Quotes about Compelling

Compelling reason will never convince blinding emotion. Votes: 5

It would be hard to find a more compelling example of the American dream than Alberto Gonzales. Votes: 5

It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative action, that man finds his supreme joys. Votes: 5

A woman's life can really be a succession of lives, each revolving around some emotionally compelling situation or challenge, and each marked off by some intense experience. Votes: 5

I believe in the compelling power of love. I do not understand it. I believe it to be the most fragrant blossom of all this thorny existence. Votes: 5

Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way. Votes: 5

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 people, to apply technology and scientific thinking to major societal issues. Votes: 5

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit. Votes: 5

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. Votes: 5

Reason gains all people by compelling none. Votes: 3

I believe in the compelling power of love. Votes: 3

The cool blade Severs between coolness, apple-rind Compelling a recognition. Votes: 3

Not an easy story but an important one. Compelling, powerful and engaging. Votes: 3

The Olympics remain the most compelling search for excellence that exists in sport, and maybe in life itself. Votes: 3

Compelling characters are not cogs in the machine of your plot; they are human beings to whom the story happens. Votes: 3

Compelling a woman to wear a headscarf is against Islam, and compelling her to remove it is against human rights. Votes: 3

The paradox of reality is that no image is as compelling as the one which exists only in the mind's eye. Votes: 3

I think it's impossible for any of us not to find television, and the political process at its best on television, compelling. Votes: 3

Just as science is more immediate and exciting than the history of science, so is insight more compelling than a history of insight. Votes: 3

You can talk about Holocaust denial, but it's really marginal for the most part. What is compelling about the Armenian genocide, is how it has been forgotten. Votes: 3

Compelling spectacles are not to reach a niche market, it could be for reaching a niche marketing but on a grand scale. This is for grand marketing. Votes: 3

Because religion has such a compelling hold on the deep psyches of so many people, feminists cannot afford to leave it in the hands of the fathers. Votes: 3

Within each such social group, a feeling of solidarity prevails, a compelling need to work together and a joy in doing so that represent a high moral value. Votes: 3

Our faith is stronger than death, our philosophy is firmer than flesh, and the spread of the Kingdom of God upon the earth is more sublime and more compelling. Votes: 3

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 something performed by celebrities. Votes: 3

Scientists often have a naive faith that if only they could discover enough facts about a problem, these facts would somehow arrange themselves in a compelling and true solution. Votes: 3

History meets romance meets suspense! Compelling, original and wildly romantic, Beatriz Williams' prose is stunning and the plot edge-of-your-seat gripping. OVERSEAS is an absolute triumph—I loved every page. Votes: 3

It's interesting because I don't ever want to ask a better question than I can answer, if that makes sense. I find that frustrating as a viewer. Compelling questions, while not easy, are easier than compelling answers. Votes: 3

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 in a story that is compelling and has a backbone, you draw people in. Votes: 3

It makes sense that whatever the topic is, it's more compelling if you can provide the audience with a range of perspectives, and you can cross disciplines. And you don't have to control what people take out of it. Votes: 3

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 and interesting and compelling to me, then I hope maybe it will be for the reader. Votes: 3

Perhaps the day will come when Western science is able to confirm the existence of immaterial forces and realms. Compelling research in the field of parapsychology indirectly points to this possibility, yet most people in mainstream science can't bring themselves to consider the implications. Votes: 3

It is my opinion that everything must be based on a simple idea. And it is my opinion that this idea, once we have finally discovered it, will be so compelling, so beautiful, that we will say to one another, yes, how could it have been any different. Votes: 3

To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge. Votes: 2

Even now I try to make each page compelling for the readers to get absorbed in the book. Votes: 2

You'll work hard to create characters that are compelling and unforgettable. But in the end, it's the story that matters. Votes: 2

Management's job is to convey leadership's message in a compelling and inspiring way. Not just in meetings, but also by example. Votes: 2

Malaysia is a country unlike any other: Full of promise and fragility. Its history, cultural and religious diversity make it a rich, compelling and surprising land. Votes: 2

If diversity is what is a central value in every selective university in the United States, then it ought to be seen as a compelling interest by the Supreme Court. Votes: 2

My books are about ordinary people placed in extraordinary situations who are able to draw upon their inner reserves to challenge the status-quo in life and navigate compelling human relationships. Votes: 2

One of the nicest things I ever read about our show was that a critic felt 'Boardwalk Empire' could be the beginning of the blur between television and cinema, because the production values are so high and the storytelling is so compelling. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

The bottom line is that we have entered an age when local communities need to invest in themselves. Federal and state dollars are becoming more and more scarce for American cities. Political and civic leaders in local communities need to make a compelling case for this investment. Votes: 2

