Compelling Quotations

'Deity' will be a compelling and exciting thriller with complex and interesting characters. A neo-realistic style to story and images will take the audience deep into Calcutta's many different levels. A fascinating clash between American and Indian culture.

Robotics has been around forever, and it's been the next big thing forever, and it is so exciting and compelling that it's easy to get carried away. People almost always do, and that's one of the things that has held back the industry.

With such compelling information, the question is why haven't we been able to do more to prevent the crisis of underage drinking? The answer is: the alcohol industry.

I think I learned discipline on 'Jane Eyre.' Charlotte Bronte's dialogue, the intellectual duel between Rochester and Jane Eyre's character, is so compelling that you didn't have to do much with the placement of cameras.

I love the concept of the romance that exists when people are broken. Like, the promise of a romance when you're at the bottom. I think that's infinitely compelling and romantic.

Evil is relative - and what I mean by that is that our villains are as complex, as deep and as compelling as any of our heroes. Every antagonist in the DC Universe has a unique darkness, desire and drive. And the reason for being of 'Forever Evil' is to explore that darkness.

The thing about the banjo is, when you first hear it, it strikes many people as 'What's that?' There's something very compelling about it to certain people; that's the way I was; that's the way a lot of banjo players and people who love the banjo are.

A compelling story, even if factually inaccurate, can be more emotionally compelling than a dry recitation of the truth.

As obesity creeps into preschools, and hypertension and type II diabetes become pediatric problems for the very first time, the case for starting preventive health care in the cradle has become too compelling to keep ignoring.

GoPro represents everything that excites me in a company - incredible products, compelling content, a world-renowned brand and, above all, amazing people who make it happen.

With this first novel, I am just above the foothills, but I see the path to the top, and it is my desire to write compelling stories about everything that I find of interest.

I have always felt that this story is universal. When I began to understand the details of the history, I felt that the most compelling aspect was not what happened, but what continues to happen and how it is denied.

If it doesn't come through the Internet, it's not really compelling to me.

I have nothing but contempt for Gadhafi. I'm not a Gadhafi supporter in any way. However, it's not clear to me that it's a vital and compelling national security objective of the United States that we ought to use military force to remove him from power. He's not the only unpleasant and unsavory dictator in the world.

To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.

Before I became a full-time writer, I worked in tech support in those giant cubicle farms you see. I was surrounded by people who played video games all the time - sometimes actually in the call centers, playing online multiplayer games. I saw friends of mine who began to feel that going online was more compelling to them than real life.

I think the mystery of what's out there in the universe is just very compelling.

What I find compelling is the moment in which people realize, with suffering and pain, that in the past there was a time when they were happy, because back then the present and the future coincided - they were one and the same thing.

'All in With Laila Ali' is educational, inspirational, compelling programming profiling individuals that have reached for the sky, pushed themselves to the limit and did things that you would think were impossible.

Management's job is to convey leadership's message in a compelling and inspiring way. Not just in meetings, but also by example.

Experience has shown me that standing by oneself reading from one's book isn't especially compelling - unless you're David Sedaris.

I love a big, character-rich story with a dark heart, with a compelling mystery or some kind of ticking clock at its center. I want to be lured in by prose, captured by character, and bound by stellar plotting to keep turning the pages.

It's your job to come up with compelling characters who speak to an individual authenticity. If I'm not interested in the characters, I can't go on. I have to be fascinated by them.

Usually in theater, the visual repeats the verbal. The visual dwindles into decoration. But I think with my eyes. For me, the visual is not an afterthought, not an illustration of the text. If it says the same thing as the words, why look? The visual must be so compelling that a deaf man would sit though the performance fascinated.

Sometimes it's like watching a train wreck. You're uncomfortable, but you just can't help yourself. Some of those so-called bad interviews actually turned into compelling television.

I'll never have so compelling a figure within my embrace as Joan of Arc; there will never be a book whose last chapter is so very hard to get right.

Print-on-demand publishing is the new farm system for new voices in fiction. Authors who have compelling things to say, who can market their stories in compelling ways, will succeed.

