Compelling Quotes

434 quotes by 400 authors

There was something to me that was really compelling about that woman, already knowing she couldn't get pregnant. When I made that movie I was… — Maggie Gyllenhaal
Back in 1792, Dr. Benjamin Banneker, the famed African-American inventor and scientist in Washington, proposed a Department of Peace for the new Nation to his… — John Conyers
One wants permissive individuals who do not have a compelling need to reassure themselves that they are leaders. — Vikram Sarabhai
I am willing to spend whatever it takes â€¦ My moral standard compels me to speak out on this issue because I am the largest… — Sheldon Adelson
Why do the easy expected thing? It takes guts to follow your dreams. Courage. Many people, even those who love you, don't understand how compelling… — Marshall Ulrich
In his study of Atlanta over the last 60 years, Kevin Kruse convincingly describes the critical connections between race, Sun Belt suburbanization, the rise of… — Dan Carter
By our uncritical pursuit of relevance we have actually courted irrelevance; by our breathless chase after relevance without a matching committment to faithfulness, we have… — Os Guinness
Stories are more than compelling facts. People remember stories more than they remember statistics. — Soledad O'Brien
James Russell offers a timely and compelling blueprint for a realistic transformation of America's energy consumption by refusing to fall victim to conventional thinking. Accessible?pragmatic… — Barry Bergdoll
While cities are distinguished by their architecture and physical appearance, Bell and de-Shalit make a compelling case that many major world cities--and their inhabitants--also express… — Witold Rybczynski
The genius of culture is to create an ontological system so compelling that what is inside and outside of a person are viewed as of… — Richard Shweder
I feel this way about it. World trade means world peace and consequently the World Trade Center buildings in New York ... had a bigger… — Minoru Yamasaki
The Mathematician's Shiva is a brilliant and compelling family saga full of warmth, pathos, history, and humor, not to mention a cast of delightfully quirky… — Jonathan Evison
A truly extraordinary work: vivid, passionate and utterly compelling. The Sound of One Hand Clapping is raw as a wound. It opens a world that… — Niall Williams
IBM's long-standing mantra is 'Think.' What has always made IBM a fascinating and compelling place for me, is the passion of the company, and its… — Ginni Rometty
A chair is the first thing you need when you donâ€™t really need anything, and is therefore a peculiarly compelling symbol of civilization. For it… — Ralph Caplan
Endeavor's partnership with Bain took off at just the right moment. We were embarking on our '3.0' organizational strategy, and thanks to the compelling analysis,… — Linda Rottenberg
I have never been able to understand the compelling phrase, 'keeping up with the Joneses.' It does not matter very much whether I keep up… — Eknath Easwaran
Natalie Bakopoulos has that rare gift, the ability to imagine a traumatic historical event in the form of individual lives and ordinary details. The Green… — Elizabeth Kostova
Research indicates that once an uncommitted couple gets involved in sexual intercourse, the relationship usually begins to end. They have reached the superficial end of… — Chip Ingram

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