As a writer, I have to admit, there is something darkly compelling about Alzheimer's because it attacks the two things most central to a writer's craft - language and memory, which together make up an individual's identity. Alzheimer's makes a new character out of a familiar person. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

You have to think of your brand as a kind of myth. A myth is a compelling story that is archetypal, if you know the teachings of Carl Jung. It has to have emotional content and all the themes of a great story: mystery, magic, adventure, intrigue, conflicts, contradiction, paradox. Votes: 2

Being effective at social media, whether for business or personal use, means capturing people who have short attention spans. They're only a click away from a picture of a funny cat, so you have to make your thing more compelling than that cat. And that can be a high bar. Votes: 2

Our criminal justice system is fallible. We know it, even though we don't like to admit it. It is fallible despite the best efforts of most within it to do justice. And this fallibility is, at the end of the day, the most compelling, persuasive, and winning argument against a death penalty. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

Divergent' was my utopian world. I mean, that wasn't the plan. I never even set out to write dystopian fiction, that's just what I had when I was finished. At the beginning, I was just writing about a place I found interesting and a character with a compelling story, and as I began to build the world, I realized that it was my utopia. Votes: 2

Find something that you love to do, and find a place that you really like to do it in. I found something I loved to do. I'm a mechanical engineer by training, and I loved it. I still do. My son is a nuclear engineer at MIT, a junior, and I get the same vibe from him. Your work has to be compelling. You spend a lot of time doing it. Votes: 2

Love is a very compelling argument. Votes: 0

Sarah Palin is a compelling political figure. Votes: 0

We should want our advertising to be compelling. Votes: 0

A riveting, exciting and thoroughly compelling tale of adventure. Votes: 0

... no compelling data to support its anachronistic social Darwinism. Votes: 0

Doing life consciously was a compelling notion to me. Votes: 0

By creating compelling content, you can become a celebrity. Votes: 0

Loneliness is the most compelling force in the universe. Votes: 0

Denice Franke is a sensitive and compelling singer and songwriter. Votes: 0

The most dangerous people are always clever, compelling, and charismatic. Votes: 0

Some people's personalities are so compelling that they command attention. Votes: 0

The villain of any story is often the most compelling character. Votes: 0

Create a compelling service vision. When people want to, they will. Votes: 0

Controlling others"”winning"”is more compelling than anything (or anyone) else. Votes: 0

James Leininger's story is the most compelling evidence so far for reincarnation. Votes: 0

For me, few things are more compelling than watching a great opera. Votes: 0

As a writer, my only responsibility is to tell a compelling story. Votes: 0

Experience is the best teacher. A compelling story is a close second. Votes: 0

Poetry, like sanctity, is the orchestration of multiple attributes into vast, compelling wholes." Votes: 0

If it doesn't come through the Internet, it's not really compelling to me. Votes: 0

Poetry, like sanctity, is the orchestration of multiple attributes into vast, compelling wholes. Votes: 0

A profound intriguing and compelling guide to the intricacies of the human brain. Votes: 0

Delivering compelling premium experiences across screens is core to our mission at Yahoo. Votes: 0

There's something about cats' self-sufficiency and their seemingly individualistic ways that I find compelling. Votes: 0

Stories are more than compelling facts. People remember stories more than they remember statistics. Votes: 0

Real politics is messy and morally ambiguous and doesn't make for a compelling thriller. Votes: 0

What is compelling with 'War Horse' is the jaw-dropping, awe-inspiring craftsmanship in this movie. Votes: 0

The experience of being understood, versus interpreted, is so compelling you can charge admission. Votes: 0

Children who remember their past lives offer the most compelling evidence yet for reincarnation. Votes: 0

Our nettlesome task is to discover how to organize our strength into compelling power. Votes: 0

"You only live once" is also an equally compelling reason not to do something Votes: 0

You can watch any episode you want and have a compelling story being told. Votes: 0

Sex is meant to be, if not addictive, at least a very compelling behavior. Votes: 0

Government should not tell you what to do unless there's a compelling public purpose. Votes: 0

My candidacy is a compelling argument for my candidacy. I want to be President. Votes: 0

All you can do is show people...You tell stories that are true and compelling. Votes: 0

I think the mystery of what's out there in the universe is just very compelling. Votes: 0

I fell in love with commerce and the opportunities that come with compelling visual storytelling. Votes: 0

I feel it's part of my job to make the problems of the poor compelling. Votes: 0

Everything is more compelling when you talk like a human being, when you talk like yourself. Votes: 0

