Appeals Quotations

There is more to sex appeal than just measurements

My costumes were made for sex appeal not for women.

The death penalty is ineffective as a deterrent, and the appeals process is expensive and cruel to the surviving family members.

Throughout the ages, Christians have adapted John of Patmos's visions to changing times, reading their own social, political and religious conflicts into the cosmic war he so powerfully evokes. Yet his Book of Revelation appeals not only to fear and desires for vengeance but also to hope.

I know of my sex appeal. I know about sexuality, and I know how to use it - tastefully, of course.

If I have any appeal at all, it's to the fellow who takes out the garbage.

I'm trying to appeal to the disenfranchised everybody, not just specifically gay.

Women's stories are valid, and they need to be developed in a way that appeals to a broader audience. And what is 'women's television' other than TV that women would enjoy watching?

No rules exist, and examples are simply life-savers answering the appeals of rules making vain attempts to exist.

Mystery is something that appeals to most everybody.

You can safely appeal to the United Nations in the comfortable certainty that it will let you down.

Music is such a balm. Always has been. It's such a heartbeat, like blood thrumming through the womb. That's why music appeals to people.

The poetry of heroism appeals irresistibly to those who don't go to a war, and even more to those whom the war is making enormously wealthy. It's always so.

There is a certain androgyny to my appeal.

It is the mark of great art that its appeal is universal and eternal.

I don't know, maybe it's because I was raised Catholic. Confession has always held a great appeal for me.

We really tried hard not to make it a cricket book, it appeals to a much wider community.

Steampunk appeals to the idea of uniqueness, to the one-off item, while every mainstream consumer technology of recent years is about putting human beings into ever more granular, packageable and mass-produced identities so that they can be sold or sold to, perfectly mapped and understood.

I had a dozen years to act before starting a family, then found that motherhood dwarfed everything else. Once or twice a year, I take a project that appeals to me for its redeeming social value.

There's a part of me that wishes I could go out in T-shirt and jeans, 'cause I really love Patti Smith, Cat Power, girls who look so casual; that appeals to me 'cause I guess it's the opposite from what I do. But I can never let myself just do that - I always have to try and dress up and create something.

Good storytelling appeals to me - good writing.

To this day, the only argument against Obama that critics can seem to come up with involves admitting he's better than them - though they certainly season it with some racism. You know, he's that lucky black man who actually appeals to the populace. He's that elitist who got himself off food stamps and into Harvard.

What is it about a zombie that appeals to me? I don't know. Maybe that it's just the most possible - I don't know - of all the supernatural entities.

I always found the appeal to the market gods a bit odd. Why would the market fix mistakes instead of aggravating them?

I feel that everyone has something different that moves them or that appeals to them. Maybe something in your family or maybe something in your life that happened that really pushes you for a specific cause - as long as there is something that you're doing.

I am personally interested in more than just business schools. However, life has been good to me, and it's been good to me through a business career. I think the chance to help strengthen the foundation of young people going into business, as I did, just appeals to me.

The number of contemporary artists who appeal to me is infinitesimal.

I think one of the appeals of suspense is to safely explore our innermost fears.

Logic is like the sword - those who appeal to it, shall perish by it.

No matter what you're doing. I feel that everyone has something different that moves them or that appeals to them. Maybe something in your family or maybe something in your life that happened that really pushes you for a specific cause - as long as there is something that you're doing.

When I get an idea for a book, something appeals to me, it's usually a character. I'll see a picture of a female marshal in front of the courthouse in Miami and she's got a shotgun on her hip and it goes up on an angle. And she's good-looking. And I say, 'I've got to use her.'

The ultimate court of appeal is observation and experiment... not authority.

When I sit and talk with a person, I'm not always paying attention. I'm looking at the person and saying, 'What is it about his or her life that appeals to me?

I can remember loving to recruit. I knew I was going to do my best. But traveling and recruiting doesn't appeal to me any more. It's not as much fun as it used to be.

I'm an old soul. I like the Nat King Cole; Sam Cooke is my favorite singer of all time. But I'm into neo-soul; I'm into R&B. Some of the modern stuff appeals to me, but most of it comes from an older time.

Britain can be proud of its response to the tsunami appeal.

I prefer working in good cinema, wherever it is. I like subjects that have a universal appeal.

It's a form of mental and verbal gymnastics, and one of the things that appeals to me most about commenting on darts is that no one knows exactly what I'm going to come out with next - and neither do I.

I am a pretty tough nut, I guess, and I love art as one of the expressions that probably appeals to my softer side that a lot of people would deny I had.

I'm not going to appeal to violence or aggression - of course not.

Simply because you're a Democrat doesn't mean you can't speak to these issues in language that appeals to voters, particularly independent voters.

I only write music for myself, I don't try and appeal to anyone else.

A career in journalism suddenly lost its appeal.

Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part.

But if we have been willing to give our lives to this enterprise, which is for the honour of our country, I appeal to our countrymen to see that those who depend on us are properly cared for.

You have to maintain your principles but have a broader appeal.

The lavish presentation appeals to me, and I've got to convince the others.

The most successful food, I think, is food that both appeals to the super-sophisticated diner or foodie and to the lay diner at the same time.

Grand opera is the most powerful of stage appeals and that almost entirely through the beauty of music.

I've learned that I have to be happy with creating discussion and debate and that I shouldn't be trying to write a book that appeals to the consensus.

Music has no race. It appeals to everybody.

I think there's a reason that horror appeals to teens. There's a lot of useful lessons to take away from reading horror. We get to be scared in the comfort and safety of our own homes. We can put the book down if we get too scared, and no one will ever know if we decide not to pick it up again.

