Entertained Quotes

198 quotes by 180 authors

The suggestion that petroleum might have arisen from some transformation of squashed fish or biological detritus is surely the silliest notion to have been entertained… — Fred Hoyle
All men are, at times, influenced by inexplicable sentiments. Ideas haunt them in spite of all their efforts to discard them. Prepossessions are entertained, for… — Charles Brockden Brown
Is it possible that literacy standards are falling because young Australians are growing up in a culture in which they can be entertained and informed,… — Hugh Mackay
I never entertained the dreadful thought that my face was anything other than good and fair until, in an act of revelation, I picked up… — Dafydd ap Gwilym
But the average person doesnt have that much imagination. They just want to be entertained. They want to have the tableau presented for them. They… — Anton Szandor LaVey
Well, besides being entertained, Iâ€™d like to move them emotionally. I mean I really want to uplift them. I want to look down at the… — Yanni
Millions of people never analyze themselves. Mentally they are mechanical products of the factory of their environment, preoccupied with breakfast, lunch, and dinner, working and… — Paramahansa Yogananda
To read Lucia St. Clair Robson is to learn while being thoroughly entertained. Last Train from Cuernavaca puts us through the tragic violence and political… — James Alexander Thom
In the end, my reasons for moving down the timeline and introducing a new cast have more to do with keeping myself entertained, on the… — Raymond E. Feist
Jesus of Nazareth could have chosen simply to express Himself in moral precepts; but like a great poet He chose the form of the parable,… — Dudley Nichols
In listening to stories we tend to suspend disbelief in order to be entertained, whereas in evaluating statistics we generally have an opposite inclination to… — John Allen Paulos
Over the years, Americans in particular have been all too willing to squander their hard-earned independence and freedom for the illusion of feeling safe under… — Cody Lundin
No one comes to your website to be entertained. They have questions they think you can answer. Content answers questions. — Jay Baer
Our object should not be to have scripture on our side but to be on the side of scripture; and however dear any sentiment may… — William Symington
Without fans who pay at the turnstile, football is nothing. Sometimes we are inclined to forget that. The only chance of bringing them into stadiums… — Jock Stein
If you were black, you experienced prejudice. It wasn't a real horrible thing for us; we went through it. We noticed it mostly in the… — Harold Nicholas
The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue; and no genius can long or often utter anything which is not invited and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I found that they knew but little of the history of their race, and could be entertained by stories about their ancestors as readily as… — Henry David Thoreau
Believe me, you have to have a certain confidence in your powers of descretion to let a dentist loose with a drill in your mouth… — Jojo Moyes
These songs are old friends I have entertained myself with when I'm washing the dishes, driving to the store and walking down the aisles. The… — Al Jarreau

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