I think there's still room for compelling voices to build up and get a great following. Votes: 0

Characters last. Beautiful writing lasts. A compelling narrative lasts. Art survives long after ideas go extinct.... Votes: 0

Thinking has become a superfluous exercise... purely internal, without compelling force, more or less a game. Votes: 0

[Evolution is] one of the best documented, most compelling and exciting concepts in all of science. Votes: 0

For what higher, more exalted, and more compelling goal can there be than to know God? Votes: 0

I believe that given the audience attention level, we could do an even more compelling 90 minutes. Votes: 0

Among the most compelling truths in some of the early photographs is their implication of silence. Votes: 0

My experience is that an original and compelling idea for a novel is a rare thing. Votes: 0

It is the compelling power of great thoughts and ideas to engender phrases of equal size. Votes: 0

I have always been drawn to coming-of-age stories and books and movies featuring compelling young characters. Votes: 0

I think that one of the compelling themes of fiction is this confrontation between good and evil. Votes: 0

Nothing in the world is so compelling to the emotions as the mind of another human being Votes: 0

One of the most compelling arguments for the Christian faith is the simple fact that it survived. Votes: 0

Joe Berlinger's documentary 'Whitey' is so hard-hitting and compelling, you can't take your eyes off the screen. Votes: 0

There is something enormously compelling about Fran Cutler. She is a thrilling bundle of energy and enthusiasm. Votes: 0

I'm excited about the aging process. I'm more interested in women who aren't perfect. They're more compelling. Votes: 0

With all art expression, when something is seen, it is a vivid experience, sudden, compelling, and inevitable. Votes: 0

The ability to write compelling emails may be the single most useful talent an organizer can possess. Votes: 0

I truly believe that Yahoo! is one of the most compelling and dominant companies in the world. Votes: 0

Huge volumes of data may be compelling at first glance, but without an interpretive structure they are meaningless. Votes: 0

Ultimately the presence of other well known players is driving us to build a more compelling, innovative product. Votes: 0

One wants permissive individuals who do not have a compelling need to reassure themselves that they are leaders. Votes: 0

I feel like my responsibility as an actor is to make characters as compelling and believable as possible. Votes: 0

Ken & Mark weave a simple, compelling tale that contains profound truths. If only we all knew The Secret. Votes: 0

With 'The Flash' in existence, there's no real compelling reason for us to do superpowers on 'Arrow.' Votes: 0

Perhaps love is a compelling necessity imposed on man by God that has something to do with suffering Votes: 0

It's much more powerful and compelling to create a positive vision than it is to tear somebody down. Votes: 0

I think it's up to writers to write stuff that is compelling enough that people want to watch. Votes: 0

If the story's interesting and it's a compelling script, I'd be thrilled to be a part of it. Votes: 0

All too infrequently do I encounter a new voice as delightful, compelling, and intelligent as that of Molly Tanzer. Votes: 0

Sometimes you're loved because of your weaknesses. What you can't do is sometimes more compelling than what you can. Votes: 0

Gentle words, quiet words, are after all the most powerful words. They are more convincing, more compelling, more prevailing. Votes: 0

I have a theory... that someplace at the heart of most compelling stories is something that doesn't make sense. Votes: 0

When two parties make a compact, there results to each a power of compelling the other to execute it. Votes: 0

For poetry, more than any other art, except music, has a compelling hold upon the spiritual side of life. Votes: 0

If you have some magical chemistry that actually find the music you make compelling, that is a big bonus. Votes: 0

I believe the most compelling explanation of Obama's actions is that he is, just like his father, an anti-colonialist. Votes: 0

A compelling story, even if factually inaccurate, can be more emotionally compelling than a dry recitation of the truth. Votes: 0

My recommendation is a compelling urgency for decentralisation. There is a necessity to decentralise the Police. We are under policed. Votes: 0

Of compelling consideration is the fact that words acquire scope and function from the history of events which they summarize. Votes: 0

Unused power was like a marionette with visible strings, nobody holding them. A compelling attraction: I could make it dance. Votes: 0

Sandeep Jauhar is a compelling storyteller, and Doctored gives us a fantastic tour through the seedy underworld of American medicine. Votes: 0

Speaking passionately from the very center of who you are is compelling, forceful, persuasive: that’s what leadership sounds like. Votes: 0

God loves atheists. The former ones make the most compelling theists because they're so empirically familiar with how atheists think. Votes: 0

What makes Geoffrey Chaucer such compelling reading is his creation of a riveting conversation between the ideal and the everyday. Votes: 0

Sometimes the characters I find the most compelling are in independent movies. With independent scripts people can take more challenges. Votes: 0

