Intrigue Quotes

• 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 of cabals.

  John Quincy Adams

  Struggle, Government, Degenerates

  John Quincy Adams (2017). “John Quincy Adams: Diaries 1779-1821”, p.564, Library of America

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• What you don't know intrigues you more than what you do know.

  Loretta Young

  Knows

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If you pass something every day and it has a little character, it begins to intrigue you.

  Frank Auerbach

  Character, Littles, Ifs

  "Surfaces and depths" by John O'Mahony, www.theguardian.com. September 15, 2001.

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• It is not easy to find something that will intrigue and bind your interest and enthusiasm. This you must seek for yourself.

  Walter Annenberg

  Enthusiasm, Easy, Interest

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• Some people hide more than others, and it does intrigue me.

  Tori Amos

  People, Doe

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• Society bristles with enigmas which look hard to solve. It is a perfect maze of intrigue.

  Honore de Balzac

  Perfect, Mazes, Looks

  Honore de Balzac (2011). “Letters of Two Brides”, p.39, The Floating Press

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• 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, assured that the public approbation will in the end be with us.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Ends, Delusion, Pursue

  Thomas Jefferson, Henry Augustine Washington (1854). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, contin. Reports and opinions while Secretary of State”, p.238

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• Do what intrigues you, explore what interests you; think mystery, not mastery.

  Julia Cameron

  Thinking, Mastery, Mystery

  FaceBook post by Julia Cameron from Apr 28, 2014

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• New dramatic writing has banished conversational dialogue from the stage as a relic of dramaturgy based on conflict and exchange: any story, intrigue or plot that is too neatly tied up is suspect.

  Patrice Pavis

  Writing, Plot, Stories

  Patrice Pavis (2003). “Theatre at the Crossroads of Culture”, p.57, Routledge

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• God wants to change us so much that it intrigues others.

  Francis Chan

  Want

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.382, David C Cook

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• Every woman is at heart a rake.

  Alexander Pope

  Heart, Rakes

  1735 Epistles to Several Persons,'To a Lady', l.215-8.

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• You have to think of your brand as a kind of myth. A myth is a compelling story that is archetypal, if you know the teachings of Carl Jung. It has to have emotional content and all the themes of a great story: mystery, magic, adventure, intrigue, conflicts, contradiction, paradox.

  Deepak Chopra

  Teaching, Adventure, Emotional

  "Deepak Chopra: The Two Questions Every Business Leader Has to Ask". Interview with Eric Schurenberg, www.cbsnews.com. January 25, 2011.

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• To forego even ambition when the end is gained - who can say this is not greatness?

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Ambition, Greatness, Ends

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1859). “The Oxford Thackeray: With Illustrations”, p.989

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• To me, rock music was never meant to be safe. I think there needs to be an element of intrigue, mystery, subversiveness. Your parents should hate it.

  Trent Reznor

  Hate, Thinking, Rocks

  "This Is the Sound: The Best of Alternative Rock". Book by Randi Reisfeld, 2008.

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• I love going to concerts, so that whole environment is something that intrigues me anyway.

  Gary Cole

  Environment, Concerts, Whole

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• There are many women who have never intrigued, and many men who have never gamed; but those who have done either but once are very extraordinary animals.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Animal, Men, Done

  Charles Caleb Colton (1836). “Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think”, p.355

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• My favorite subject probably was math. I love math. I think figures just intrigue me. I was really good at math. English probably was my worst subject, but I used to write a lot of poetry. I used to write poetry all the time.

  Herschel Walker

  Writing, Math, Favorite Subject

  "Gridiron Sensation". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 28, 1991.

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• They're getting me involved in intrigue again, and I think it follows a classic formula in a soap opera.

  Michael Zaslow

  Thinking, Opera, Soap

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• 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 and hook a reader.

  Dick Schaap

  Clever, Games, Hook

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• 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 resource of intrigue and produces only secondary results, the second is the resort of genius and transforms the universe.

  Martin Van Buren

  Genius, World, Firsts

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• To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted my no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spotless; to forgo even ambition when the end is gained - who can say this is not greatness?

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Wisdom, Patience, Heart

  William Makepeace Thackeray (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray (Illustrated)”, p.4236, Delphi Classics

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• 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 them. This discovery process is vital, and I would not prejudice it by deciding too much in advance

  David Brin

  Book, Character, Past

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• I think the ethics and morals of genetic engineering are very complicated. It intrigues me.

  Roger Spottiswoode

  Thinking, Engineering, Ethics And Morals

  "Interview With The 6th Day Director Roger Spottiswoode". Interview with Scott Brake, www.ign.com. November 17, 2000.

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• The artist brain is the sensory brain: sight and sound, smell and taste, touch.  These are the elements of magic, and magic is the elemental stuff of art.  In filling the well, think magic.  Think delight.  Think fun.  Do not think duty.  Do not do what you should do-spiritual sit-ups like reading a dull but recommended critical text.  Do what intrigues you, explore what interests you; think mystery, not mastery.

  Julia Cameron

  Spiritual, Art, Fun

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• 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 form, I discover all the things that make that an exciting medium. I've been very busy most of my career. I've had very few vacations.

  Rupert Holmes

  Vacation, Careers, Firsts

  Interview with Robert Simonson, www.playbill.com. August 27, 2002.

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