Entertain Quotes

474 Entertain quotes by 414 unique authors

Miles Davis turned his back to the audience when he came out on stage, and he offended people. But, he wasn't there to entertain; he… — Bobby McFerrin
You always try to work for your audience, to entertain them, but that being said, obviously, within the studio system you feel the sense of… — Phillip Noyce
The Chancellor also in effect asks us to bargain away whatever obligation or interest we have as regards the neutrality of Belgium. We could not… — Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon
To me, there was nothing greater than to play for an audience and to entertain people and that has stayed with me all these years. — Bobby Vinton
I could do John Wayne, Jack Benny, Jack Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and entertain my friends. But I never seriously considered it as a career choice. — Phil Hartman
I always try to make my characters people, and yet I always want to entertain. — Jeffrey Combs
The one thing you have to do if you write a book is put yourself in someone else's shoes. The reader's shoes. You've got to… — Mark Haddon
Our purpose is to educate as well as to entertain. — Curtis Mayfield
You instinctively discover how to entertain an audience. — Anna Held
We want to create these dramatic situations, whether they are real or not, to entertain audiences. — Jerry Bruckheimer
I used to first go on to entertain an audience. But now I go, and this is really true - I go on to have… — Norman Wisdom
I try to find what is closest to me in the character. There's many sides to personality, but it's a matter of, do you entertain… — Corin Nemec
He makes me laugh, Mick! He tended to turn up when we were having lunch and entertain us all. He bought an Enigma machine! I've… — Saffron Burrows
We're not thought of in terms of color because we are entertainers. We are there to entertain you not because we are black, white, pink,… — Eartha Kitt
You can still entertain without getting a knockout. — Andre Ward
The temptation to entertain instead of selling is contagious. — David Ogilvy
From the start it has been the theatre's business to entertain people ... it needs no other passport than fun. — Bertolt Brecht
Take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature. — Marcus Aurelius
How do you plan to keep me here during the day? An unblooded Forbearer shouldn't be sohard to vanquish."Vanquished by her? Amusing. "I'll send you… — Kresley Cole
It is the mark of a superior person that, left to themselves they are able endlessly to amuse, interest and entertain themselves out of their… — George Jean Nathan
I dance not to entertain but to help people better understand each other. Because through dance I have experienced the wordless joy of freedom, I… — Pearl Primus
Failure to spend the [presentation] time wisely and well, failure to educate, entertain, elucidate, enlighten, and most important of all, failure to maintain attention and… — Jay H. Lehr
I want to entertain people. That's my whole life. To my last breath. — Elvis Presley
Rock 'n' roll is meant to entertain. Hippie folk singers are supposed to be singing about leftist views, but I don't think rock 'n' roll… — Johnny Ramone
When you're doing stand-up, you want to stand onstage and, to the extent that you can, uncomplicatedly entertain. — John Oliver

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