Quotes About Captivation

And though I was not a Man United fan, and I'm still not, I just was fascinated by Roy Keane.

If you don't have something that glues the audience to the screen, you're in trouble.

One of the joys of a really good book is that you're so into the world of the book, you forget what you're looking at is words on a page.

Paris can be like the land of the Lotus-Eaters. You can't leave.

When I'm reading a book, I don't notice the passing of time.

Well," replied Jesus, "the pearl has no value if all you seek is its value. But if you renounce the value of the pearl and give up everything simply because you are captivated by its beauty, then, and only then, will you discover its true value.

Netfali's breath caught in his throat at the sight of the infinite colors and the gentle curve of the faraway horizon. He had never imagined the height of the white spray breaking against the rocks, the dark sand, or the air that whispered of fish and salt. He stood, captivated, feeling small and insignificant, and at the same time as if he belonged to something much grander.

derives from the 14th-century word Old French aleurer, to attract, captivate, and more exotically, to train a falcon to hunt. The roots are à, to, and loirre, falconer's lure.

Her perfume already had me by the knot in my tie and was gently kicking my brain around inside my skull.

He cometh unto you with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner.

I think visual seduction is really a lovely thing. To be able to look at something and feel you want to get closer and closer to it, and as you get closer to it, the more you drop your guard.

Literally, my earliest memory, my earliest vivid memory, is the Apollo 11 landing on the Moon. Yeah, I was in fourth grade, and I was just so captivated. And I think you'll find a lot of space scientists of my generation will say the same thing. Apollo was a big event for them.

The novel is a seduction; a reader has to be seduced.

I don't believe in being interested in a subject just because it's said to be important. I believe in being caught by it somehow or other.

Wstrzymuj?c oddech, usty chwyta? jej westchnienie. I okiem ?owi? wszystkie jej wzroku promienie.

a precise, detached calliper-grip holds the stars and the quarter-                           moon in arrest:

When I'm on, people watch; people pay attention.

When the audience enjoys your performance, you feel like a magician who is doing magic. It's a great feeling!

I know not how thou singest, my master! I ever listen in silent amazement. The light of thy music illumines the world. The life breath of thy music runs from sky to sky. The holy stream of thy music breaks through all stony obstacles and rushes on. My heart longs to join in thy song, but vainly struggles for a voice. I would speak, but speech breaks not into song, and I cry out baffled. Ah, thou hast made my heart captive in the endless meshes of thy music, my master!

Well, all the plays that I was trying to write were plays that would grab an audience by the throat and not release them, rather than presenting an emotion which you could observe and walk away from.

The second I walked into Jake Paul's world, there was no taking me out of it.

Pure entertainment is not an egotistical lady singing boring songs onstage for two hours and people in tuxes clapping whether they like it or not. It's the real performers on the street who can hold people's attention and keep them from walking away.

I can be so blown away by story lines.

When you're bored, it doesn't necessarily mean the audience is bored.