Captivated Quotes

55 quotes by 53 authors

For me, a good thriller must teach me something about the real world. Thrillers like 'Coma,' 'The Hunt for Red October' and 'The Firm' all… — Dan Brown
When I was a child I liked the games of Capablanca, and later I was captivated by Alekhine's play. — Vladimir Kramnik
Beauty kindles love, and only the one who remains captivated by it, only the one who is intoxicated by it, only the one who remains… — Dietrich von Hildebrand
How many of us would be able to overcome our desires and resist the temptation of sin? How many of us even lower our gaze… — Ibn Taymiyyah
But Tommy Lee Jones is just smooth. He's just the real deal. I'm captivated by him because there's so little of that in Hollywood, and… — Lara Flynn Boyle
Sarah Cornwell has a brilliant eye for the telling detail, and a wonderfully original way of embodying family history. I was captivated by her memorable… — Andrea Barrett
I only know two cats in this business that really had it all; Elvis was one of those guys, the other was Ricky Nelson. There… — Carl Perkins
A technique can only work if it is in harmony with universal principles. Such principles need to be grasped through Mind, pure consciousness. Selfish desires… — Morihei Ueshiba
I was captivated by Sherrie Flick's meticulous and intelligent study of Margaret and Vivette, and the men they share. Reconsidering Happiness is a courageously intimate… — Jim Crace
Probably I, like a lot of people, became a writer in imitation of or in homage to the books I enjoyed. When you're so captivated… — Curtis Sittenfeld
He had somehow, with all his modesty, the rare faculty of controlling his superiors as well as his subordinates. He outfaced Stanton, captivated the President,… — Joshua Chamberlain
As a child, what captivated me was reading the poems myself and realizing that there was a world without material substance which was nevertheless as… — Mary Oliver
Washington has become our Versailles. We are ruled, entertained, and informed by courtiers -- and the media has evolved into a class of courtiers. The… — Chris Hedges
It is a mistake, that a lust for power is the mark of a great mind; for even the weakest have been captivated by it;… — Charles Caleb Colton
With a profound first-hand knowledge of participants, encompassing linguistic competence, and engaging prose, Padraic Kenney recreates the simultaneously serious and playful currents of East Europe's… — Charles S. Maier
Char Miller's lively, insightful account of the life and world of American forester Gifford Pinchot fills a vitally important gap in environmental and conservation history.… — Carolyn Merchant
I started Ballet at a very young age and I was captivated immediately. It became my voice, means to overcome those final barriers to expressing… — Amanda McKerrow
What I would give, I thought, to have been present as Elizabeth Keckley measured Mary Lincoln for a new gown, to overhear their conversations on… — Jennifer Chiaverini
Posterity will surely be amazed, and I hope vastly amused, that such slipshod and unconvincing theorizing should have so easily captivated twentieth-century minds and been… — Malcolm Muggeridge
There is no captive in a worse state than the one who is captivated by his worst enemy (Shaytan) and there is no prison which… — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

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