Compelling Quotes

434 quotes by 400 authors

The mountain music... is compelling music in its own right, harking back to a time when music was a part of everyday life and not… — Ethan Coen
The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. If you can set a character… — Dick Wolf
The evidence for indicting immunisations for SIDS is circumstantial, but compelling. However, the keepers of the keys to medical-research funds are not interested in researching… — Frederick Douglass
The most compelling narrative, expressed in sentences with which I have no chemical reaction, or an adverse one, leaves me cold. — Jhumpa Lahiri
I had always been aware that the Universe is sad; everything in it, animate or inanimate, the wild creatures, the stones, the stars, was enveloped… — Hayden Carruth
I think mystery writers and thriller writers - whatever genre you want to call it - are taking on some of the biggest, most interesting… — Gillian Flynn
If some individuals contribute to general social deterioration by overproducing children, and if the need is compelling, they can be required by law to exercise… — John Holdren
All too infrequently do I encounter a new voice as delightful, compelling, and intelligent as that of Molly Tanzer. — CaitlÃn R. Kiernan
Imagine a country where the majority of the population reaps the majority of the benefits for their hard work, creative ingenuity, and collaborative efforts. Imagine… — Nomi Prins
What is compelling with 'War Horse' is the jaw-dropping, awe-inspiring craftsmanship in this movie. — Stacey Snider
The ventures that keep things light and fun, easy to understand, that have a compelling story, a sexy retail product, will have an easier time… — Jessica Jackley
With many countries on the verge of redefining a basic social institution,Â What Is Marriage?Â issues an urgent call for full deliberation of what is at stake.… — Mary Ann Glendon
Even if man's hunger and thirst and his sexual strivings are completely satisfied, 'he' is not satisfied. In contrast to the animal his most compelling… — Erich Fromm
Shakespeare and Rembrandt have in common the faculty of quickening speculation and compelling the minds of men to combat and discussion. — William Ernest Henley
The basic guarantees of our Constitution are warrants for the here and now, and unless there is an overwhelmingly compelling reason, they are to be… — Arthur Goldberg
My shorthand answer is that I try to write the kind of book that I would like to read. If I can make it clear… — David McCullough
It's an old trick now, God knows, but it works every time. At the very moment women start to expand their place in the world,… — Mary Blakely
RFK was a compelling figure because he was willing to challenge his audiences, and in turn connect with them in a unique way. Kennedy showed… — Frances O'Grady
I hate to think of a day where a compelling book or a compelling authorial voice would be lost simply because that person doesn't have… — Marisha Pessl
A Mantra is composed of certain letters arranged in definite sequence of sounds, of which the letters are the representative signs. To produce the designed… — Sir John Woodroffe

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