Amusement Quotes

346 Amusement quotes by 265 unique authors

I'm the person who says every single thing she thinks, sometimes to others' amusement, and almost always to my detriment. — Jen Lancaster
I loved the excitement and the pleasures of life in New York, the opportunities for advancement, the pursuit of ambition, the theaters, the places of… — Cass Gilbert
Fashion is the great governor of this world; it presides, not only in matters of dress and amusement, but in law, physic, politics, religion, and… — Henry Fielding
Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action. — Mahatma Gandhi
Absolute certainty is not something I strive for anymore. I've learned the hard way that destiny usually looks upon our most strident convictions with amusement,… — Elizabeth Gilbert
In the whole course of our work at the theatre we have been, I may say, drenched with advice by friendly people who for years… — Lady Gregory
Brits and Americans have hundreds of different phrases for the same thing. Luckily, it's usually a source of amusement rather than frustration. A flashlight by… — Sloane Crosley
I'm very good with technology, I always have been, and with machines in general. They seem not threatening like other people find them, but a… — Brian Eno
When you visit a foreign city you are in it, but not of it, separated by a glass wall. Once, while a student, I was… — Simon Hoggart
The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement. — E. W. Howe
A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice. — Samuel Johnson
I'm not here for your amusement. You're here for mine. — John Lydon
You can't live on amusement. It is the froth on water - an inch deep and then the mud. — George MacDonald
Any reading not of a vicious species must be a good substitute for the amusements too apt to fill up the leisure of the labouring… — James Madison
Films have degenerated to their original operation as carnival amusement - they offer not drama but thrills. — David Mamet
I don't read for amusement, I read for enlightenment. I do a lot of reviewing, so I have a steady assignment of reading. I'm also… — Joyce Carol Oates
I look just like the girls next door... if you happen to live next door to an amusement park. — Dolly Parton
This is real human drama, we're not creating some amusement park ride for the summer. Even though the movie is really exciting to watch, it's… — John C. Reilly
But, look, Washington is a town that creates myths for its own existence and its own amusement, and I was a subject of myth, sort… — Karl Rove
In our benighted age, when films about amusement park rides and electronic fidgets scoop the honours, perhaps Hollywood redux is the best we can hope… — Will Self
A slight touch of friendly malice and amusement towards those we love keeps our affections for them from turning flat. — Logan Pearsall Smith
Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas. — Laurence Sterne
I'm too short to host a late-night talk show. It's like the bar at an amusement-park ride. You have to be six foot two or… — Jon Stewart
I love sporting events and popcorn and pizza and being outside, like at a baseball or football game. I love amusement parks, going to ride… — Carrie Underwood
A marriage is no amusement but a solemn act, and generally a sad one. — Queen Victoria

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