F. H. Bradley Quotes

No one should ever be bored. … One can be horrified, or disgusted, but one can’t be bored.

When you pay attention to boredom it gets unbelievably interesting.

You have to make them laugh and then make them listen.

You try to figure out things to keep yourself interested. It's very easy to get lulled.

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

You've got to work. You've got to want an audience to sit forward in their chairs sometimes, rather than sit back and be bombarded with images.

If you're going to be an entertainer, entertain thoroughly. If you're going to make a scary movie, scare people well.

I want to be embraced by the audience, but it's fun to stir up the pot.

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

It's good to aggravate people a little. It makes them pay attention.

I can't titillate the audience just for the sake of doing it.

I like to do something that gets a real reaction from people.

To be interesting, one has to provoke.

It's a sin to bore people.

Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination.

I don't get bored.

People love a good mystery; I understand that.

I want an audience that will come sitting forward in their seats.

Shock is still fun. I won't ever shut the door on it.

When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.

I hate getting bored.

Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other.

I want to upset people, I want to make people think, I want to keep people interested.

Funny is the world I live in. You're funny, I'm interested. You're not funny, I'm not interested.

Getting bored is not allowed.