Compelling Quotes

434 quotes by 400 authors

Tim Thornton's portrait of a pop culture obsession is so convincing that one can't help wishing that his fictional alt rock band actually existed, or… — Jay McInerney
The heart of Dragon's Lair has always been its compelling story. With Dragon's Lair 3D, we think the team has really created an interactive animated… — Don Bluth
With a decrease in the number of pirates, there has been an increase in global warming over the same period. Therefore, global warming is caused… — Tim Ferriss
If discrimination based on race is constitutionally permissible when those who hold the reins can come up with "compelling" reasons to justify it, then constitutional… — William O. Douglas
If you don't pay attention and if your imagination isn't pretty much engaged, you're going to miss things and you're going to miss opportunities for… — Bruce Greenwood
For over forty years, in a spirit of love, members of the Church have been counseled to be thrifty and self-reliant; to avoid debt; pay… — Ezra Taft Benson
We must develop a compelling vision of later life: one that does not assume a trajectory of decline after fifty, but one that recognizes it… — Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
The same tantalizing guile and sublime skill....[The series is] reinforced in its claim to be one of the major literary works of this century....Only two… — Kevin Myers
An astonishing book. In compelling language, both homely and elegant, Young Men and Fire miraculously combines a fascinating primer on fires and firefighting, a powerful,… — Timothy Foote
Compelling a woman to wear a headscarf is against Islam, and compelling her to remove it is against human rights. — Tariq Ramadan
Unfortunately, the world continues, history continues to produce tragedies. And it is very important that they be documented in a humane way, in a compelling… — James Nachtwey
Larry Schwarm's photographs of fire on the prairie are so compelling that I cannot imagine any later photographer trying to do better. His pictures convince… — Robert Adams
Service-learning is a particularly fertile way of involving young people in community service, because it ties helping others to what they are learning in the… — Colin Powell
I believe in the compelling power of love. — Theodore Dreiser
Of all the statist violations of individual rights in a mixed economy, the military draft is the worst. It is an abrogation of rights. It… — Ayn Rand
The purpose of an elevator pitch is to describe a situation or solution so compelling that the person you're with wants to hear more even… — Seth Godin
These are things I'd never seen before, they were very disturbing and they were very compelling to try and do something to change the situation… — Jan Cameron
Preachers are stewards whom the Lord has â€˜set over his household servants to provide them with food at the proper time.â€™ After all the years… — Robert Farrar Capon
The first step in understanding the sex industry is to understand the customers, the johns. ... These men have already violated moral standards - and… — Joseph Parker
My male counterpart will get paid ten times more than me -- ten times. Not double, but ten times for the same job. We only… — Hilary Swank

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