I don't like talking about myself; I like to let the music be the spokesperson for me. So doing a memoir and all that chronological 'and then this happened and then blah blah' doesn't appeal to me that much. I think there's more mystique in what you don't know about.
From [Nikolai] Medtner himself, who I do not think was the best possible advocate of his own works. But that's my opinion: I find him a little uninteresting and cold, sometimes. Also, at first, the thematic material is not of a kind that makes the greatest appeal, but if you keep with Medtner, I think he will take hold of you, and you're very likely to become a fan.
Reese Witherspoon is as cute as a button on Raggedy Ann's overalls, but irresistible raw sex appeal is not one of her qualities.
I am done underestimating [Donald] Trump and his appeal.
Each period has its own appeal.
Those works alone can have enduring success which successfully appeal to what is permanent in human nature -- which, while suiting the taste of the day, contain truths and beauty deeper than the opinions and tastes of the day.
A better politics is one where we appeal to each other’s basic decency instead of our basest fears.
All reasoning ends in an appeal to self-evidence.
Many smart folks seem to think that if you just get your metaphors and messages right, you'll win. That if you start describing what you favor as a 'moral value' - 'affordable health care is a moral value' etc. , - then you'll appeal to red-state voters.
Having a fling with you doesn't appeal to me. You're handsome, but you're too inexperienced to be good in bed. Having ridden many horses doesn't make you a good rider; it just proves that you can't recognize a good one or don't know how to keep her.
There's a hollowness to civilized life. It doesn't appeal to people, and some people react with extreme violence.
If I have any appeal at all, it's to the fellow who takes out the garbage.
Admit nothing - that was his first rule. Appeal to logic - second rule. Delay the inevitable - third rule.
People are influenced by what we are, what we radiate. This has greater appeal than what we say.
I do want to make a special appeal to women movie stars to, I think, have a special responsibility these days to stop smoking, not to do it up on screen because the example that's being set is really an awful example.
I think that was E. T. 's central appeal, personally. E. T. is this metaphorical journey, this strange Odysseus from another world, who just wants to go home. Obviously, home must've been better!
The argument from design is ultimately an appeal to miraculous causes, i. e. , causes that do not, and cannot, occur in the natural course of events. This is why an explanation via design is not a legitimate alternative to scientific and other naturalistic modes of explanation. To refer to a miraculous cause is to refer to something that is inherently unknowable, and this sanctuary of ignorance explains nothing at all. However much it may soothe the imagination of the ignorant, it does nothing to satisfy the understanding of a rational person.
Listen, to appeal to someone else you might put on a pair of shoes that you don't like or a dress you don't like. But there's no way you're going to put on a perfume you don't like; it's too personal.
There is precious little in civilization to appeal to a yeti.
I appeal to everyone who believes in Martin Luther King Jr. 's dream to make room at the table of brother- and sisterhood for lesbian and gay people.