Amused Quotes

200 quotes by 174 authors

Empty your mind of all thoughts. Let your heart be at peace. Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return. Each separate being in… — Laozi
I have been much amused at ye singular phenomena resulting from bringing of a needle into contact with a piece of amber or resin fricated… — Isaac Newton
When he sees little kids sitting in the backseat of cars, in those little car seats that have steering wheels, with grim expressions of concentration… — Anne Lamott
Reading and writing... are exciting. The most exciting things I can think of. And now, as I reflect... I have to say that I've been… — Clive James
Endlessly amused by people's minds. — Daniel Kahneman
I'm too amused by the way people carry on to give in to despair. — Joe Orton
There are few persons who have not, at some period of their lives, amused themselves in retracing the steps by which particular conclusions of their… — Edgar Allan Poe
I've reported murders, scandals, marriages, premieres and national political conventions. I've been amused, intrigued, outraged, enthralled and exasperated by Chicago. And I've come to love… — Irv Kupcinet
James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or… — Ken Follett
Upon the whole, I am inclined to think that the far greater part, if not all, of those difficulties which have hitherto amused philosophers, and… — George Berkeley
There are few places outside his own play where a child can contribute to the world in which he finds himself. His world: dominated by… — Viola Spolin
Be prepared to be enlightened, enraged, amused, engaged, and above all provoked. — Beatrix Campbell
We are somewhat amused by the hysteria manifest in the press at the suggestion by Gordon Liddy that if one is menaced by bad guys… — Jeff Cooper
They the hazers or eversores were rightly called Overturners, since they had themselves been first overturned and perverted, tricked by those same devils who were… — Saint Augustine
I am looking for the fellowship of the burning heart--for men and women of all generations everywhere who love the Savior until adoration becomes the… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Have you ever considered how much pure stuff and nonsense surrounds this subject of interior decoration? Probably not. Almost everyone believes that there is something… — Dorothy Draper
The world is shocked, or amused, by the sight of saintly old people hindering in the name of morality the removal of obvious brutalities from… — Alfred North Whitehead
If you have had no tension in your life, never been screwed up by problems, your mortality well within your own grasp, and someone tells… — Oswald Chambers
When a wicked and unworthy subject annoyed the Sultan of Turkey or the Czar of Russia, he had his head cut of without much ceremony;… — George Mikes
A member of the committee slapped a name tag over my left bosom. "What shall we name the other one?" I smiled. She was not… — Erma Bombeck

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