Doubt is a question mark; faith is an exclamation point. The most compelling, believable, realistic stories have included them both. Votes: 0

No issue is more compelling than the air we breathe, be it hot or cold, be it hawk or human. Votes: 0

As a city, it is always compelling. But every day in Mexico City, I give thanks that I am alive. Votes: 0

Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality. Votes: 0

You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time. Votes: 0

Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality. Votes: 0

Nothing is more compelling than the power of choice. You can choose good over evil and right over wrong. Choose right! Votes: 0

The most compelling narrative, expressed in sentences with which I have no chemical reaction, or an adverse one, leaves me cold. Votes: 0

I have always thought that if you can give viewers the sense of being there a story can be very compelling. Votes: 0

Government is full of people who think they know what's best for others and can rationalize compelling them to accept it. Votes: 0

Shakespeare and Rembrandt have in common the faculty of quickening speculation and compelling the minds of men to combat and discussion. Votes: 0

The poem is the device through which the ordinary world is seen in a new way - engaging, compelling, even beautiful. Votes: 0

Climate change is real. The science is compelling. And the longer we wait, the harder the problem will be to solve. Votes: 0

Often the art in a video game is like glorified Thomas Kinkade, but some of it is genuinely enchanting and compelling. Votes: 0

Britney [Spears]'s actually kind of like a broken-down shell of a human being, that's what makes her so endearing and compelling. Votes: 0

I was fascinated by a compelling character embroiled in a controversial topic that told the story from a different point of view. Votes: 0

There was an expression of intensity in dance that was so compelling to me that I wanted a piece of that action. Votes: 0

There's just no more compelling a story, no more compelling an issue, no more compelling a locus of human suffering than Sudan. Votes: 0

Peace would always be less compelling than war. Perhaps that was why there was so little of it in the world. (p. 160) Votes: 0

the most compelling reason for reforming our system is that the system is in no one's interest. It is a suicide machine. Votes: 0

Storytelling is storytelling. Good stories need compelling characters and interesting conflicts. That's the bottom line no matter what medium you're writing for. Votes: 0

Beautifully drawn, solid, compelling characters against a background so real and scary I left the lights on all night. It was great! Votes: 0

Besides offering desirable products, the Free People brand continue to produce some of the most compelling imagery and customer engagement in the industry. Votes: 0

SHADOW KNIGHT'S MATE is a compelling story, extremely well-written and alarmingly plausible. Jay Brandon does for politics what Dan Brown did for religion. Votes: 0

What I've always done as an entertainer is try to come up with things that people will find interesting, or compelling, or humorous." Votes: 0

The most compelling evidence for God's existence is Christ. If God does not exist, then Christ was the biggest fool who ever lived. Votes: 0

What I've always done as an entertainer is try to come up with things that people will find interesting, or compelling, or humorous. Votes: 0

If an idea is compelling enough it'll stick in my head until I am forced to write it. If it's forgettable, who cares? Votes: 0

Let the good in me connect with the good in others, until all the world is transformed through the compelling power of love. Votes: 0

The way to avoid evil is not by maiming our passions, but by compelling them to yield their vigor to our moral nature. Votes: 0

A law is something which must have a moral basis, so that there is an inner compelling force for every citizen to obey. Votes: 0

It's much easier to spend a lot of time making your microphone louder than it is working on making your message more compelling. Votes: 0

A lot of compelling stories in the world aren't being told, and the fact that people don't know about them compounds the suffering. Votes: 0

That's to me what always is compelling about villains. I am much more interested in how they think than in what they even do. Votes: 0

The value of many men and books rests solely on their faculty for compelling all to seek out the most hidden and intimate things. Votes: 0

I don't think writers are any smarter than other people. I think they may be more compelling in their stupidity, or in their confusion. Votes: 0

It's about love and loss, it struck me as a meaningful and compelling story, and the shifts in reality offered up strong visual possibilities. Votes: 0

Lost' is about a bunch of people stranded on an island. It's compelling, but kind of tiny. But what sustains you are the characters. Votes: 0

Popular films are so powerful and compelling that it's often easier to accept their versions of history than the much more complicated true stories. Votes: 0

In spite of recent trends towards fabricating photographic narratives, I find, more than ever, traditional photographic capture, the 'discovery' of found narratives, deeply compelling. Votes: 0

Comedy, drama, Westerns, sci-fi... it's all fine if the story's compelling and the character is interesting to me. I do like action a lot. Votes: 0

It’s the glitches and twists, I thought, that make this universe unique and compelling. Without flaws, there would be no depth, no substance. Votes: 0

As far as I'm aware, everybody in the shadow cabinet accepts that there's a compelling case on climate change and a strong scientific case. Votes: 0