Films do seem prestigious and glamorous, but when you create something, you want people to see it. TV still reaches so many more people; it still really appeals to me.

People can talk about punk all they want, but after new wave put that down, metal is the voice of the disenfranchised and that need to become unhinged. That's why it appeals to so many people when they are younger and carries over when those people, at 40, don't want to grow up.

If the script grabs me and appeals to me, I'm really very keen to work on it.

I think if a character appeals to you, there are certain parts of yourself will come to the fore and other parts that will play down.

I've always said, since I got to know him and wrote about him, that he's the generation he least appeals to is his own and I think in many ways he was born middle-aged and that's become apparent in recent years.

In acting, every day is different, and I guess it appeals to my storytelling imagination. But I've been very fortunate to get the chance to do what I want to do and earn a living from it to pay the mortgage.

I've not really spent much time in proper studios. The room itself where you're recording, and how you live while you're there is what appeals to me.

Nirvana was huge, but it didn't appeal to everyone.

The Minister of Transport issued this appeal to motorists: Can anyone give him a lift to Leicester?

The appeal of the wild for me is its unpredictability. You have to develop an awareness, react fast, be resourceful and come up with a plan and act on it.

I understand that being able to appeal to the public and having an amazing sense of humour is not something that comes easy. It's definitely a gift and for which I'm thankful.

Again, conventional Catholicism does not much appeal to me.

A pleasant voice, which has to include clear enunciation, is not only attractive to those who hear it... its appeal is permanent.

I want to write music that's going to appeal to everyone.

Maverick is a word which appeals to me more than misfit. Maverick is active, misfit is passive.

At the basic consumer level, the profusion of fonts appeals to a culture that celebrates expressive individualism.

Reverence for life is the highest court of appeal.

Late-night shows are 'Chopped.' Who are your guests tonight? Your guests tonight are veal tongue, coffee grounds and gummy bears. There, make a show ... Make an appetizer that appeals to millions of people. That's what I like. How could you possibly do it? Oh, you bring in your own flavors. Your own house band is another flavor.

I think that what appeals to me in my work is having the opportunity to inhabit different genres and so to reach different audiences.

The whole hardware industry has experienced the phenomenon in which every time computers get cheaper, they appeal to a new set of users; every time they get more powerful, old customers upgrade.

The other possibility is that there have been several appeals to the public for information. Police, within just a few days of making this public appeal, got more than 1,300 telephone calls from the public.

We remain undeterred in our resolve on this issue and we will press our case in the US court of appeals for the federal circuit.

When we get down to the Board of Review level, a lot of the appeals are not successful because they're filing on emotion and not looking at actual statistical information available to support their appeal.

You don't have to think really hard to get the joke. I think humor in general appeals to all people.

It appeals to the higher nature of the self to put aside food which once lived - I do not consider myself food, why should I ask all other creatures to consider themselves so?

With 'Transformers,' I'm going to get to drive fast cars and have a lot of fun. That's what appeals to me about it. I want to have as much fun as possible.

I think the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals abused its power all day long.

The great appeal of film is its relatability.

A woman's uniqueness is her greatest appeal to a man - and his greatest challenge.

We are going to keep doing it until the equity of it appeals to a president of the United States.

There are no grounds for doubt about the efficiency of our judiciary and we therefore do not accept any appeals for international inquiries,

We're anxiously awaiting the Court of Appeals decision.

We have repeatedly asked the appeals court that the official count of the votes be carried out with full respect for the law, that is with the maximum precision and transparency.

The popularity of the Sprint Music Store is due largely to its ability to instantly deliver the songs people want when they want them on their Sprint phone, the one device that is likely always with them. This feature, along with the easy-to-use storefront, appeals to a mass audience in addition to tech-savvy early adopters.

What we consider good reading is just not the type of thing that appeals to boys,

Appeals to the past are among the commonest of strategies in interpretations of the present.

We have implemented new systems that improve our claims-processing and appeals efficiency and accuracy.

I like most of the places I've been to, but I've never really wanted to go to Japan, simply because I don't really like eating fish, and I know that's very popular out there in Africa, but the whole thing just doesn't appeal to me.

We're happy to offer healthier beverage choices to students. Studies have shown the new packaging especially appeals to middle and high school students, and as a result milk consumption will increase.

This really appeals to a fashion-forward consumer. Our strategy is to become more relevant to customers who are already in the store across more categories.

I think America right now is looking for somebody who appeals to every faction.

We're looking at fresh foods, something that appeals to everyone. People will feel comfortable coming in two or three times a week.

We're not conceding anything. In fact, I think the court of appeals would render in our favor.

Lumber prices should decline slowly, but a settlement of the trade dispute would be a much larger positive for profitability. The U.S. sounds fairly serious about finding a resolution, now that its appeals are nearly exhausted.

Learning is the knowledge of that which is not generally known to others, and which we can only derive at second-hand from books or other artificial sources. The knowledge of that which is before us, or about us, which appeals to our experience, passions, and pursuits, to the bosom and businesses of men, is not learning. Learning is the knowledge of that which none but the learned know.

Many of the people commenting were not at the meeting for Craig. He was properly represented by a solicitor and there is also an appeals process in place.

Sen. Rand Paul is a Different Kind of Republican. He will drag the party, kicking and screaming, toward a new kind of conservatism that appeals more to today's youth, who embrace liberty and are skeptical of foreign intervention.

Senate Bill 7 brought about some really good changes, where you were only appointed to cases for which you were qualified. But then what we saw was that an abundance of appeals were going to the same one or two people that the judges liked for some reason, or whatever, and some defendants were falling through the cracks. Cost-effectiveness was an issue, but my big concern was that due process be provided for these defendants.