If you make compelling television, they will come.

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.

For me, few things are more compelling than watching a great opera.

Well, Well, Well, its certainly a compelling provocative exciting delicious to think about idea, smart people say the universe is so big there must be something statistically it could be likely there could be something happening on some other world.

All we really want in life is to connect to other human beings, and when you desperately want to connect physically to one specific human being and you can't? That's something I find compelling.

There are compelling reasons to implement a true America First immigration plan, starting with border security. We are a land of immigrants. Immigration, with assimilation, has generally been good for America.

The sweetest thing I could say about my mother and father is that if I had the choice, I would have picked them. But I don't have any belief in biology or DNA as compelling conduct. The idea that we owe people something because we're related to them is bizarre. But the idea that we owe something because of their conduct towards us is legitimate.

What has always made IBM a fascinating and compelling place for me is the passion of the company, and its people, to apply technology and scientific thinking to major societal issues.

I think a writer's first job is to entertain, even in novels: to tell a compelling story that pulls the reader along toward an end. At the same time, the best stories are character-driven.

How many times have you opened a book, read the first few sentences and made a snap decision about whether to buy it? When it's your book that's coming under this casual-but-critical scrutiny, you want the reader to be instantly hooked. The way to accomplish this is to create compelling opening sentences.

There is something enormously compelling about Fran Cutler. She is a thrilling bundle of energy and enthusiasm.

There is nothing in the world like the extraordinary Shiraz and Grenache wines from South Australia. While the most sought-after are undeniably expensive (they're made in tiny quantities from ancient vines), they are huge, rich and concentrated, and represent some of planet Earth's most compelling wines.

Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see where they are going to lead.

Although I've been a longtime Democrat (primarily because, unless there is some very compelling reason to be otherwise, I am always for 'the little guy'), my political orientation is not rigid. For instance, I supported John McCain's run for the presidency in 2000.

The most compelling reason for most people to buy a computer for the home will be to link it to a nationwide communications network. We're just in the beginning stages of what will be a truly remarkable breakthrough for most people - as remarkable as the telephone.

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.

'Cosmos' wouldn't deserve its place in primetime evening network television were it not a landscape on which compelling stories were told. People, when they watch TV in the evening, want to see stories, and science simply tells the best stories.

The thing about a good podcast is you have to have a good host. If you don't have a compelling host then you have nothing.

There is a kind of structure for a story that was peculiarly compelling for the radio. I thought I had invented it atom-by-atom sitting in an editing booth in Washington on M Street when I was in my 20s. Then I found out that it is one of the oldest forms of telling a story - it was the structure of a sermon.

One of the most compelling findings is that AAV-2 appears to have no pathologic effects on healthy cells,

Personally, I see little distinction between an artistic mentality and criminality. You couldn't possibly create a compelling story without some wickedness or some fascination with the disgusting. Being good is a hindrance to a writer.

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Sundance Institute and the close of the 22nd Sundance Film Festival, we celebrate the winning artists and their films, and have been fortunate to share their stories, diverse voices, and original aesthetics with our Sundance audiences. This year we've seen a number of films that deal sensitively with the timely and complex issues of cultural assimilation and community. Clearly, these compelling stories along with the quality of filmmaking have resonated with audiences and jury members alike.

On the other hand, simple disagreement about whether it's an appropriate issue for the public to see would not strike me as a very compelling governmental interest,

Only now are people really beginning to research this very compelling phenomena and starting to give it the attention it deserves.

New-store growth is a significant contributor to our goal of making Family Dollar a compelling place to shop and invest. As we have indicated, this year we are focused on improving our new-store opening processes and increasing our new-store productivity to drive better returns to our shareholders.

I guess I'm just a born performer or artist or sharer. I find the intimate details of my life compelling and interesting. I guess that I'm assuming that everyone else does, too.

We had a very compelling story that we were telling, and we weren't telling the complete truth.

PMC-Sierra has a business outlook that is undiminished from what it was six to nine months ago. I believe PMC can grow its revenue 40-50 percent in each of the next three years. We are getting to the point where there are some compelling values out there. If you look out 18 months, I think investors in this sector will do well.

