Amuse Quotes

161 quotes by 141 authors

The politician who once had to learn to flatter Kings has now to learn how to fascinate, amuse, coax, humbug, frighten, or otherwise strike the… — George Bernard Shaw
Socially prominent people are very fond of disease, because it gives them a chance to have these really elaborate charity functions, and the newspaper headlines… — Dave Barry
It can only be by blinding the understanding of man, and making him believe that government is some wonderful mysterious thing, that excessive revenues are… — Thomas Paine
There's ways to amuse yourself while doing things and thats how I look at efficency. — Donald Knuth
I've been a storyteller all my life. When I was in high school, I used to amuse myself by driving through the woods at night… — Patricia Briggs
To this day I over prepare. I draw storyboards for every scene - chicken scratches so crude that they amuse and horrify the crew. I… — Eric Stoltz
Born of the impossibly varied options we have to amuse ourselves, cutting-edge companies are finding innovative ways to tailor our entertainment choices to who we… — Marcus Buckingham
If ever I want to amuse myself with an idiot, I have not far to look for one. I laugh at myself. — Frederic Farrar
Leaving the complications of the human breakfast-table out of account, in an elemental sense, the egg only exists to produce the chicken. But the chicken… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
JESTER, n. An officer attached to the king's household to amuse the court by ludicrous actions and utterances . . . the king's own conduct… — Ambrose Bierce
I don't think it's ever easy to be funny. I find it easy to amuse myself with a certain sort of cynical dark humor that… — Ben Stiller
We must be contented to amuse, when we cannot inform. — Thomas Jefferson
You should often amuse yourself when you take a walk for recreation, in watching and taking note of the attitudes and actions of men as… — Leonardo da Vinci
If it [dabbling in art] didn't amuse me, I beg you to believe that I wouldn't do it. — Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Somebody asked me the other day, "What do you do?" "I amuse myself by growing old," I replied. "It's a full-time job. — Paul Leautaud
The teacher will perform miracles. Not just to delight and amuse people, but showing them that miraculous occurrences indicate that there is something more. — Frederick Lenz
The reason for not going out and sinning all you like is the same as the reason for not going out and putting your nose… — Robert Farrar Capon
If people thought more, we'd all have less to amuse us. — Amy Dickinson
I thought, 'Well, I'll amuse people a little bit.' During lunch hour, while everyone was off to the faculty club and this and that, I… — Joe Fafard
May your trails be dim, lonesome, stony, narrow, winding and only slightly uphill. May the wind bring rain for the slickrock potholes fourteen miles on… — Edward Abbey

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