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Appealing Quotes (page 11)

Race relations never improve in war time; they always worsen. And it is when the boys come home the Ku Klux Klans are organized. I believe with George Schuyler that the only really feasible way to improve the general situation of the American Negro is to convince more and more whites that he is, as men go in this world, a decent fellow, and that amicable living with him is not only possible but desirable. Every threat of mass political pressure, every appeal to political mountebanks, only... H. L. Mencken
Helen Rowland quote: "Every man wants a woman to appeal to his better side and his..."
Every man wants a woman to appeal to his better side and his nobler instincts - and another woman to help him forget them. Helen Rowland
The eye solicited alone makes the ear impatient, the ear solicited alone makes the eye impatient. Use these impatiences. Power of the cinematographer who appeals to the two senses in a governable way. Against the tactics of speed, of noise, set tactics of slowness, of silence. Robert Bresson
Prayers are like those appeals of ours. Either they don't get through or they're returned with 'rejected' scrawled across 'em. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Dorothy L. Sayers quote: "He had the appeal of a very young dog of a very large breed --..."
He had the appeal of a very young dog of a very large breed -- a kind of amiable absurdity. Dorothy L. Sayers
Leo Tolstoy quote: "It seems that only God can know the truth; it is to Him alone..."
It seems that only God can know the truth; it is to Him alone wemust appeal, and from Him alone expect mercy. Leo Tolstoy
It must be conceded by those who admit the authority of Scripture (such only he is addressing) that from the decision of the word of God there can be no appeal. William Wilberforce
Charles R. Swindoll quote: "Like sin itself, Satan appeals to the senses. He originated..."
Like sin itself, Satan appeals to the senses. He originated and perfected the art of disguising evil as good. Charles R. Swindoll
Abuse of the military metaphor may be inevitable in a capitalist society, a society that increasingly restricts the scope and credibility of appeals to ethical principle, in which it is thought foolish not to subject one's actions to the calculus of self-interest and profitability. War-making is one of the few activities that people are not supposed to view 'realistically'; that is, with an eye to expense and practical outcome. In all-out war, expenditure is all-out, unprudent--war being... Susan Sontag
Failure of government programs prompts more determined effort, while the loss of liberty is ignored or rationalized away...whether is it is the war on poverty, drugs, terrorism...or the current Hitler of the day, an appeal to patriotism is used to convince the people that a little sacrifice of liberty, here or there, is a small price to pay...The results, though, are frightening and will soon become even more so. Ron Paul
Of course, the young male demographic has always been the target demographic for 'Star Trek,' the men ageing fifteen to about twenty-five or thirty, a very tough market to appeal to. Kate Mulgrew
Steven Morrissey quote: "When I'm lying in my bed I think about life and I think about..."
When I'm lying in my bed I think about life and I think about death and neither one particularly appeals to me. Steven Morrissey
Jim Morrison quote: "The appeal of cinema lies in the fear of death."
The appeal of cinema lies in the fear of death. Jim Morrison
There was a period of time in America where the advertising world actually went to the housewives of America and had them write jingles that would appeal to them. It was actually brilliant marketing. Julianne Moore
Well, we like to let down our hair and pep it up at the dances, but we keep it slower when we broadcast. We have to please everybody, and that softer music appeals to the larger amount of people. It's like eating too much cake. You have to have your steak too. Vaughn Monroe

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