you off. You must have faith. No man can make a fortune while he is convinced that he can't.

Yields rose to a level attractive for many investors and they should think about buying.

Yields reached an attractive level, so some buying may come through, especially after the auction went well. Yields already reflect speculation about an economic recovery and a policy shift to some extent.

Yields reached an attractive level for buyers. Yields rose too much as Fukui commented, and we'll probably see some adjustments in their levels.

Yields near 1.6 percent look attractive for buyers. Concern about GM prompted some flight-to-quality buying in Japanese bonds.

Yields at these levels look attractive to investors.

Yields are high enough to attract some buyers. Yields are probably near their highs for the next two or three months and already reflect the outlook for a gradual economic recovery.

Learned Hand

Yet with all the attraction that it has, our youth cannot long remain without feeling the narrowness of simply a classification of the world. Life is not a thing of knowing only - nay, mere knowledge has properly no place at all save as it becomes the handmaiden of feeling and emotion.

Bruce Johnston

We are a business, and you do a little of what you think's right, pay your bills, and attract... a single record attracts attention to your concerts and your albums.

Bill Condon

We made connections between the monsters created by war and the monsters he created, the typical outcast that Whale was attracted to, and the monster in himself, that's inside all of us.

Bayard Taylor

I study hard at Russian, which is a tough but most attractive language.

It's the adventure, the adrenaline-flowing, risk-taking in outdoor activities that attracts me.

This will lower the cost of capital and the investment hurdle rate, make SA more attractive for foreign direct investment, and support foreign portfolio investment in (local) equities.

This will be seen as a publicity stunt and, yes, we want to attract people who might not ordinarily be basketball fans. But the main reason for doing this is to give basketball fans the chance to see one of the all-time great players playing here in the BBL.

This was a niche that was very attractive to us. It seemed like a timing thing more than anything else. I thought the product had viability and strong marketing possibilities, and I liked the shelf life of the movie. I'm looking at 80 million poker players -- and growing -- and I'm thinking if we can get 50 percent of them to look at this, it could be really interesting.

The past couple of years I've had other opportunities that were fairly attractive to me, but I'm committed to this. I still perceive this program to have great potential. I think we can do something special here.

This recognition is validation that MATRIX places strong emphasis on building a workplace that attracts and retains the best people in our business. By providing a desirable work environment with an emphasis on work-life balance, we enable our employees to perform their best in delivering superior service to our customers. Investing in our people and culture is smart business as it ensures the continued success of our company.

This show has caught on so fast with audiences and has consistently lifted us at 8 p.m.. The fast pace and the potential for a true reversal of fortune has attracted a lot of people for us in that crucial time slot, and we look forward to seeing more of the same with these new episodes.