Those who are too idle to read, save for the purpose of amusement, may in these works acquire some acquaintance with history,… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
Poetry has been to me something more than amusement, it has been a cheering companion when I had no other to fly… — Henry Kirke White Copy Share Image
Should I pull on a shirt?" he asked with hint of amusement. I WILL NOT BLUSH. "No." He'd be doing the world… — Gena Showalter Copy Share Image
My life is a joke… I'm only here for your amusement… You'll never see the pain I feel or the tears I… — Storm Shadowheart Copy Share Image
Why do we teach kids that violence is not the answer and then have them read about wars in school that solved… — Psyche_Zeroh Copy Share Image
“Courage?" I gave a very soft laugh. "I find courage is just another of life's illusions. In the end, we all do… — Anthony Ryan Copy Share Image
I don't want to take up literature in a money-making spirit, or be very anxious about making large profits, but selling it… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
Since the printing press came into being, poetry has ceased to be the delight of the whole community of man; it has… — John Masefield Copy Share Image
To find recreation in amusements is not happiness; for this joy springs from alien and extrinsic sources, and is therefore dependent upon… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Clothes were scattered across the floor in piles, a duffel bag open on the floor as if it had exploded. Isabelle's bright… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
He gave me an inscrutable look that said maybe he would and maybe he wouldn't. Mister was a cat, and cats generally… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
The highest branch of solitary amusement is reading; but even in the choice of books the fancy is first employed; for in… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
There are some people who think that they should be always mourning, that they should put a continual constraint upon themselves, and… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
The genre of science fiction is a fun house, an amusement park ride, but it's also a problem. The question that's always… — Douglas Lain Copy Share Image
There is a certain race of men that either imagine it their duty, or make it their amusement, to hinder the reception… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
A witch who is bored might do ANYTHING. People said things like 'we had to make our own amusements in those days'… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I was actually the manager of the games department of an amusement park when I was at college, so I understood the… — Nolan Bushnell Copy Share Image
“(...) I'm not much of anything, (...) besides bored and boring, punctuated by fits of scant self-amusement. And you are ...?” — Chip Kidd Copy Share Image
Young ladies who think of nothing but dress, public amusements, and forming what they call high connexions, are undoubtedly most easily managed,… — Maria Edgeworth Copy Share Image
Newton took no exercise, indulged in no amusements, and worked incessantly, often spending eighteen or nineteen hours out of the twenty-four in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Alas! Our dancing days are no more. We wish, however, all those who have a relish for so agreeable and innocent an… — George Washington Copy Share Image
If there's ever an amusement park called Bag World, I bet it would really start to annoy you after a while how… — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
If I ever had to be on an amusement park ride, I probably wouldn't get on one; I'm not a very adventurous… — Tammin Sursok Copy Share Image
'Amusement' is appealing because we don't have to think; it spares us the fear and anxiety that might otherwise prey on our… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
“The funny part of being funny is when you start seeing your fans writing funny words and attributing them to you.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
My first job was at an amusement park in Virginia. It was the worst. I loved the park but once I'd worked… — Danny McBride Copy Share Image
“Writing a book is an adventure: it begins as an amusement, then it becomes a mistress, then a master, and finally a… — Marilyn Ross Copy Share Image
I sculpted for four or five years. Mostly for my own amusement, I decided to do a picture book, and that was… — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
Art is creative for the sake of realization, not for amusement... for transfiguration, not for the sake of play. — Max Beckmann Copy Share Image
“He has gotten very tired of everyone thinking the worst of him. He has decided to actively encourage them to do so.… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
Writing a novel is like an amusement park or a museum or a city. You go into that place and you have… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
She wanted, passionately and persistently, two things which she believed should subsist together in any well-ordered life: amusement and respectability. — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
“Danny shook his head, amusement relaxing the tense line of his mouth. 'Is that all you think about?' 'No! Sometimes I think… — Louisa Edwards Copy Share Image
I got a job at an amusement park. I like to make the rides more terrifying by throwing a couple of screws… — Emo Philips Copy Share Image
“Life amuses me, Jasper. Until it don’t no more.” He grinned. “When you’re a happy guy, you find amusement in all kinds… — Barry Lyga Copy Share Image
At Current, television is all we do - that's our business. We don't have amusement parks I have to worry about, we… — Keith Olbermann Copy Share Image
Ordinary people simply don't know what books mean to us, shut up here. Reading, learning, and the radio are our amusements. — Anne Frank Copy Share Image
A slight touch of friendly malice and amusement towards those we love keeps our affections for them from turning flat. — Logan Pearsall Smith Copy Share Image
The happy life is thought to be one of excellence; now an excellent life requires exertion, and does not consist in amusement. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
If a work of art is placed before me, I believe I can enjoy it; but I do not overlook the fact,… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
