Appeal Quotes
740 Appeal quotes by 633 unique authors
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We are all exceptional cases. We all want to appeal against something! Each of us insists on being innocent at all cost, even if he…
— Albert Camus
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If Apollo caught sight of him outside or near a window during the light of day, Talon would be nothing more than a strip of…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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In a healthy individual, a broken bone that has healed properly is strongest where it was once broken. You have not lost any life, Henry…
— Yann Martel
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I studied Comparative Literature at Cornell. Structuralism was real big then. The idea of reading and writing as being this language game. There's a lot…
— William T. Vollmann
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In the abstract, it might be tempting to imagine that irreducible complexity simply requires multiple simultaneous mutations - that evolution might be far chancier than…
— Michael Behe
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Thus, I always began by assuming the worst; my appeal was dismissed. That meant, of course, I was to die. Sooner than others, obviously. 'But,'…
— Albert Camus
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This was very exciting. I'd never had two boys get into a fight over me before. The fact that one of the boys was my…
— Meg Cabot
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He had the appeal of a very young dog of a very large breed -- a kind of amiable absurdity.
— Dorothy L. Sayers
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The appeal of reading, she thought, lay in its indifference: there was something undeferring about literature. Books did not care who was reading them or…
— Alan Bennett
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Clean, quick, and easy as lying. We know how it ends practically before it starts. That's why stories appeal to us. They give is the…
— Patrick Rothfuss
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How could you make appeal to the future when not a trace of you, not even an anonymous word scribbled on a piece of paper,…
— George Orwell
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We know how it ends practically before it starts. That's why stories appeal to us. They give us the clarity and simplicity our real lives…
— Anne Bishop
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I cannot imagine a sorrier pursuit than struggling for years to write a book that attempts to appeal to people who do not read in…
— Annie Dillard
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Impulsiveness can be charming but deliberation can have an appeal, as well.
— Sarah Dessen
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Why does any kind of cynicism appeal to people? Because it seems like a mark of maturity, of sophistication, like you’ve seen everything and know…
— Eliezer Yudkowsky
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But then, in his lifetime, Halt had often ignored what was technically legal. Technicalities didn't appeal to him. All too often, they simply got in…
— John Flanagan
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In an average day, you may well be confronted with some species of bullying or bigotry, or some ill-phrased appeal to the general will, or…
— Christopher Hitchens
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There lies before us, if we choose, continual progress in happiness, knowledge and wisdom. Shall we instead choose death, because we cannot forget our quarrels?…
— Bertrand Russell
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Admit nothing - that was his first rule. Appeal to logic - second rule. Delay the inevitable - third rule.
— Cinda Williams Chima
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Why are Americans so fascinated by Ireland?” Keith asked... “you all think you’re Irish. What’s the appeal? Do you like the accent more? Is it…
— Maureen Johnson
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Scott: Friends don't let friends drive drunk. Nora: Are you trying to appeal to my conscience? Scott: How can you turn down a once-in-a-lifetime chance…
— Becca Fitzpatrick
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The psychologist, Paul Rozin, an expert on disgust, observed that a single cockroach will completely wreck the appeal of a bowl of cherries, but a…
— Daniel Kahneman
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It must be conceded by those who admit the authority of Scripture (such only he is addressing) that from the decision of the word of…
— William Wilberforce
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The bourgeoisie, which far surpasses the proletariat in the completeness and irreconcilibility of its class consciousness, is vitally interested in imposing its moral philosophy upon…
— Leon Trotsky
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The Lord is not serious. In fact, it is a little hard to know just what else He is except loving. And love has to…
— Ray Bradbury
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