Hook Quotes

362 quotes by 330 authors

I like to give clues - titles - that can give a simple, evocative hook into what picture or feeling welled up in my mind… — David First
Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook. — Oliver Goldsmith
We criticize mothers for closeness. We criticize fathers for distance. How many of us have expected less from our fathers and appreciated what they gave… — Ellen Goodman
Autism is a neurological disorder. It's not caused by bad parenting. It's caused by, you know, abnormal development in the brain. The emotional circuits in… — Temple Grandin
I was very fortunate to hook up with Jerry in the first place. The network was already committed to doing something with him, so I… — Larry David
Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The writing process, the way I go about it is I do whatever the beat feels like, whatever the beat is telling me to do.… — Eminem
I'm an old-school, embarrassing Joni Mitchell fan. Her music made a hook in my soul and hasn't let go for all these years. I even… — Edie Falco
You've got to quit lowering your standards. Set your requirements up front so when a guy hooks you, he has to know this is business. — Steve Harvey
I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're goin', and hook up with them later. — Mitch Hedberg
That's the best way to feed the human mind. That's how Bob Marley did it. He never put it in your face. After you got… — Wyclef Jean
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it. — Thomas Jefferson
I feel like I just grabbed a big juicy worm with a right sharp hook in the middle of it. — Lyndon B. Johnson
I met Mos Def around that time but I didn't hook up with him until I was about 17 or 18. — Talib Kweli
Pop is a little bit theatrical. That's the whole vibe. That's the point - is that it's great music, great melodies, great hooks. But, on… — Adam Lambert
With comedy, you have no place to go but more comedy, so you're never off the hook. — Steve Martin
I don't have to worry about any pop sensibility. I can write adult songs, and I don't have to worry about choruses and hook lines. — John Mellencamp
I don't think there's anything wrong with not knowing how to play an instrument, but the rise of the non-musical producer has done away with… — Moby
A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
I'd like to do a completely off-the-wall collaboration. I would like one of my songs to be the hook to a rap song. That would… — Taylor Swift

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