#appeal

The limitation upon this mode of promoting peace lies in the fact that it consists in an appeal to the civilized side of man, while war is the product of forces proceeding from man's original savage nature. ↗

— Elihu Root

#civilized #consists #fact #forces #lies

Truth knows no color; it appeals to intelligence. ↗

— James Hal Cone

#color #intelligence #knows #truth

Poetry should be able to reach everybody, and it should be able to appeal to all levels of understanding. ↗

— Peter Davison

#appeal #everybody #levels #poetry #reach

The values to which the conservative appeals are inevitably caricatured by the individuals designated to put them into practice. ↗

— Harold Rosenberg

#conservative #designated #individuals #inevitably #into

Humanitarian appeals always help. They penetrate deeper than political tradeoffs. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#appeals #deeper #help #humanitarian #penetrate

I mean, the fight for a health care bill to cover all Americans and leave none behind is attacked as being a race appeal, which is not true, but then it's put out in the media as true. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#appeal #attacked #behind #being #bill

To believe that patriotism will not flourish if patriotic ceremonies are voluntary... is to make an unflattering estimate of the appeal of our institutions to free minds. ↗

— Robert Jackson

#believe #ceremonies #estimate #flourish #free

Well, I think that there is a connection between being a lawyer and a doctor and an actor. They kind of, in some ways, have the same appeal, I suppose. ↗

— Jeffrey Jones

#appeal #being #between #connection #doctor

Directing doesn't appeal to me. I'm much more in the world of ideas. My husband is a director, and I understand what it takes to direct. It's a skill set where you have to be able to talk to actors and understand them, and I don't. It's a very different way of being in the world, and I much prefer writing and producing. ↗

— Melissa Rosenberg

#appeal #being #different #different way #direct

I don't necessarily find superheroes in general, for me, that appealing. I'd much prefer to play, if I was to be cast in a superhero film, I'd prefer to play the villain because there's a reason, there's a motive behind their madness. ↗

— Ryan Kwanten

#because #behind #cast #film #find