Compelling Quotes - Page 2

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.

Given our abundance, the burden of proof should always be on keeping, not giving. Why would you not give? We err by beginning with the assumption that we should keep or spend the money God entrusts to us. Giving should be the default choice. Unless there is a compelling reason to spend it or keep it, we should give it.

I was simply restless, quite likely because of a dissatisfaction with the recent trajectory of my life, and if there is a better, more compelling reason for dropping everything and moving to the end of the world, I know not what it is.

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

The question to ask is whether the risk of traveling to space is worth the benefit. The answer is an unequivocal yes, but not only for the reasons that are usually touted by the space community: the need to explore, the scientific return, and the possibility of commercial profit. The most compelling reason, a very long-term one, is the necessity of using space to protect Earth and guarantee the survival of humanity.

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

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.

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.

Controlling others—winning—is more compelling than anything (or anyone) else.

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

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.

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

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.

But there is a compelling reason to develop a personal strategy for living. Rejecting issues, which often feels liberating, is actually enslavement. Those who do not produce their own solutions must be using someone else's. As Nietzsche warned 'he who cannot obey himself will be commanded'.

Sometimes you’re loved because of your weaknesses. What you can’t do is sometimes more compelling than what you can.

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.

Denice Franke is a sensitive and compelling singer and songwriter.

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

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

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

Loneliness is the most compelling force in the universe.

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