Entertain Quotes

There are few things in which we deceive ourselves more than in the esteem we profess to entertain for our firends. It is little better than a piece of quackery. The truth is, we think of them as we please, that is, as they please or displease us.

Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.

Well, I'll tell you something, this wedding is something that I will always, always cherish. It was a show of love and support and kindness like I'd never seen from the people, and that's who I entertain. I entertain the people.

There is no reason why challenging themes and engaging stories have to be mutually exclusive - in fact, each can fuel the other. As a filmmaker, I want to entertain people first and foremost. If out of that comes a greater awareness and understanding of a time or a circumstance, then the hope is that change can happen.

I just like to entertain myself by sitting down and writing songs.

I'm more influenced by my own interests than anyone else's. Writers have to entertain themselves, or they can't entertain anyone else.

It's about the music and that's it. I'm not an entertainer. But I do entertain people, see what I mean?

If anything, I want to bring television back up to where it will entertain and engage a gamer.

I always entertain great hopes.

Whenever I climb I have to also entertain.

I don't always want to read serious fiction. But when I read fiction that's not serious, I don't want to read brain candy. Entertain me, for God's sake.

I saw music as a way to entertain people and take them away from their daily lives and put smiles on their faces, as opposed to what I see it being now, which is a way for me to actually communicate, and a way for me to tap into my subconscious.

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 frustrated guy, the guy with no money - this is the guy who needs to laugh.

I don't lecture and I don't grind any axes. I just want to entertain.

I'm the guy who wrote The Authority Song. Did they think I was kidding? Did they think it was only a song to entertain?

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, or green or gay or straight or because we are Catholic or Protestant.

We want to create these dramatic situations, whether they are real or not, to entertain audiences.

Silence may be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than to listen to him?

We're not splitting atoms here; we're trying to entertain people.

I love to entertain an audience.

I want to tell my jokes. I want to have time with my children. I want to entertain people. And at one point, I'll walk away from show business. But I don't want to walk away empty-handed.

We are not trying to entertain the critics. I'll take my chances with the public.

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 responsibility to the bank.

The reward is that you can actually create a world separate from reality with a story, actors, music, and camera design. When it works it can entertain, move people and teach us all.

I will entertain anything; it doesn't matter. You know, it's not obviously about the price, it's not about who, it's kind of about when and what. It's material, that's all.

There's a hardening of the culture. Reality TV has lowered the standards of entertainment. You're left wondering about the legitimacy of relationships. It's probably harder to entertain the same people with a more classic form of writing, and romantic comedies are a classic genre.

I think the challenge is going out in front of a paying audience with absolutely nothing and trying to entertain them for two hours. Thankfully, I only think about that right before we go on, and then once we're out there, everything's fine.

Must not I then entertain the saints because I must keep my conscience.

Audiences are the same all over the world, and if you entertain them, they'll respond.

Bring ideas in and entertain them royally, for one of them may be the king.