Engaging Quotes

. . . why some men choose to fill their brief allotment of time engaging the impossible, others in the manufacture of sorrow.

The moral equation strongly tells everyone who understands freedom, who understands morality, that Israel is engaging in a just war in defense of its people and its freedom.

The focus and the concentration and the attention to detail that flying takes is a kind of meditation. I find it restful and engaging, and other things slip away.

I believe that an art exhibition can be engaging, fun and deeply intellectually satisfying and serious. These are not contradictory concepts in art.

I think George W. Bush has a warm, engaging personality. But, you know, the presidency is more than just a popularity contest.

Heist movies tend to be a bit superficial, glamorous, and fun. They don't tend to be emotionally engaging.

Nothing is more pleasing and engaging than the sense of having conferred benefits. Not even the gratification of receiving them.

One regret I have is that I did not learn more about what was happening very early, so that I could have tried to stop people from engaging in illegal activities.

More contact means more sharing of information, gossiping, exchanging, engaging - in short, more word of mouth.

I enjoy research; in fact research is so engaging that it would be easy to go on for years, and never write the novel at all.

Poetry operates by raising our curiosity, engaging the mind by degrees to take an interest in the event, keeping that event suspended, and surprising at last with an unexpected catastrophe.

Art is more engaging that propaganda.

I'm engaging my diaphragm as I'm speaking to you right now.

I see harm reduction as a way of engaging people as part of that path to recovery.

The Department of Cell Biology at Johns Hopkins was founded and directed by Tom Pollard, an engaging young scientist with remarkable energy and enthusiasm.

Engaging each moment without reservation cuts through the illusion that things could be other than they are.

Every year the State will be the dog that chases its own tail... engaging in a futile attempt to close a perpetual budget gap.

The desire of businessmen for profits is what drives prices down unless forcibly prevented from engaging in price competition, usually by governmental activity.

Chess is so interesting in itself, as not to need the view of gain to induce engaging in it; and thence it is never played for money

I'm always imagining some sort of story behind the song, even the ones I haven't written. I'm actively engaging in playacting.

Today it’s economically crucial and personally rewarding to create something that is also beautiful, whimsical, or emotionally engaging.

If you are a friend of the Constitution as I am, I hope you will consider engaging me in the topics of my posts whether you agree or disagree with my position on a particular subject.

I think [Donald Trump] is now talking about engaging in countries on a bilateral basis.

An adventure game is nothing more than a good story set with engaging puzzles that fit seamlessly in with the story and the characters, and looks and sounds beautiful.

Pierrot le Fou is something I keep coming back to. Its so surreal but still really engaging - it proves narratives within narratives are a landscape that can be pursued well.

People like me who were engaging in brinkmanship with the party economic bosses and the open dissidents who were being arrested were pursuing a common goal in different ways.

The good news is that economists are intelligent, engaging and often charming folks. The bad news is their work is often of little use to investors.

I like to think about what the song is saying, the story of it, and conveying the mood of that to the audience. But at the same time, sharing through interacting with them and engaging them.

Lasse [Hallström] is really good at emotionally engaging an audience without hitting them over the face with it.

Anyone engaging in illegal financial transactions will be caught and persecuted.

Transformed worship is a life lived in Christ and for Christ...If you are to lead engaging worship, you must first recognize your own need for Christ and His Spirit to live in you.

In spite of muzzling the press, imprisoning thousands, and engaging in torture, kidnapping and murder, the Socialist government was still vulnerable to the accusation of being "soft on Basques.

"Mansome" was one of those projects where it was a great change to do something fun and look at the subject in an engaging way. My next film is not going to be about pedicures.

If the liberal arts do nothing else they provide engaging metaphors for the thinking they displace.

When I'm starting to feel, "How many more people are there?" I go slower. I ask questions, and that person engaging with me gives me energy.

An excellent introduction to the rise and fall of the British Raj, accurate, succinct, and engaging.

I believe that leadership acts should be manifested by engaging in external work that can be observed and shared with everyone else.

I believe that engaging in the political process is part of being a good person.

Great stories, well written and heartfelt. Prisoner of SouthernRock is an engaging and entertaining celebration of southern music, musicians and characters.

Most bloggers who rise above the clutter are quite often prolific -they work hard, not just writing content but networking, engaging in Social Media and more.

After all, if you make your enemy look like a fool, you lose the justification for engaging him.

I have this weird thing where all the artists that I find myself engaging with the most are the ones that I have a bone to pick with.

You don't hear me lambasting, engaging in personal attacks, getting nasty. I don't think that belongs in politics.

Any honest conversation about engaging young people must address discrimination against young people.

Paint right into the darkness. While painting in these conditions the mind shifts gears, engaging the unconscious. Unique 'insights' happen in the dark.

ARTLESSNESS, n. A certain engaging quality to which women attain by long study and severe practice upon the admiring male, who is pleased to fancy it resembles the candid simplicity of his young.

Democrats haven't been this upset about an American engaging in free speech since Juanita Broaddrick opened her yap.

Shop smarter and shop less. But please don't let that dissuade you from engaging in campaigns to make real lasting change.

As president, I decided that a strong, confident America could advance our national security by engaging directly with the Iranian government. We've seen the results.

You are softening toward the young rascal because he is ill, and because he says he likes cats." "It is an engaging quality, Emerson." "That depends," said Emerson darkly, "on how he likes them.