Entertain Quotes

474 Entertain quotes by 414 unique authors

I could be well content To entertain the lag-end of my life With quiet hours. — William Shakespeare
Those same forces that drive a genius to create the things or ideas that entertain or enlighten us often gobble so much of his personality… — Tom Robbins
The ascent to greatness, however steep and dangerous, may entertain an active spirit with the consciousness and exercise of its own power: but the possession… — Edward Gibbon
I do entertain a lot of negative thoughts and I haven't got any self-belief. But I haven't done bad for someone without any self-belief. — Ronnie O'Sullivan
Grace is something that comes to us when we somehow find ourselves completely available, when we become openhearted and open-minded, and are willing to entertain… — Adyashanti
When you have been in TV and performing for as long as I have, you realise that you probably entertain in your sleep too... as… — Rolf Harris
No one who has lived in the world as long as you & I have, can entertain the pious delusion that it is engineered upon… — Thomas Huxley
I am not here to entertain straight people. — Sarah Schulman
Everything you say; every thought you entertain; and everything you do has a direction, which serves as an advance or a retreat in respect to… — Gary Ryan
Fairy tales and mythology have always been an exaggerated distillation of the real world. Think of them as blueprints for how to deal with a… — Charles de Lint
Vanity does not refer to the opinion a man entertains of himself, but to that which he wishes others to entertain of him. — William Hazlitt
The First thing that strikes a traveler in the United States is the innumerable multitude of those who seek to emerge from their original condition;… — Alexis de Tocqueville
With all your music, loud and lustily, With every dainty joy of sight and smell, Prepare a banquet meet to entertain The Lord of Thunder,… — Hartley Coleridge
There are people that entertainment is something they do at the end of a long hard day at work, and they want to be entertained… — Judd Apatow
I always entertain great hopes. — Robert Frost
It's about the music and that's it. I'm not an entertainer. But I do entertain people, see what I mean? — Liam Gallagher
I feel like you're not a real musician or entertainer if you can't go into a room, pick up an instrument and entertain people. — Chris Cornell
First and foremost I am a commercial writer, and I hope to entertain people. But having said that, I'm in love with the relationship between… — Robert Crais
I'm not motivated to entertain people through Twitter, so just by having Twitter and not saying anything, I make people mad. — Louis C. K.
I still think of that guy I was without a wife or kids, and I still want to entertain that guy. The lonely guy, the… — Larry David
As a standup, I try to change the world. As an entertainer, I try to entertain. And as a lesbian, I try to pick up… — Lea DeLaria
I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained. — Walt Disney
We are not trying to entertain the critics. I'll take my chances with the public. — Walt Disney
Certainly, light fiction exists and encompasses mysteries or second-class romance novels, books that are read on the beach, whose only aim is to entertain. These… — Umberto Eco
Hostesses who entertain much must make up their parties as ministers make up their cabinets, on grounds other than personal liking. — George Eliot

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