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title: "7 Hold Audience Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Hold Audience quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Hold Audience sayings and thoughts."
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> [Perhaps the most demanding trick in all of art is to know ways that are going to capture the attention of an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-boyd/perhaps-the-most-demanding-trick-in-all-of-art-is-to-know-ways-that/)

[Brian Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-boyd/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/194/brian-boyd-27592_art_perhaps-the-most-demanding-trick-in-all_661751.jpg)

> [Much as a teacher may wince at the thought, he is also an entertainer—for unless he can hold his audience, he cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/much-as-a-teacher-may-wince-at-the-thought-he-is-also-an-entertainer/)

[Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c29/sydney-j-harris-1578_audience_much-as-a-teacher-may-wince-at-the-thoug_699080.png)

> [Public speaking professionals say that you win or lose the battle to hold your audience in the first 30 seconds of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-medina/public-speaking-professionals-say-that-you-win-or-lose-the-battle-to/)

[John Medina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-medina/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/107/john-medina-7046_audience_public-speaking-professionals-say-that-y_1511389.png)

> [If you don't have a story that will hold the audience, you won't have a successful show.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-fields/if-you-don-t-have-a-story-that-will-hold-the-audience-you-won-t-have/)

[Dorothy Fields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-fields/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/943/dorothy-fields-24072_audience_if-you-don-t-have-a-story-that-will-hold_1815290.jpg)

> [You have to hold your audience in writing to the very end-much more than in talking, when people have to be polite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-ueland/you-have-to-hold-your-audience-in-writing-to-the-very-end-much-more/)

[Brenda Ueland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenda-ueland/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/faa/brenda-ueland-3836_audience_you-have-to-hold-your-audience-in-writin_2835801.png)

> [You see, when I go on stage I perform with just a guitar and you have to have very strong material to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-de-burgh/you-see-when-i-go-on-stage-i-perform-with-just-a-guitar-and-you-have/)

[Chris de Burgh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-de-burgh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82c/chris-de-burgh-5798_audience_you-see-when-i-go-on-stage-i-perform-wit_2862214.png)

> [Last thing you want to do with a good movie is hold the audience hostage. As an entertainer myself, I just know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-kinberg/last-thing-you-want-to-do-with-a-good-movie-is-hold-the-audience/)

[Simon Kinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-kinberg/)

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