Quotes About Appeal

But war's appeal is more than belonging, morality, and signaling. As Chris Hedges put it in the title of one of his books, "War is a force that gives us meaning." PERHAPS THE TWO examples so far have left you cold. Maybe you don't want to climb mountains or go to war. But what about having children?

Seriously bad ideas (are) bad ideas which appeal to the prejudices of serious people.

American beer is weak and watery, and like network television, is calculated to appeal to the most folks while offending the fewest. It's the lowest common denominator of brew.

The words "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang," which I saw on an Italian movie poster, are perhaps the briefest statement imaginable of the basic appeal of movies.

Since man's greatest crime on earth Is the fatal fact of birth — Sin supreme without appeal.

if you don't desire anything, the world is without appeal, it loses its beauty. You lack for everything, yet nothing now triggers the need to devour, to incorporate, to make the beautiful object one's own. If the self 's relation to the external world no longer is subtended by desire, it loses all meaning. Raphaël's life is a kind of vegetation, a life without movement or meaning.

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

So the Israelite foremen went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way?

Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”

So Moses left Pharaohís presence and appealed to the LORD.

So Moses appealed to the LORD,

At the end of seven years, when the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, she went to the king to appeal for her house and her land.

And Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought the dead back to life. Just then the woman whose son Elisha had revived came to appeal to the king for her house and her land. So Gehazi said, “My lord the king, this is the woman, and this is the son Elisha restored to life.”

However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—

And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ëGive me justice against my adversary.í

If, however, I am guilty of anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is no truth to their accusations against me, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”

Then Festus conferred with his council and replied, “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!”

But when Paul appealed to be held over for the decision of the Emperor, I ordered that he be held until I could send him to Caesar.”

But I found he had done nothing worthy of death, and since he has now appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.

And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”

But when the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, even though I have no charge to bring against my nation.

God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel:

Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.

For not only did he welcome our appeal, but he is eagerly coming to you of his own volition.