Famous Quotes & Sayings

Anything that says that you've got new money coming in, I think, is a good sign, maybe something that would attract a gaming partner that would make them more competitive.

Kathy Valentine

Anything that makes a place more attractive makes people want to stop and shop. It's a great community effort to bring people together.

John Oliver

Any time a particular attraction like Splash Lagoon attracts visitors, it's not just Splash Lagoon that benefits. It's the entire region.

Corey Sevier

A sense of humor is important. I'm always attracted to a girl with confidence. In terms of looks, I don't have a type. I think a lot of girls think that they have to be super-thin, to meet the Hollywood image, but I think a girl who is voluptuous is very beautiful.

A show of police force worthy of a banana republic is the latest attraction on the cobbled streets of Georgetown.

As a pair of luxury communities, we have been attractive to people who have been more stable in their employment. Other than job transfers, most of our tenants have no real reason to move.

As a team we're looking for teammates, not superstars. Someone who can play the game and can be a good friend. That's as important as playing the game well. In recent years we've been fortunate to attract quite a few new members and this year we're concerned with having to turn people away.

As a category, games represent 50 percent of consumer PC software sales. This is an opportunity for volume growth in disc drive shipments as the Xbox attracts a large portion of this audience.

As a bicoastal wealth management bank, First Republic needs to be in the Northeast and, of course, Fairfield County. Last month's acquisition of First Signature Bank positions them in the important markets of Boston and greater Greenwich. Still, they're going to have tough competition. These markets attract the best and the brightest in private banking.

As a county commissioner, I would like to be a champion for Washington County as far as attracting new business to the county.

The buzz on Reality so far is good. We know both consumers and advertisers love reality TV, and thought this channel would be a natural to attract clients.

Right now we have a beach that's a very good attraction for our community and people from outside our community. We're building an events center. And right between those is one of the most contaminated bodies of water in the state.

William T. Vollmann

Precisely because I'm a man who is attracted to women, there may be some things that I have to say as a spectator of feminine grace that women themselves may not be able to see.

Charles Stross

Science fiction has traditionally been economically naive, with a strong libertarian streak, which I think is like a crude Leninism. That's attractive because it could be used to explain everything, and if only we lived by its tenets, everything would be perfect.

Qwest without a wireless network is a little bit like the kid who never gets picked for a team in high school. I'm not sure what the attraction is at this point.

Qwest is definitely the orphan Bell. I really don't see Qwest as an attractive acquisition target for several years.

Quality presenters attract an exceptional audience of key decision makers in Europe, which provides an outstanding opportunity for networking at this conference.

Pyramid is interested in the development of an attractive and publicly safe commercial corridor on Route 3.

Putting a lot of money and time in preparedness efforts where you may never see what you hope will never happen is not a politically attractive thing to do. The payoff is too far in advance.

Jeff Green

Quirky she is, but she offers the best opportunity in this city to groups who can attract paying fans. Sure, she's difficult at times, but a lot less difficult than other local club owners.

Steve Earle

pushing the edge of the envelope to attract attention, but it's the wrong subject at the wrong time. He's been going nowhere fast for a long time, and while this may draw fleeting attention, it won't save his faltering career.

Rather than seeing a rapid and significant correction in house prices as predicted by some, we are more likely to see a continuing smooth slowdown as lower price inflation attracts more demand, and thus liquidity, into the market.

Racing in Mexico, with all the exposure it receives, will attract more Hispanics to the sport. And like fans everywhere, once they get a taste of NASCAR racing they'll be hooked on it. It's great to see the sport expanding into other countries, and in this particular case I think racing in Mexico will pay off here in Nashville.

Prices here are still attractive compared to those in surrounding counties. As long as that's the case, I think you'll see an influx of people moving into the area.

Proper zoning is essential to community development. When you're looking to attract certain types of businesses, you definitely want to zone it in a way that will make it attractive.

Primarily what you're trying to do when you build a compensation package is not that different in some ways from the recruiting process - you want to come up with as attractive an offer as possible to be as competitive as possible.

Our experience is that most entrepreneurs are able to attract debt, even for risky and early stage investments. There are investors who provide debt, but very few who fund through equity.

People retreat to the sidelines, licking their wounds. The whole process is not as attractive anymore.

People's sentiment is changing. They don't mind spending more for attractive goods.

Susan Blackmore

People get depressed and get attracted to different types of memes. You can trace some of this to how the biological hierarchy is set up.

O God! You are the friend of all because of your merits. A good person embellished with good thoughts becomes the friend or benefactor of all. Such a person influences others, because of his positive personality traits and attracts them and as a result, he befriends all.

Offering a BIG Dow contract with a $25 multiplier is very attractive to a broad spectrum of market participants.

Clive Owen

often attracted to people with conflicts or flawed people because they're more interesting. There's something very attractive about playing an ordinary guy trying to cope with extraordinary things. He's a flawed human being struggling.