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I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes. Yves Saint Laurent Appeal 115
Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain. Mahatma Gandhi Appeal 109
I appeal to you, my friends, as mothers: are you willing to enslave your children? You stare back with horror and indignation at such questions. But why, if slavery is not wrong to those upon whom it is imposed? Angelina Grimke Appeal 104
The great appeal of the doctrine that the mind is a blank slate is the simple mathematical fact that zero equals zero. Steven Pinker Appeal 87
I believe that true art is universal in its appeal. John McCormack Appeal 87
It is the mark of great art that its appeal is universal and eternal. Clive Bell Appeal 84
I know of my sex appeal. I know about sexuality, and I know how to use it - tastefully, of course. Rachel Bilson Appeal 78
The ultimate court of appeal is observation and experiment... not authority. Thomas Huxley Appeal 75
And that had a powerful appeal, particularly to those who had been denied the choice to stay on at school, to go to university, to be something else, other than going down the pit. Barbara Castle Appeal 73
We wanted a supporting cast that would appeal to Baby Boomers who grew up in the fifties. Randal Kleiser Appeal 71
In any assembly the simplest way to stop transacting business and split the ranks is to appeal to a principle. Jacques Barzun Appeal 62
We do not kill the drama, we do not really limit its appeal by failing to encourage the best in it; but we do thereby foster the weakest and poorest elements. George P. Baker Appeal 61
Logic is like the sword - those who appeal to it, shall perish by it. Samuel Butler Appeal 55
You could hear him, literally, half a mile away when he opened up. He was at his peak then. He was, naturally, dying to get out of the place he was in, and he recorded for us his appeal for pardon to the governor. Alan Lomax Appeal 55
A pleasant voice, which has to include clear enunciation, is not only attractive to those who hear it... its appeal is permanent. Loretta Young Appeal 55
Until MTV, television had not been a huge influence on music. To compete with MTV, the country music moguls felt they had to appeal to the same young audience and do it the way MTV did. Charley Pride Appeal 54
Britain can be proud of its response to the tsunami appeal. Gordon Brown Appeal 51
There is precious little in civilization to appeal to a Yeti. Edmund Hillary Appeal 49
From the time I was a little boy I found myself reading history when I had a choice. I read a lot of things, but history had a special appeal for me. Donald Kagan Appeal 48
Fay has spirituality too, but she also has that very real sex appeal that takes hold of the hearts of men. Erich von Stroheim Appeal 48
The Past: Our cradle, not our prison; there is danger as well as appeal in its glamour. The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repetition. Israel Zangwill Appeal 48
Reverence for life is the highest court of appeal. Albert Schweitzer Appeal 44
Because an appeal makes logical sense is no guarantee that it will work. William Bernbach Appeal 42
The Anti-Slavery public have generously responded to our appeal, and sent the means to enable us to fit them out well, to pay their passages, supply them with many useful articles and give the Missionaries money to sustain themselves for a while. Lewis Tappan Appeal 42
It is in order that France may find her place in the new Europe that you will respond to my appeal. Pierre Laval Appeal 39
The appeal all too often is to the gallery, hungry for sensation. Otto Hermann Kahn Appeal 38
I think for the last fifteen, twenty years or so, Hollywood has underestimated the appeal of the Western. I think there is still a huge market. Barry Corbin Appeal 35
This solution may not appeal to our human pride, but the problem is that our human pride in itself is sinful. Walter Lang Appeal 35
I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality. Mahatma Gandhi Appeal 34
Fame lost its appeal for me when I went into a public restroom and an autograph seeker handed me a pen and paper under the stall door. Marlo Thomas Appeal 31
I think part of the appeal of mathematical logic is that the formulas look mysterious - You write backward Es! Hilary Putnam Appeal 30

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