Quotes About Captivate

Coercion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him.

A woman of the world is anxious to exhibit her form and shape, whether walking, standing, sitting, or sleeping. Even when represented as a picture, she desires to captivate with the charms of her beauty and, thus, to rob men of their steadfast heart.

With young girls, nature seems to have in view what in the language of drama is called a striking effect as for a few years of her life, she is given a wealth of beauty and charm so that during those years she may capture the fancy of some man to such a degree that he takes care of her for the rest of her life.

Gifts, believe me, captivate both men and Gods, Jupiter himself was won over and appeased by gifts.

The whole point is to hook people and keep them interested.

In cinema, you have a captive audience, but to grab the attention of a housewife, who is in the middle of her household work and to keep them gripped to you, is a huge challenge.

I have to make sure, when you start seeing a film, you are going to see it until the end. I have to, of course, entertain you a little bit. The real question is how far do I go?

Honestly, you could beat me, torture me - just don't bore me.

written words stimulate and liberate the imagination. Images, on the other hand, usually captivate the imagination.

Given time, words may even enchant an enchanter.

I love to entertain an audience.

That term's definitely got a negative aura to it, because people think a diva is somebody with an attitude who demands things all the time. Of course there is that type of diva, but my idea of a diva has always been a singer - whether male or female - who gets on that stage and captivates you with their presence and their voice.

Any director, if you really ask them, will tell you that the toughest thing to do is like a dinner table or a dialogue scene, because you need to keep that electricity maintained throughout the course of the film.

Being able to articulate the gospel with accuracy is one thing; having its truth captivate your soul is quite another.

An artist's job is to captivate… if we stumble into truth, we got lucky.

All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind which only pleases the sight, but does not captivate the affections.

I want to entertain and inspire.

It was Freddie who instilled in us the belief that we had to make people gasp every time.

Nellie was a good girl, and I think had a sort of quiet respect for old Fagg's unobtrusiveness. But her fancy was already taken captive by Rattler's superficial qualities, which were obvious and pleasing. I don't think Nellie was any worse than you or I. We are more apt to take acquaintances at their apparent value than their intrinsic worth. It's less trouble, and, except when we want to trust them, quite as convenient.

Our responsibility is to captivate you for however long we've asked for your attention. That said, there is tremendous drama to be gotten from the great, what you would say, heavy issues.

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

I think it's more interesting to throw people into a story and let them catch up instead of explaining and feeling like you have to slow down for them. I think audiences, for the most part, they don't want to be ahead of you.

When you have their full attention in your grip, their hearts and minds will follow.

The truth is, you have about three paragraphs in a short story, three pages in a novel, to capture that editor's attention enough for her to finish your story.