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Attracting Quotes

What draws the eye, and why.

These attracting quotes cover different kinds of pull, from a filmmaker's view that a movie should speak for itself rather than court attention to a city's ambition to attract new development. See our Best quotes for more.

Enterprise zones have succeeded in attracting needed capital to our urban poverty centers. Businesses and investors that wouldn't otherwise give these blighted areas a second glance react to the incentives and invest.

Quotes by Jared Polis

In affluent communities, where each member is keenly aware of his or her place within the Byzantine order, attracting the right friends is a blood sport. Chumming up to influential figures who are in a position to help can determine...

Quotes by Jamie Johnson

I love New York City. Everyone is busy with their own lives - and no one is interested in some Hollywood celebrity walking past in downtown Manhattan. That's why it's my favorite city. You can do what you want without...

Quotes by James Van Der Beek

Blacks as a group have voted Democratic since the 1930s. The GOP has not courted them in any real way since the 1960s, focusing instead on attracting white constituencies hostile to civil rights and African-Americans in general.

Quotes by Jacob Weisberg

An enterprise that is constantly exploring new horizons is likely to have a competitive advantage in attracting and retaining talent.

Quotes by Gary Hamel

Art can help a town by attracting a certain Bohemian population that adds life to the bars, character to the streets and a buzz to the name. Employers may then follow. But art can't do much if every town does...

Quotes by Evan Davis

There's a lot of animals in the open ocean - most of them that make light. And we have a pretty good idea, for most of them, why. They use it for finding food, for attracting mates, for defending against...

Quotes by Edith Widder

In 2010, there was a TED event called Mission Blue held aboard the Lindblad Explorer in the Galapagos as part of the fulfillment of Sylvia Earle's TED wish. I spoke about a new way of exploring the ocean, one that...

Quotes by Edith Widder

While I agree completely that attracting good teachers is difficult, and we need to spend more time doing that - in part by paying them more money - I don't think there's any evidence for the idea that somehow tenure...

Quotes by David Boies

The first thing is to hang on to everybody who is talented, who is entrepreneurial, who wants to make an impact and a change and start attracting ones.

Quotes by Dan Gilbert

As companies become bigger, the global environment more competitive, and the rate of disruptive technological innovation ever faster, the value to shareholders of attracting the best possible CEO increases correspondingly.

Quotes by Chrystia Freeland

One lesson is that if you want to predict voter turnout, you should ask whether at least one candidate is attracting high levels of enthusiasm - not whether the stakes are high, or even perceived to be high. That fits...

Quotes by Cass Sunstein

Blunders, no, only friendship binds us to honesty - attracting crypts of mushrooms in the wake of our snowboards.

Quotes by Bradley Chicho

It still comes down to attracting players, and UCLA can attract players as well as any place in the country.

Quotes by Ben Howland

Do we have to be rail thin to possess 'outer beauty' and sex appeal and to be capable of attracting lovers?

Quotes by Allison Anders

The humanities have been forced to disguise, both from themselves and their students, why their subjects really matter, for the sake of attracting money and prestige in a world obsessed by the achievements of science.

Quotes by Alain de Botton

How much of our lives is consumed with meeting people, attracting people, keeping people and missing people? Usually, when everything is resolved romantically in one of my books, the characters stop talking in my head, and I stop telling the...

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 'attracting attention' mean in the filmmaking quote?
It's used as a caution — the speaker argues that drawing attention to yourself as a performer can actually distract audiences from the movie itself.
Is urban development discussed in this topic?
Yes, one quote frames a city's biggest challenge as attracting continued development so that growth benefits the whole community.
Is there a spiritual use of 'attracting' here?
Yes, one describes faith as a real, magnetic hunger that draws a person toward something greater, rather than a passive belief.
Does this topic touch on historical political movements?
One quote references a period when a movement succeeded in attracting significant publicity and sympathy in progressive circles abroad.
How does this topic relate to Believe quotes?
Attracting quotes focus on what pulls people's attention, while Believe quotes look more at conviction once that attention turns into commitment.

One quote frames faith itself as a kind of attracting, magnetic hunger rather than a simple idea. Pair this with our Believe or Character quotes.