Amuse Quotes

161 Amuse quotes by 141 unique authors

My books are very few, but then the world is before me - a library open to all - from which poverty of purse cannot… — Joseph Howe
The object of Literature is to instruct, to animate, or to amuse. — George Henry Lewes
I travel because I like to move from place to place, I enjoy the sense of freedom it gives me, it pleases me to be… — W. Somerset Maugham
Like a sea-beast fished up from the depths, or a diver too suddenly hoisted, my veins threatened to burst from the fall in pressure. I… — Winston Churchill
The public has always, and in every age, been badly brought up. They are continually asking Art to be popular, to please their want of… — Oscar Wilde
There are amusing people who do not interest, and interesting people who do not amuse — Benjamin Disraeli
I have changed nothing, my style of play is still that of a child. I know that above all it is my job and that… — Lionel Messi
Life is not just eating, drinking, television and cinema...The human mind must be creative, must be self-generating ; it cannot depend on just gadgets to… — Lee Kuan Yew
It's your body, use it.. amuse it..because one day, you're gonna lose it! — Jeff Hardy
Teach to the young, men's enduring truths, and let the learned amuse themselves with their passing errors. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
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

Who Wrote These Amuse Quotes

141 authors contributed a total of 161 Amuse Quotes, led by these top contributors: