Amuse Quotes

161 quotes by 141 authors

I think that the philosopher must, for his own purposes, carry methodological strictness to an extreme when he is investigating and pursuing his truths, but… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
You will want a book which contains not man's thoughts, but God's - not a book that may amuse you, but a book that can… — John Selden
The delusion of entertainment is devoid of meaning. It may amuse us for a bit, but after the initial hit we are left with the… — Arthur Erickson
Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live. — Gustave Flaubert
The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement. — E. W. Howe
When an artist leaves his work to amuse people, he loses his time and their respect. If people are to be amused by artists, it… — William Morris Hunt
Education is not to reform students or amuse them or to make them expert technicians. It is to unsettle their minds, widen their horizons, inflame… — Robert M. Hutchins
Small things amuse small minds. — Doris Lessing
My job as a portrait photographer is to seduce, amuse and entertain. — Helmut Newton
Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness... and so frivolous is he that, though full of a… — Blaise Pascal
We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them. — Evelyn Waugh
Holding this book in your hand, sinking back in your soft armchair, you will say to yourself: perhaps it will amuse me. And after you… — Honore de Balzac
We have currently a built-in allergy to unpleasant or disturbing information. Our mass media reflect this. But unless we get up off our fat surpluses… — Edward R. Murrow
Again I take a taxi to Clichy address, but feel that I do not want to go on loving Henry more actively than he loves… — Anais Nin
No, I slept as I always do when I am bored and have not the courage to amuse myself, or when I am hungry and… — Alexandre Dumas
Declarations of love amuse me. Especially when unrequited. — Cassandra Clare
At heart, he could not abide sense in women: he liked to see them as silly, as light-headed, as vain, as open to ridicule as… — Charlotte Bronte
...happiness does not consist in amusement. In fact, it would be strange if our end were amusement, and if we were to labor and suffer… — Aristotle
I am neither Christian enough nor charitable enough to like anybody just because he is alive and breathing. I want people to interest or amuse… — Betty MacDonald
I dance with people I despise; amuse myself with men whose only talent lies in their feet, gain the disapprobation of people I honor and… — Kate Chopin

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