Entertaining Quotes - Page 6

• But to Lord Peter the world presented itself as an entertaining labyrinth of side-issues

  Dorothy L. Sayers

  Issues, Labyrinth, World

  Dorothy L. Sayers (2013). “The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries: Whose Body?, Clouds of Witness, and Unnatural Death”, p.334, Open Road Media

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• Do tell. It might be entertaining to see who gets to you first.” “Excuse me if entertaining you isn’t at the top of my agenda.

  Nalini Singh

  Agendas, Might, Firsts

  Nalini Singh (2009). “Angels' Blood”, p.154, Penguin

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• Trains are great dirty smoky things," said Will. "You won't like it." Tessa was unmoved. "I won't know if I like it until I try it, will I?" "I've never swum naked in the Thames before, but I know I wouldn't like it." "But think how entertaining for sightseers," said Tessa, and she saw Jem duck his head to hide the quick flash of his grin.

  Cassandra Clare

  Dirty, Thinking, Ducks

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “Clockwork Prince”, p.75, Simon and Schuster

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• I'm not such a bad fighter myself," Skye said. Po exploded with laughter. "Oh, fight him, Katsa. Please fight him. I can't imagine a more entertaining diversion.

  Kristin Cashore

  Laughter, Fighting, Fighter

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• Miss Marks, you see, makes her living by...entertaining young, and not so young, sailors...or any other members of the armed forced, or civilians, who enjoy...being entertained by ladies who...entertain.

  Rick Yancey

  Missing, Sailor, Members

  Rick Yancey (2011). “The Monstrumologist: The Isle of Blood”, p.271, Simon and Schuster

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• Fun-run" indeed,what a misnomer. That'd be like saying "calm gremlin" or "pleasant hag." Or 'entertaining history textbook.

  Kiersten White

  Running, Fun, Textbooks

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• You can con God and get away with it, Granny said, if you do so with charm and wit. If you live your life with imagination and verve, God will play along just to see what outrageously entertaining thing you'll do next.

  Dean Koontz

  Play, Imagination, Live Your Life

  Dean Koontz (2014). “Odd Thomas: You Are Destined to Be Together Forever (Short Story)”, p.5, Bantam

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• Every good book should be entertaining. A good book will be more; it must not be less. Entertainment…is like a qualifying examination. If a fiction can’t provide that, we may be excused from inquiring into its higher qualities.

  C. S. Lewis

  Book, Quality, Inquiring

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• For one thing, everyone there is so clever. Do they think me dull? Perhaps I should assure them that our goats enjoyed listening to me for hours on end. I am certain their bleats meant "Do go on, Miri, darling. You are immensely entertaining." Your immensely entertaining sister, Miri

  Shannon Hale

  Clever, Thinking, Listening

  Shannon Hale (2012). “Princess Academy: Palace of Stone”, p.113, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• Miles clutched Quinn's elbow. "Don't Panic." "I'm not panicking," Quinn observed, "I'm watching you panic. It's more entertaining .

  Lois McMaster Bujold

  Elbows, Panic, Miles

  Lois McMaster Bujold (2002). “Miles Errant”, p.176, Baen Books

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• Manga is a very entertaining cultural form, made of many totally different genres. Don’t restrict yourself with a single style of manga. I would be delighted to be your springboard, but try to read as much as you can in order to branch out!

  Hiromu Arakawa

  Order, Style, Trying

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• Aside from the nagging, he's the most entertaining hallucination I've ever had.

  Kirsten Miller

  Nagging, Hallucinations

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• Consumers know precisely what's wrong with advertising. Be it TV or print or whatever, they know that advertising is never creative enough ... never as witty, inspiring, sophisticated, entertaining and downright likeable as they would like it to be.

  Phil Dusenberry

  Witty, Business, Creative

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• When you are in a good theatre show, it is a wonderful and very fulfilling experience, entertaining a large audience and their showing their appreciation for your efforts.

  Joel Grey

  Appreciation, Effort, Theatre

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• I don't think the discus will ever attract any interest until they let us start throwing them at one another.

  Al Oerter

  Inspirational, Funny, Sports

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• In Alien, Sigourney Weaver's role was written for a man. In Salt, Angelina Jolie's role was written for Tom Cruise. These things, when reversed, do prove to be just as exciting and entertaining with women in leading roles.

  Olivia Wilde

  Bad Ass, Men, Salt

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• When I work I relax; doing nothing or entertaining visitors makes me tired.

  Pablo Picasso

  Tired, Relax, Doing Nothing

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• When autumn returns with its long anticipated holidays, and preparations are made for a scamper in some distant locality, hammer and notebook will not occupy much room in the portmanteau, and will certainly be found most entertaining company.

  Archibald Geikie

  Notebook, Holiday, Autumn

  Sir Archibald Geikie (1858). “The Story of a Boulder: Or, Gleanings from the Note-book of a Field Geologist”, p.9

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• If Diane Modahl was 40 times over the testosterone limit she'd have a deep voice and we'd all be calling her Barry White.

  Tony Jarrett

  Inspirational, Funny, Running

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• You should know what makes one photo brilliant and another. Why one illustration is instructive and another is banal. Why one blurb is clever and another is trying too hard. Why one video is brilliantly entertaining and another is cheesy. Bottom line: you should want to do great work with a great team-no matter the cost.

  Jason Calacanis

  Clever, Team, Illustration

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• As long as you enjoy investing, you'll be willing to do the homework and stay in the game. That's why I try to make the show so entertaining, because if you aren't interested, you'll either miss the opportunity to make money in the market or not pay enough attention and end up losing your shirt.

  Jim Cramer

  Money, Opportunity, Games

  "Mad Money". Book by Jim Cramer, www.today.com. March 14, 2005.

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• Stop entertaining those vain fears. Remember it is not feeling which constitutes guilt but the consent to such feelings. Only the free will is capable of good or evil. But when the will sighs under the trial of the tempter and does not will what is presented to it, there is not only no fault but there is virtue.

  Pio of Pietrelcina

  Faith, Inspiration, Evil

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• When I act, I act. When I sing, I sing. I don't put one over the other. Entertaining is what I do best.

  Irene Cara

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• Andrew Keen was so typically brilliant and entertaining at LeWeb 2007 that we booked him for Le Web 2009.

  Loic Le Meur

  Brilliant, Andrew

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• I can't say I ever wanted to become an entertainer. I already was one, sort of-around the house, at school, doing my magic tricks, throwing my voice and doing Popeye impersonations. People thought I was funny; so I kind of took entertaining for granted It was inevitable that I'd start giving little performances.

  Johnny Carson

  School, Voice, People

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