Famous Quotes & Sayings

extremely compelling evidence that the time it took Neanderthals to grow their teeth is broadly similar to that for modern human populations.

The governor can compel law enforcement to take people out of harm's way, but I've never known that to happen. There are always going to be some people who flat won't leave.

We only responded with what we were legally compelled to provide and nothing more. We had a vigorous process in place to make sure that only required material was provided.

We have funds sufficient for the next couple of weeks but in order to continue this operation, we need funds immediately as all reserves are being used and if funds are not generated, we would be compelled to scale-down our activities.

The opportunity to maximize limited dollars through collaboration with the VA is immense, bold, and compelling in our post-Katrina environment.

Jay Rosen

There is nothing to compel a tenured professor of journalism to engage with the Internet other than as a user.

Ira Sachs

I'm not interested in a film about deceit anymore. I think I was always invested in deceit on some level. But it no longer compels me the way it did for so many years.

Jose Rizal

The divine flame of thought is inextinguishable in the Filipino people, and somehow or other it will shine forth and compel recognition. It is impossible to brutalize the inhabitants of the Philippines!

When people hear the name 'Marco Polo,' they tend to think of a map or explorer. Very few people know the true story of Marco Polo, and it's so much more compelling and exciting than the mythology.

Cal Ripken, Jr.

There have been times in my life when I felt compelled to write things down as a matter of therapy, but whatever I kept about those days, I shredded. It was too personal.

Cary Fukunaga

When I see an image in my head that compels me, where there's this mystery about what's going to happen next or could happen next, I'll be intrigued. There are so many scripts that you read, and you know exactly what's going to happen, and there aren't too many where you can't tell within the first 20 pages where it's going.

Robert Greenblatt

We knew that once our subscribers started watching this compelling drama they would be hooked.

The Edge

I have a curiosity that compels me to find ways to make music that are fresh and new.

Sid Meier

Our hope is to deliver an incredibly fun and compelling game that will give the fans more than what they've been waiting for, and show a whole new generation of gamers how much fun it is to live the life of a pirate!

Our view is the takeover is compelling and at the right price should proceed.

Just as we did with ticket prices for the regular season, we examined our spring training pricing and refined it to create a compelling pricing schedule for our spring training season-ticket holders.

Jay Wright

Jerry Sullivan and his team have a spectacular track record as wireless networks operators and of generating compelling investment returns for their financial sponsors.

I still subscribe to that. You have to find a compelling reason in each individual race why you would kick out a particular incumbent.

David Halberstam

I think he was such a magical figure, so compelling a figure, he inevitably drew the interest of very talented writers.

Steve Elmendorf

I think Kerry's dead because I don't think he has anything to say. Message has something to do with this, and I don't think he has anything interesting or compelling to say. He's a weak third in Iowa and a weak second in New Hampshire, and I think if you finish third in Iowa and a weak second in New Hampshire, you're through.

I think that the fluctuations are going to be very hard for the individual investor to keep up with. But our feeling is that Microsoft is a compelling software story at these valuations, and we have an 'outperform' on the stock. Buy-and-hold is a good strategy here.

Alan Mulally

I think someday we will make another stretch, the 787-10, for sure, because it is so compelling economically.

Alan Mulally

I think someday we will make another stretch, the 787- 10, for sure, because it is so compelling economically.

Jonas Mekas

It is important to know that what I do is not artistic. I am just a film-maker. I live how I live and I do what I do, which is recording moments of my life as I move ahead. And I do it because I am compelled to. Necessity, not artistry, is the true line you can follow in my life and work.

Previously the Fed had a reason to raise rates. There is no compelling reason to raise rates at the present time.

Henry Charles Carey

The natural consequence of our submission, even in part, to the system that looks to compelling the export of raw products, the exhaustion of the land, the cheapening of labour, and the export of the labourer.

We have an immoral government operating illegally. I feel morally compelled to act.

Paul Haggis

You can't plan for people to like your movies. I knew that people were not going to run in droves to the theater for the 'In the Valley of Elah.' I knew they might not want to see it, but I still had to the movie; I felt very strongly about it. Wanting to keep telling a good story is what you want to do, a compelling story.

Suranga Chandratillake

We wanted to make the experience of finding compelling multimedia and making it portable, as efficient and easy as possible.

We have compelling evidence that this money was used to finance this terrorist operation.

Marc Guggenheim

With 'The Flash' in existence, there's no real compelling reason for us to do superpowers on 'Arrow.'

We're a law enforcement agency. If we're compelled by the courts to do something, we're going to follow the law.

Wireless high-speed data is their one shot to stem the precipitous decline in voice (average revenue per user), which they need to make up with really compelling features.