Amused Quotes

200 Amused quotes by 174 unique authors

The object of a comedy is not to correct morals or ridicule the vices of society; no, a comedy should depict the discrepancies between life… — Vissarion Belinsky
I've been looking for answers all of my life. Yes I realize now these are not what I needed. No, in fact, all I need… — Stefanie Schneider
In the New Testament church it says they were all amazed - And now in our churches everybody wants to be amused. — Leonard Ravenhill
I had at one point this rather depressing image of some alien culture seeing the death of this planet - coming down in their spaceships… — Roger Waters
I should have been a much better artist if I could have studied more and amused myself less. — Ida Rentoul Outhwaite
I could have made money this way, and perhaps amused myself writing code. But I knew that at the end of my career, I would… — Richard Stallman
I am a genius. Then it amused me to keep saying so, but now it does not. I expected to be happy sometime. Now I… — Mary MacLane
Knowing who you really are and dressing the part -- with an air of amused recklessness -- is life affirming for you and life enhancing… — Simon Doonan
I amused myself playing with the journalists. — Brigitte Boisselier
I did Our Daily Bread for King and that made me popular in the Soviet Union; King was amused by that. — Karen Morley
We are raising a generation that has a woefully small stock of ideas and interests and emotions. It must be amused at all costs but… — Robert McCracken
It stands to reason that we love chocolate cake because it is sweet. Guys go for girls like this because they are sexy. We adore… — Daniel Dennett
Posterity will surely be amazed, and I hope vastly amused, that such slipshod and unconvincing theorizing should have so easily captivated twentieth-century minds and been… — Malcolm Muggeridge
Instead of jumping at the chance to be offended, choose to be amused. Rather than filling your thoughts with resentment, fill your heart with forgiveness. — Ralph Marston
People will not be bored. They may listen politely at a dinner table to boasts and personalities, life history, etc. But in print they choose… — Claude C. Hopkins
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

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