Neither candidate has found a compelling argument that knocks out the other or is decisive for their candidacy. It's like when there's parity in commercial products. After you've thrown everything at the other side, you bring in everything else you can and try to give this the standing of a national contest.

No person is above the law and no one can ignore a subpoena compelling her to appear at trial,

Philanthropy is entertainment with a purpose. For the consumer, giving online is all about emotion -- they expect to feel as good or better than when they go to eBay or Amazon. That means the non-profit's site needs to offer engaging stories, compelling artwork, and powerful viral marketing tools.

Obviously, there are shots that she doesn't account for. What I believe just personally is that she did mean to drive up in an awful storm and kill herself. As for what happened once she was in that bedroom -- I'd hope the film makes a compelling case for what happens in the heat of the moment.

Obviously, they've got an incredibly compelling story to tell.

I'd love to work with Sir Anthony Hopkins, but if that doesn't happen, I'd sneak on to a film set and watch him at work. He is a compelling actor.

We're looking at some pretty compelling increases mostly for gasoline, and it's based on worry,

Liberty is a compelling opportunity to penetrate or consolidate Europe, Asia and South American cable markets, but since it trades in the U.S. and it is dollar denominated, the foreign benefits will be somewhat muted.

Leverage has been a profitable trade in the past and it has allowed many closed-end funds to deliver very compelling yields, but the risk is your total return could suffer. Leverage can cut both ways; it can magnify your gains but it can also accentuate your losses. ... On the flip side, if you are delving into these more unusual strategies, one could argue the closed-end format lends itself to them pretty well, because your manager is not having to redeem shares everyday.

Situated a mile high in the Canadian Rockies, Banff Springs is one of the most spectacular golf course settings in the world. Legendary architect Stanley Thompson sculpted the course on a broad scale to maximize the impact of the vistas. A hole called the 'Devil's Cauldron' is framed by Mount Rundle and considered one of the game's most compelling par-3s.

Media Center Edition hasn't really taken off until now. It did not meet the threshold of providing a compelling user experience and ease of use.

MegaHertz is pleased to build upon our successful relationship with Grass Valley and expand the breadth of the company's distribution through the addition of Bend Broadband. We are confident that Grass Valley's compelling architecture and superior compression technology will exceed Bend Broadband's expectations.

Motorola designs and delivers innovations that transform the way people think about - and experience - the world around them. We're leading the way with new and compelling devices that work together to erase the barriers between places and services and empower people to connect with personalized entertainment and information.

Motorola is proud and excited that the RAZR V3x has been named Best 3GSM Handset of 2006 by the GSM Association. A first for the company, I am thrilled to accept this esteemed award on behalf of everyone involved in the design and development of this great handset. The RAZR V3x epitomizes everything we hope for ... wickedly compelling design and a wickedly compelling consumer experience, it truly is a great day for the brand.

So it's very difficult for them. But there are compelling reasons for them to come to the talks. The settlement on offer is a good one and I'd hope they would see their way to doing that.

So far we haven't come across a compelling investment proposition in any Singapore-listed China stock.

Security won't matter to consumers, ... The benefits have to be compelling enough to outweigh the costs. What we've seen has not been a slam dunk either way. Both are beautiful formats but there's a lot of beautiful content out there. Frankly, most people don't care. They want to know what they are watching is watchable.

She's just an amazing, compelling performer. She has a wonderful vocal presence and really knows what to do with a song. She'll be fun. I guarantee it.

The primary question is, are you going to be able to produce cars and trucks that are compelling enough to sustain or even gain market share. Health care and pension costs are important issues but the primary issue is always what does your top line look like.

"You only live once" is also an equally compelling reason not to do something

Guess what? There's more and more compelling evidence that if you feed a child a steady diet of Marilyn Manson and violent video games and hyper-sexual imagery... something needs to be done.

There are statements to federal investigators, sworn testimony, a secret recording of Greg Anderson and on-the-record interviews, and the gist of our story is all supported by material that we can point to the sources on. It's all going in one direction. There's not any equivocation on this that's compelling or believable. We also have relied on unnamed sources who have given us a story that's very consistent with what the public record says about Bonds and steroid use.

