Amuse Quotes

161 Amuse quotes by 141 unique authors

Look at Jewish history. Unrelieved lamenting would be intolerable. So for every ten Jews beating their breasts, God designated one to be crazy and amuse… — Mel Brooks
I can only assume," said Jace, "that mortal emotions amuse you because you have none of your own. — Cassandra Clare
The main question to a novel is -- did it amuse? were you surprised at dinner coming so soon? did you mistake eleven for ten?… — Sydney Smith
A piratical ghost story in thirteen ingenious but potentially disturbing rhyming couplets, originally conceived as a confection both to amuse and to entertain by Mr.… — Neil Gaiman
Still, these days when I daydream about the movie, I don't think about the big picture. It's more fun for me to think of little… — Patrick Rothfuss
What does one prefer? An art that struggles to change the social contract, but fails? Or one that seeks to please and amuse, and succeeds? — Robert Hughes
The main obligation is to amuse yourself. — S. J. Perelman
...do you think God made the world to amuse himself because he was bored? Because if so he would have to be mean. — Jack Kerouac
I believe your friends Misters Fred and George Weasley were responsible for trying to send you a toilet seat. No doubt they thought it would… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
You know, when I was in love, I was always inventing things. A whole array of tricks, illusions and optical effects to amuse my lady… — Mathias Malzieu
I am hungry, feed me; I am bored, amuse me. — Alexandre Dumas
To get into the best society, nowadays, one has either to feed people, amuse people, or shock people - that is all! — Oscar Wilde
I looked at my right hand, the hand with which I painted. There was power in that hand. Power to create and destroy. Power to… — Chaim Potok
Tacos." "Tacos?" I echoed. This seemed to amuse him. "Tomatoes, lettuce, cheese." "I know what a taco is! — Becca Fitzpatrick
My thoughts amuse me. — Laurie Faria Stolarz
You may think it all very fine, Mr. Huntingdon, to amuse yourself with rousing my jealousy; but take care you don't rouse my hate instead.… — Anne Bronte
...and her mother had been a great beauty who cared only to go to parties and amuse herself with gay parties. — Frances Hodgson Burnett
I'd like to shower and change clothes," she said. "Would you mind waiting for me a half hour?" The question seemed to amuse him. "Not… — Judith McNaught
I took three steps back; he nudged the door closed with his foot. “You like Mexican?” he asked. “I—” I’d like to know what you’re… — Becca Fitzpatrick
The obligation to amuse and instruct myself was entirely my own, and people who didn't know that were childish people, to be avoided if possible.… — John Taylor Gatto
Since the age of five I had been one of those people who was an indefatigable reader, more inclined to go off by myself with… — Anna Quindlen
Write to amuse? What an appalling suggestion! I write to make people anxious and miserable and to worsen their indigestion. — Wendy Cope
People frequently bore me, sometimes amuse me, most often irritate me, but rarely intrigue me. — Jeaniene Frost
mostly we've had to found ways to amuse ourselves." "Really?" Valkyrie asked. "Like what?" Plight's smile faded. "Like human sacrifice." He grabbed one arm and… — Derek Landy
I was not born to amuse the Tsars. — Alexander Pushkin

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