Clear, crisp, and compelling. . . . Mitzvah Girls is a thoughtful look at the world of Jewish girls who grow up in 21st-century America, but don't really. Votes: 0

Mental disorders don't really live 'out there' waiting to be explained. They are constructs we have made up - and often not very compelling ones. Votes: 0

Those who deny human-caused climate change offer no compelling evidence to better explain the undeniable rise in atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases and global temperature. Votes: 0

Love it when a compelling new character kicks open your mental door, tracks mud across your brain, and props their feet up on your cerebrum. Votes: 0

The wanting of advice is the sign that the Spirit in you has not yet spoken with the compelling voice that you ought to obey. Votes: 0

Dressing badly has been a refuge much of my life, a way of compelling others to engage with my mind, not my physical presence. Page. 283 Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Dressing badly has been a refuge much of my life, a way of compelling others to engage with my mind, not my physical presence. Page. 283 Votes: 0

I was opposed to the U.S. involvement in Libya from the very start. President Obama has never made a compelling national security case on Libya. Votes: 0

It wouldn't kill you to get me an iced coffee." "No, but not getting killed doing something is not a very compelling reason to do it. Votes: 0

We still have this prudish, puritanical culture, but we also have so little exposure to a diversity of bodies. Bodies are beautiful and great and compelling. Votes: 0

The heart of Dragon's Lair has always been its compelling story. With Dragon's Lair 3D, we think the team has really created an interactive animated movie. Votes: 0

Visit your local supermarket or retail chain. You'll experience a lot of visual stimulus, but it's unlikely that your other senses will encounter any compelling messages. Votes: 0

So to me it's very similar in terms of trying to distill within the image, those elements that are gonna form, hopefully, a compelling visual statement. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The more complex and overwhelming the threat to a protagonist, the better the opportunity for the author to create a compelling conflict and a dramatic resolution. Votes: 0

With Women, Chloe Caldwell is to Millennials what Anais Nin was to previous generations"“a voice that is raw, intimate, thoughtful, compelling. Above all, heartbreakingly real. Votes: 0

Some memories come with a very compelling sense of truth about them. And that happens to be the case even with memories that are not true. Votes: 0

It's easy to get rid of things when there is an obvious reason for doing so. It's much more difficult when there is no compelling reason. Votes: 0

Freedom is not being a slave to any circumstance, to any constraint, to any chance; it means compelling Fortune to enter the lists on equal terms. Votes: 0

Unfortunately, the world continues, history continues to produce tragedies. And it is very important that they be documented in a humane way, in a compelling way. Votes: 0

People assume actresses are afraid to get older; the truth is the roles get a whole lot more compelling once you're too old to play dumb. Votes: 0

When a man fails to see the truth of certain generally accepted views, there is no law compelling him to provoke animosity by announcing his dissent. Votes: 0

I'm probably not creative or talented enough to create an especially compelling piece of content, but I really do enjoy watching a great movie or TV show. Votes: 0

Real motivation is that drive from within: You know where you are going because you have a compelling image inside, not a travel poster on the wall. Votes: 0

Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves, than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest. Votes: 0

A woman's life can really be a succession of lives, each revolving around some emotionally compelling situation or challenge, and each marked off by some intense experience. Votes: 0

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 promptly fulfilled. Votes: 0

The most compelling confirmation of Marx's theory of history is late capitalist society. There is a sense in which this case is becoming truer as time passes. Votes: 0

You can make low-budget film as long as there is something compelling about the characters. There is a believability in the chemistry and a likeability amongst the characters. Votes: 0

We need to believe in a bright, compelling and sustainable future. Fear neither motivates people long-term nor brings out the best in them. Hope is a powerful motivator. Votes: 0

Thinking through how you find that intersection between individual, compelling human narratives and structural, systemic injustices - that's the place that's most interesting to me as a reporter. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

This new consensus seemed so compelling that Ernst Mayr, the dean of modern Darwinians, opened the ashcan of history for a deposit of Geoffrey's ideas about anatomical unity. Votes: 0

With such compelling information, the question is why havent we been able to do more to prevent the crisis of underage drinking? The answer is: the alcohol industry. Votes: 0

Despite recent media reports that have clouded, or even misrepresented, the facts, there is compelling evidence that al-Qaida and Iraq have been linked for more than a decade. Votes: 0

Some of the freshest, most compelling, and most soulful music I have heard recently. Bob Reynolds is an amazing musician, with something very exciting and original to say. Votes: 0

We must stand up and say, "I'm black and I'm beautiful," and this self-affirmation is the black man's need, made compelling by the white man's crimes against him. Votes: 0

Jesus is compelling in the way the discovery of the stars or the experience of a one-of-a-kind romance is compelling. His presence draws you in to the deep. Votes: 0

Diane Cluck is a virtuosic talent with an emotionality that feels at once ancient and alien. Her mastery of her voice as an ecstatic instrument is so compelling. Votes: 0

I think the idea of having a game based on reality is compelling right off the bat because everyone has some experience with the subject of the game. Votes: 0

I have to have an impact. That's what drives me to practice to make sure my words are clear and my stories are compelling. Right. Because it matters. Votes: 0

Far better than a precise plan is a clear sense of direction and compelling beliefs. And that lies within you. The question is, how do you evoke it? Votes: 0

I am interested in agricultural corporations and how they function. The idea that they own the genetics of our food supply is a really compelling thing to me. Votes: 0

I think what's happened in the modern world, there's a lot of people that sound very smart and it's very compelling and alluring, but it leaves you empty. Votes: 0

There are issues of war and peace. And then, there are issues of life and death like this one that are no less morally compelling than war itself. Votes: 0

I definitely worked really hard to evoke Frankie Valli, but not do a strict imitation, because I feel that a strict imitation is not as compelling to watch. Votes: 0

Anything that encourages a boy to open a book, in a world of more violent and therefore more compelling video games, is something I'm going to pay for. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

In books and movies infidelity always looks so compelling, so right. Here are people who defy petty convention and are rewarded with only the tastiest bits of human experience. Votes: 0

I look at life, the experiences I've had, at the human condition, the dynamics between people, the news (world news), and draw from the compelling realities all around us. Votes: 0

In writing, I want to be remembered for telling good stories in beautiful and powerful language, using the poetry of words to reflect the thematic concerns of compelling stories. Votes: 0

You need to get outside of your comfort zone to write songs that are interesting, songs that are compelling, songs that are different from what other people are writing. Votes: 0

You can lead and motivate people without a certificate or title, what you need to do is to tell people a compelling secret that was only known to you. Votes: 0

Memories are made of peculiar stuff, elusive and yet compelling, powerful and fleet. You cannot trust your reminiscences, and yet there is no reality except the one we remember...... Votes: 0

The simple fact is that neither an efficiently successful HOW nor a compelling persuasive WHY is sufficient on its own..without the other to bring about impactful sustainable improvement. Votes: 0

An atheist is someone who is certain that God does not exist, someone who has compelling evidence against the existence of God. I know of no such compelling evidence. Votes: 0

Arithmetic has a very great and elevating effect, compelling the soul to reason about abstract number, and rebelling against the introduction of visible or tngible objects into the argument. Votes: 0

Of all the multitudes who throughout history have spoken for human dignity in times of great suffering and loss, no voice is more compelling than that of Anne Frank. Votes: 0

Breathtakingly real and utterly compelling, Immoral dishes up page-turning psychological suspense while treating us lucky readers to some of the most literate and stylish writing you'll find anywhere today. Votes: 0

Ultimately, physical resemblance isn't as important as whether this person can bring this character to life in a way that's compelling and makes me care about what happens to them. Votes: 0

If discrimination based on race is constitutionally permissible when those who hold the reins can come up with "compelling" reasons to justify it, then constitutional guarantees acquire an accordionlike quality. Votes: 0

If discrimination based on race is constitutionally permissible when those who hold the reins can come up with "compelling" reasons to justify it, then constitutional guarantees acquire an accordionlike quality Votes: 0

Provocative and challenging The Social License makes a compelling case for why companies must look to increase their positive social impact as an integral part of their core business strategies. Votes: 0

The Singing of Swans is a remarkable narrative calling--even compelling--us to connect with our own ancestral roots, to seek our own inner wisdom, and to reclaim our own inner voices! Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

He was not hip-hop's most gifted emcee. Still, Shakur may be the most influential and compelling rapper of them all, he was more than the sum of his artistic parts. Votes: 0

It is rare in a working environment that someone says, “Johnson, I need a market analysis by Friday but before that I need a compelling account of your childhood. Votes: 0

The thing about the banjo," says Martin, "is when you first hear it, it strikes many people as 'What's that?' There's something very compelling about it to certain people. Votes: 0

I think what makes compelling fiction or cinema is when you're basically taking the most intense moments of experience and you're creating a song or a narrative out of it. Votes: 0

I've always been making up my own restrictions for myself, from day one, and it's compelling, because it forces me to think. That's always been a driving force for me. Votes: 0

I would like to prove that on TV, everyday lives can be as compelling as the life-styles of the rich and famous. Especially lives that we catch at extraordinary moments. Votes: 0

When you have that window of opportunity called a crisis, move as quickly as you can, get as much done as you can. There's a momentum for change that's very compelling. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

All you can do is focus on telling the best story you can with compelling characters. If you do it right, it will endure. If you do it wrong, it won't. Votes: 0

I think the mission for the writer is to tell stories in a compelling way about the stuff that cannot be talked about, that cannot be gotten at with shallow media. Votes: 0

The uncommitted share many of our core values, but if we do not live out those values in a compelling way, we will not awaken a thirst for their ultimate Source. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Paradigm shifts aren't always obvious when you're in the middle of one. Danny Kennedy makes a compelling case for why solar power is the crucial energy technology of the 21st century. Votes: 0

It's fun to see a lot of the crowd become embarrassed. You're kind of watching them almost wanting to not watch the screen, but they have to because it's so compelling! Votes: 0

Libertarianism is a theory of politics that is so compelling that once you have absorbed it, it becomes the lens through which you end up understanding all economic and political events. Votes: 0

It just struck me that one of the things about photography that made it such a compelling medium to deal with is that it is perhaps the most contradictory of mediums. Votes: 0

I think Spider-Man [film], the first one particularly, really figured out the formula of, "Oh, tell the story that they told in the comic. It was compelling. That's why it's iconic." Votes: 0

Power is defined as an ability to do qualitative work with a quantitative passion, backed by a compelling conviction, directed by a propelling purpose, fulfilling a divine destiny. That is power! Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The purpose of an elevator pitch is to describe a situation or solution so compelling that the person you're with wants to hear more even after the elevator ride is over. Votes: 0

In real life, nothing would be more tedious than trailing around after two strangers as they went house-hunting in Hertfordshire. But for some reason, television is more compelling than real life. Votes: 0

The refunding of the national debt at a lower rate of interest should be accomplished without compelling the withdrawal of the national-bank notes, and thus disturbing the business of the country. Votes: 0

I've come to feel that if I can't make something happen in under an hour and a half, it's not going to happen in a compelling way in a three-hour play. Votes: 0

A Killer Brand exists when an entity derives a disproportionate amount of success in its category because of a compelling and differentiated expectation that comes to be associated with its name. Votes: 0

I can relate to historical characters or imaginary ones. It doesn't matter if a story takes place in the future or in the present, as long as the story is compelling. Votes: 0

A chair is the first thing you need when you don't really need anything, and is therefore a peculiarly compelling symbol of civilization. For it is civilization, not survival, that requires design. Votes: 0

It is quite clear that compelling content, which is made available on economic terms that respect the intellectual rights of owners, can be a tremendous spur to the growth of broadband networks. Votes: 0

An absolute joy to read - it stimulates and engages. Westney is asking new questions not addressed elsewhere . . . and you will be drawn in by the author's inviting, yet quietly compelling style. Votes: 0

If you can engage the influencer's passions, and work with them to craft a compelling logical appeal, then you can leverage the credibility of the influencer to actually sway hearts and minds. Votes: 0

It was the darkness that got you. It was heavy darkness, greasy and compelling. It made walls round you, and shut you in so that you felt like you could not breathe. Votes: 0

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 a piece, no seams and patches noticeable. Votes: 0

Cinematic and symphonic: this is a compelling story revealed in a sequence of voices that are as pitch-perfect as they are irresistible. This is a wonderfully impressive debut: tender, muscled and unforgettable. Votes: 0

Horror, let's face it, is basically pretty dumb. You're writing about events that are preposterous, and the trick is to dress them up in language so compelling that the reader doesn't care. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I am a storyteller, not a historian, and it's my ambition to create something compelling - something unputdownable and riveting - that chimes with the real history but is, in fact, fiction. Votes: 0

...compelling outdoor imagery always combines some kind of personal connection to nature and skillful technique. The former seems to be a form of grace, and the latter an act of the will. Votes: 0

To lose my mother just as I'm right on the brink of crossing that threshold over into a career, it was pretty compelling. My entire career is my mother's work, for me. Votes: 0

With a population of more than 600 million people, an emerging middle class that is driving strong consumption, and a robust and resilient economy, Southeast Asia presents a compelling growth opportunity for Starbucks. Votes: 0

Television's compelling power is its immediacy . .. this immediacy feeds the politics of emotions, gut reactions and impressions rather than the politics of logic, facts and reason; it emphasizes personality rather than issues. Votes: 0

This intimacy is not necessary; no one is compelling me to open my inmost self and lay it naked, undefended, against that of another "“ merely for the joy of the communion. Votes: 0

Forty years after the greatest scandal of the American presidency, Elizabeth Drew's account in Washington Journal remains fresh and riveting, instructive and evocative. Her afterword on Nixon's post-Watergate life is equally compelling. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I'm interested in painting the most beautifully compelling pictures and images and metaphors and stories and explanations possible that will put Jesus in language for a world that desperately needs to hear it. Votes: 0

Listening and hearing are two different things, and acting is comprehending what the person is saying, thinking how it makes you feel and responding. That's the key to really honest, truthful, compelling performance. Votes: 0

Lexicon grabbed me with the opening lines, and never let go. An absolutely thrilling story, featuring an array of compelling characters in an eerily credible parallel society, punctuated by bouts of laugh-out-loud humor. Votes: 0

Prose of the World is an enormously compelling and vivid study. The result is an ambitious, timely, and eloquent account of the relationship between early-twentieth-century fiction and the contemporary global novel in English. Votes: 0

When you look around your life and you notice that something is missing, don't go looking for it -- create it! The key is to design a compelling destination, while enjoying the journey! Votes: 0

We are all unconsciously in search of love. Whenever we feel its presence in our environment, we can't help but be drawn to it. There is no more compelling energy in the world. Votes: 0

There are a lot of ideas I have that I think would be very marketable and commercial, but they're not as compelling to me as the ones that are unmarketable, uncommercial, and unprofitable. Votes: 0

The most evocative thing to me is probably when a writer and a group of performers can collectively put together something compelling that asks the really simple question: 'How do we live?' Votes: 0

I would say that what the value of talking about and thinking about a dome over Manhattan is that [Buckminster] Fuller has identified a scale of action I think is actually really compelling. Votes: 0

President Bush's proposal to focus our resources on sending humans to Mars is intriguing, but it is not the most compelling reason that Americans ought to focus our interest on the Red Planet. Votes: 0

It is not a medicine. You don't know what's in it. If there were compelling scientific and medical data supporting marijuana's medical benefits that would be one thing. But the data is not there. Votes: 0

My first job is to write a book that I believe is compelling and deserves the long sustained attention that any novel requires, and to worry about the commerce only late in the game. Votes: 0

The compelling thing about making art - or making anything, I suppose - is the moment when the vaporous, insubstantial idea becomes a solid there, a thing, a substance in a world of substances. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Of the major incentives to improve safety, by far the most compelling is that of economics. The moral incentive, which is most evident following an accident, is more intense but is relatively short lived. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Our job if I can see straight and hear clearly and understand ~ is to make advertising and run advertising that is seen and read and heard ~ and remembered ~ for its reasonable and compelling truth. Votes: 0

Breathes life into a vital but oft-neglected chapter of our history. Amy Belding Brown has turned an authentic drama of Indian captivity into a compelling, emotionally gripping tale that is at once wrenching and soulful. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Even if you've sworn to yourself never to read vampire fiction again, do yourself the favor of reading Motherless Child. Glen Hirshberg has crafted a compelling, heartbreaking thriller full of character, grit, and sorrow. Bravo Votes: 0

Innovation must lead infrastructure for a simple but compelling reason: Innovation produces new types of products and markets, and it is virtually impossible to know how to run those markets efficiently before they are created. Votes: 0

The Web is a compelling new medium being put to all kinds of uses, by everyone from banks to Cub Scouts to flying saucer cults. That said, it can also be a powerful folly amplifier. Votes: 0

People will come to your site because you have good compelling content. You need to hit it from all angles: blog posts, articles, graphs, data, infographics, interactive content - even short pictures when you Tweet. Votes: 0

We must remain in love and develop in love; that must be the compelling force in our lives. It is possible to love everyone. When you sense you lack love, you must quite simply pray. Votes: 0

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 Shore is compelling, personal, and full of quietly real moments, Votes: 0

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, scientific studies deliver compelling reasons for them to stay home. Votes: 0

It is important to remember that the ocean's resources are finite. The commitment these kids are making here today is a clear and compelling call to all of us to pay attention to our ocean. Votes: 0

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, scientific studies deliver compelling reasons for them to stay home. Votes: 0

Though there might not be any easy answers to the problem of poverty, its most compelling scribes do not resign themselves to representation solely for the sake of those age-old verities of truth and beauty. Votes: 0

Ultimately, we're not the avatars we create. We're not the pictures on the film stock. We are the light that shines through it. All else is just smoke and mirrors. Distracting, but not truly compelling. Votes: 0

The transaction reflects our disciplined strategy of investing capital in core businesses where we can leverage scale and expertise for competitive advantage. In addition to being a great strategic fit, the deal is compelling financially. Votes: 0