Quotes about Intrigue
Men of factious tempers, of local prejudices, or of sinister designs, may, by intrigue, by corruption, or by other means, first obtain the suffrages, and then betray the interests, of the people.
— Alexander Hamilton
'House of Cards' I've watched since the first day.
— Cody Fern
Advertisements with long copy convey the impression that you have something important to say, whether people read the copy or not.
— David Ogilvy
Your story should open as a door to the reader, where the action has already begun and they have to run to keep up.
— Davis Bunn
I was always intrigued by the idea of bringing things together that are considered taboo or risque and bringing them together with something of high elegance and sophistication.
— Dita Von Teese
Knowledge would be fatal. It is the uncertainty that charms one. A mist makes things wonderful.
— Oscar Wilde
I think books should have secrets, like people do.
— John Updike
If I had a time machine, I'd visit Marilyn Monroe in her prime or drop in on Galileo as he turned his telescope to the heavens.
— Stephen Hawking
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.
— Joseph Campbell
his thoughts revolving silently in this squirrel-cage of mystification.
— Dorothy Sayers
I say, Parker, these are funny cases, ain't they? Every line of inquiry seems to peter out. It's awfully exciting up to a point, you know, and then nothing comes of it. It's like rivers getting lost in the sand.
— Dorothy Sayers
The basket was opened, and a ginger head emerged resentfully.
— Dorothy Sayers