An army is a diversion of energy from the productive life of a nation. — Isabel Paterson Copy Share Image
“That diversion of life towards mechanism is the real cause of laughter” — Henri Bergson Copy Share Image
“Estar triste no es aburrirse. Yo estoy triste, pero me la paso bien.” — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
At its best, fiction is not a diversion but a means of knowing the world. — Charles Baxter Copy Share Image
Ironing is a great diversion from the reality you don't want to face. — Melissa McBride Copy Share Image
Having fun is not a diversion from a successful life; it is the pathway to it. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
“Be so free that nothing more than your future can distract your attention.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Gil Thorpe is a great diversion and is to book writing as poetry is to prose. — Jerry B. Jenkins Copy Share Image
Pop music - what used to be known as rock music, a loud novelty - can be something more than a pointless,… — Paul Morley Copy Share Image
“Not that happiness is dull. Only that it doesn't tell well. And one of our consuming diversions as we age is to… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
There is no question that [Dan] Quayle is an uneducated idiot. But someone, somewhere cleverly realized that the best diversion from Bush… — Tim Robbins Copy Share Image
The Internet is a perfect diversion from learning... it opens many doors that lead to empty rooms. — Clifford Stoll Copy Share Image
“The pleasantest of all diversions is to sit alone under a lamp, a book spread out before you, and to make friends… — Yoshida Kenko Copy Share Image
Anything is possible when tackling a blank sheet with ink. It's less distracting because I'm away from my computer and all of… — Brian Pinkerton Copy Share Image
If our condition were truly happy, we would not need diversion from thinking of it in order to make ourselves happy. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
How soon the labor of men would make a paradise of the earth were it not for misgovernment and a diversion of… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
As an English major I was familiar with the stories of dozens of writers trying to get their work done among the… — Jim Harrison Copy Share Image
Laziness begat wearisomeness, and this put men in quest of diversions, play and company, on which however it is a constant attendant;… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Chess is more than a game or a mental training. It is a distinct attainment. I have always regarded the playing of… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
Words are so often used in the opposite sense, as a screen of diversion. It's the struggle towards truthfulness which is the… — John Berger Copy Share Image
When we reflect upon the cruelties daily practised upon such of the animal creation as are given us for food, or which… — Samuel Richardson Copy Share Image
We have to overthrow the idea that it's a diversion from 'real' work when scientists conduct high-quality research in the open. Publicly… — Michael Nielsen Copy Share Image
The War is the first and only thing in the world today. The arts generally are not, nor is this writing a… — William Carlos Williams Copy Share Image
My aim is to escape from the medium with which I work; to leave no residue of technical mannerisms to stand between… — Andrew Wyeth Copy Share Image
“The only thing that consoles us for our miseries is diversion. And yet it is the greatest of our miseries. For it… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
The physical lot of surviving workers had notably improved, with unemployment insurance, social security, and the new health services, while their children's… — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
I flicked my eyes over to Steve again and saw him straighten. He would need a diversion just to start. “Explanations?” I… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
“A sensible person does not read a novel as a task. He reads it as a diversion. He is prepared to interest… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Who could deny that privacy is a jewel? It has always been the mark of privilege, the distinguishing feature of a truly… — Phyllis McGinley Copy Share Image
"Hard" science fiction probes alternative possible futures by means of reasoned extrapolations in much the same way that good historical fiction reconstructs… — Jack Williamson Copy Share Image
F.R. Leavis's "eat up your broccoli" approach to fiction emphasises this junkfood/wholefood dichotomy. If reading a novel--for theeighteenth century reader, the most… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
Days pass when I forget the mystery. Problems insoluble and problems offering their own ignored solutions jostle for my attention, they crowd… — Denise Levertov Copy Share Image
Only Valek would consider an attempt on my life a fascinating diversion. — Maria V. Snyder Copy Share Image
Just then Neville caused a slight diversion by turning into a large canary. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Everything that is good in the arts is done by some sort of diversion. — John Roecker Copy Share Image
Poorer people tend to watch more television because they can't afford other diversions. — Ken Auletta Copy Share Image
Ironing is a great diversion from the reality you dont want to face. — Melissa McBride Copy Share Image
A really hard laugh is like sex-one of the ultimate diversions of existence. — Jerry Seinfeld Copy Share Image
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