Intrigue Quotes

126 Intrigue quotes by 116 unique authors

Our part is to pursue with steadiness what is right, turning neither to right nor left for the intrigues or popular delusions of the day,… — Thomas Jefferson
All the public business in Congress now connects itself with intrigues, and there is great danger that the whole government will degenerate into a struggle… — John Quincy Adams
Miserere is about redemption, and the triumph of our best impulses over our worst. It's also about swords, monsters, chases, ghosts, magic, [and] court intrigues.… — Alex Bledsoe
Ghostly things don't really scare me, but they really intrigue me. — Sophie Turner
Many photographers feel their client is the subject. My client is a woman in Kansas who reads Vogue. I'm trying to intrigue, stimulate, feed her.… — Irving Penn
I do not worship the devil. But magic does intrigue me. Magic of all kinds. I bought Crowley's house to go up and write in.… — Jimmy Page
When I begin a book, I inevitably discover many things along the way, about the characters, their past histories and the political intrigues that surround… — David Brin
I never really did sports growing up. Maybe that's why they intrigue me. The technology that goes into that clothing is steps ahead, so it's… — Alexander Wang
The artist brain is the sensory brain: sight and sound, smell and taste, touch. Â These are the elements of magic, and magic is the… — Julia Cameron
The demagogue is usually sly, a detractor of others, a professor of humility and disinterestedness, a great stickler for equality as respects all above him,… — James F. Cooper
Juliet is one of those rare novels that has it all: lush prose, tightly intertwined parallel narratives, intrigue, and historical detail all set against a… — Sara Gruen
I came up with new leads for game stories by being observant and clever, by using the many gifts of the English language to intrigue… — Dick Schaap
Those who have wrought great changes in the world never succeeded by gaining over chiefs; but always by exciting the multitude. The first is the… — Martin Van Buren
I have an idea and a first line -- and that suggests the rest of it. I have little concept of what I’m going to… — T.C. Boyle
Four circles to the kissing come, The smaller are the benter. The bend is just the inverse of The distance from the centre. Though their… — Frederick Soddy
No force, no torture, no intrigue can eradicate Marxism-Leninism from the minds and hearts of men. — Enver Hoxha
What intrigues me most about the human voice, is its ability to make all things transparent through its power of transformation. The voice is not… — Unknown Author
It is the deep, salty stickiness of food that intrigues me more than any other quality. — Nigel Slater
Victoria Roberts spins an exciting Highland tale of intrigue, betrayal, and love with a braw Highland hero and strong English heroine any reader will love. — Unknown Author
Woven through Timothy J. Clark’s paintings are unique combinations of visual and emotional stimuli.His sense of space, light and composition combine to create graphic tensions… — Will Barnet
There was reason for STILLMAN'S EXTREME SECRECY. HE WAS PREPARING TO EXTEND THE CITY BANK'S POWER OVER THE EARTH AND FULLY RECOGNIZED THAT THIS AMBITION… — George B. Cortelyou
I've tried in my career to do most everything, because it all intrigues me. And I've found the first time I work in a new… — Rupert Holmes
Dastardly devious, cleverly conceived, and just a whole lot of fun to read, DEATH PERCEPTION is Lee Allen Howard on fire and at his finest.… — Michael Arnzen
Write what you care about, what interests and intrigues you. — Hallie Ephron
Hope's Folly is a rapid-fire romp through futuristic political intrigue and high-risk passion The tug of war between decorum and passion keeps the romantic intrigue… — Philip K. Jason

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