People in general do not willingly read if they have anything else to amuse them. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The object of Literature is to instruct, to animate, or to amuse. — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
“You amuse me. And turn me on. And drive me to do crazy fucking shit.” “Like…murdering my prostate in the middle of… — Megan Erickson Copy Share Image
I know I don't amuse You , Neither am I trying , I have better things to do , so your not worth talking to . — Hafiz Mohideen Copy Share Image
We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them. — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
“Blessed are we who can laugh at ourselves for we shall never cease to be amused. -Proverb” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“Pas encore. Qa m'amuse." "Really, Poirot!" "Yes, my friend. I grow old and childish, do I not?” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
... the English are very fond of being entertained, and ... they regard the French and the American people as destined by… — M. E. W. Sherwood Copy Share Image
“I was laughing at you because declarations of love amuse me, especially when unrequited.” — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“I don't live to amuse you, you know." "One, are you sure? Because you do. And two, we don't make fun of… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
I just always remember there being an ability to amuse schoolmates. Not in a kind of 'dance-around-at-the-front-of-the-room-with-his-trousers-off' way, but probably with a… — Stephen Merchant Copy Share Image
Before I got through high school I had attended 22 different schools. In the time before I was well acquainted with the… — Marc Davis Copy Share Image
“To amuse oneself in order that one may exert oneself, as Anacharsis puts it, seems right; for amusement is a sort of… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“Enjoy the music in your earbuds in your own head. Dancing and singing because you enjoy the tune so much you can't… — Paula Heller Garland Copy Share Image
“How gratifying it is to amuse. How easy it gets to toss off a witticism to ease any awkwardness, to sidestep any… — Caroline Kettlewell Copy Share Image
To design is much more than simply to assemble, to order, or even to edit: it is to add value and meaning,… — Paul Rand Copy Share Image
Even when I was living below the poverty line as a novelist, I was still living better than 99.5% of the human… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
Scandinavia is boring. People living there apparently have little to do. And as European history teaches, when there is nothing much to… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
“The heart of a man is a small thing but it desires great matters. It is not big enough for a dog’s… — paul hoffman Copy Share Image
“When in 1863 Thomas Huxley coined the phrase 'Man's Place in Nature,' it was to name a short collection of his essays… — Homer W. Smith Copy Share Image
“Mary was fond of her own thoughts, and could amuse herself well sitting in twilight with her hands in her lap; for,… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“You amuse me. You who spent your life waiting for miracles and instead found us." "With all due respect, you can shove… — Jeff Strand Copy Share Image
With all due respect for the wondrous ways people have invented to amuse themselves and one another on paved surfaces, I find… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
What people really want is not to make something funny, but to make something amusing - which, in many ways, is the… — Christian Finnegan Copy Share Image
The purpose of art is to console and amuse—myself, and, I hope, others. — Ludwig Bemelmans Copy Share Image