True 'joy' is the difference between just amusing ourselves to death and creating 'meaningful' pleasure. — Sidney Poitier Copy Share Image
In a world which furnishes so many employments which are useful, and so many which are amusing, it is our own fault… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Across all Cinderella versions it was clear that the 21st century was not very much in evidence, particularly in the character of… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
The cities of America are inexpressibly tedious. The Bostonians take their learning too sadly; culture with them is an accomplishment rather than… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Our lives are one endless stretch of misery punctuated by processed fast foods and the occasional crisis or amusing curiosity. — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
To live simply to die is by no means amusing, but to live with the knowledge that you will die before your… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
It is now only in letters I write what I feel: not in literature any more, and I seldom say it, because… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
It is quite likely that the modern contrivances for making Sunday-schools amusing have given them a distate for the more solemn services… — Samuel I. Prime Copy Share Image
Certainty without power can be interesting, even amusing. Certainty with power can be dangerous. — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
I fight against the gluttony of time with so many very amusing weapons with gestures and with three attitudes and with charming… — James Branch Cabell Copy Share Image
It is amusing to detect character in the vocabulary of each person. The adjectives habitually used, like the inscriptions on a thermometer,… — Henry Theodore Tuckerman Copy Share Image
Film sets are constantly amusing because you really are creating something that is so very surreal, and I kind of like that. — Hugo Weaving Copy Share Image
“Cardan glances toward me, as though for help. When I am silent, he frowns, annoyed with both of us. 'Although I am… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“Pain and humiliation is always amusing when it happens to someone else.” — Eileen Cook Copy Share Image
“Mr. Blank's old friend is acting up again, and because our hero is no longer wearing the cotton trousers and underpants and… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
Me, as myself, I don't think I'm particularly funny. But I've noticed that people in my life always have found me amusing.… — Madeline Kahn Copy Share Image
The same costume will be Indecent ten years before its time, Shameless five years before its time, Outre (daring) one year before… — James Laver Copy Share Image
I hate being too serious about anything. If I'm with my friend, I want to be having fun with him or her.… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
Over the years I knew her she always looked at me like that - as though I was a quite pleasant but… — James Herriot Copy Share Image
I tend to head for what's amusing because a lot of things aren't happy. But usually you can find a funny side… — Maggie Smith Copy Share Image
I find it amusing on one level, poignant on another, when people try to get recognition from an outside source. It's sad. — Grace Slick Copy Share Image
I always try to keep in mind that while the characters in a farce may find themselves in outrageous dilemmas, and may… — Rupert Holmes Copy Share Image
I thought the two ugly ones were sisters, but they got very insulted when I asked them. You could tell neither one… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