Given the facts and circumstances of this case, I find no compelling reasons to invalidate the sentences recommended by the jury and affirmed by the courts.

I can think of no one more appropriate or compelling than Colonel Madden to keynote the conference this year. This year's conference highlights the technological challenges facing the U.S. military services and Colonel Madden will address these challenges of achieving a net-centric environment.

For Sony to succeed, they're going to have to come up with as compelling a link between the store and the device as Apple has.

Freedom is a great demonstration of how the Opera Platform mobile AJAX authoring environment can help operators, handset manufacturers or content providers create compelling user-oriented premium services that are not hindered by the limitations of WAP and GSM/GPRS data transfer speeds. AJAX has become very popular on the Mac/PC platform, and it makes even more sense in the mobile space as it enables the creation of Web based services that are so fast they seem like local applications.

Freedom is a great demonstration of how the Opera Platform(TM) mobile AJAX authoring environment can help operators, handset manufacturers or content providers create compelling user-oriented premium services that are not hindered by the limitations of WAP and GSM/GPRS data transfer speeds. AJAX has become very popular on the Mac/PC platform, and it makes even more sense in the mobile space as it enables the creation of Web-based services that are so fast that they seem like local applications.

Frank and Eva add a new level of depth to our management team, with significant experience in sales, brand building and business development. Their professional experiences and personal passion for games complement the strengths of our team and support our mission to make in-game advertising a compelling and integral part of the game playing experience.

Free-enterprise capitalism is the most powerful system for social cooperation and human progress ever conceived. It is one of the most compelling ideas we humans have ever had. But we can aspire to something even greater.

From a cash flow standpoint and a value standpoint, the stock is quite attractive, ... I think those are all compelling arguments for long-term ownership.

I am committed to working with the delegation, state and local leaders to ensure that data on Cannon is thoroughly analyzed and presented to the commission. I believe Cannon has a compelling case.

I'd use the market dips as an opportunity to get into quality companies. There are a lot of good stocks, some in the technology arena, some elsewhere that are down 20 to 40 percent from their 52-week high as established just a few months ago. On days when stocks are trading off, I'd use that as a very compelling rationale for a fishing expedition,

I don't think another interest group in Durham has as compelling a membership roster as the Durham Committee, or as compelling a history. So I take it seriously as a compelling endorsement. I don't have any hesitation because one of the things the committee does is, it doesn't always go with what appears to be the mainstream view.

I don't think you play it safe. I think you try to be very natural and lay out in a forward way the compelling reasons for the election going your way,

Certainly it has the potential to confuse voters through media coverage. The challenge for the primary candidates will be to articulate a compelling message that can cut through the clutter and establish him or her as a strong and viable candidate.

Bush has to give a compelling reason to voters to make a change. In times of peace and prosperity, the incumbent party has all the trump cards.

China's market is the most compelling case for fuel cells. No one needs it more than China. Its auto industry is growing at a very hot pace.

Because of the impact of this project on our community, not only for now but for 30 to 40 years in the future, having the compelling information about what that other site offers, it felt prudent to bring it before the public,

Have a compelling argument that speaks to the bottom line.

What we have is fairly compelling and worth paying attention to now. Don't wait till you're 80.

What we weren't counting on was the rapid progress of the Open Invention Network, which serves a similar purpose for businesses in a much more compelling way.

Her history and her quest for stardom will make a compelling television series: she is a musician, a young woman, and, most important, a human being. She is a young woman who falls in love, has her heart broken, worries about her looks, doesn't always listen to her mother, and hasn't spoken to her father in years.

Her talent and poise is what's very compelling for companies. Her ethnicity is icing on the cake.

We talk about diversity so much, and so many times it's so inorganic in terms of the way it's used. I feel that example and the Korean couple on Lost are some of the best demonstrations of how incredibly compelling characters can even cross over the language barrier. I think in the diverse culture we live in that's far more truthful than some of the stuff we have on.

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