Amusement Quotes

346 Amusement quotes by 265 unique authors

Let us read and let us dance - two amusements that will never do any harm to the world. — Voltaire
Those who are devoted to amusements; who love the society of those who love pleasure, have an aversion to religious exercises. — Ellen G. White
Everything in our background has prepared us to know and resist a prison when the gates begin to close around us . . . But… — Neil Postman
Gods prefer simple, vicious games, where you Do Not Achieve Transcendence but Go Straight To Oblivion; a key to the understanding of all religion is… — Terry Pratchett
I do not think you are in any danger of starving," Maximus said. "The surgeon said only two weeks ago that you are too fat."… — Naomi Novik
I think hiccup cures were really invented for the amusement of the patient's friends. — Bill Watterson
Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes a… — Winston Churchill
The world is like a ride in an amusement park. And when you choose to go on it you think it's real because that's how… — Bill Hicks
Writing a long and substantial book is like having a friend and companion at your side, to whom you can always turn for comfort and… — Winston Churchill
When I started on Disneyland, my wife used to say, 'But why do you want to build an amusement park? They're so dirty.' I told… — Walt Disney
...these stories are a kind of beacon. By making stories full of empathy and amusement and the sheer pleasure of discovering the world, these writers… — Ira Glass
I like these boots," I told Vayl. "Do you think they'd sell them to me cheap? I keep ruining mine." "Since when do you fret… — Jennifer Rardin
While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of… — Samuel Johnson
...happiness does not consist in amusement. In fact, it would be strange if our end were amusement, and if we were to labor and suffer… — Aristotle
Only amateurs say that they write for their own amusement. Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging, mountain-climbing, treadmill and… — Edna Ferber
Call listened with amusement--not that the incident hadn't been terrible. Being decapitated was a grisly fate, whether you were a Yankee or not. But then,… — Larry McMurtry
In a dog's life, some plaster would fall, some cushions would open, some rugs would shred. Like any relationship, this one had its costs. They… — John Grogan
Selling my soul would be a lot easier if I could just find it. — Nikki Sixx
Television, radio, and all the sources of amusement and information that surround us in our daily lives are also artificial props. They can give us… — Mortimer Adler
Nothing really mattered that much, not the good things and not the bad ones. We were in the business of mutual amusement, and we were… — John Green
And usually [the philosopher] philosophizes either in order to resign himself to life, or to seek some finality in it, or to distract himself and… — Miguel de Unamuno
For a time after my divorce everything began to seem profoundly ironic to me. I found myself thinking of other peoples' worries as sources of… — Richard Ford
Do you dance, Mr. Darcy?" Darcy: "Not if I can help it!" Sir William: "What a charming amusement for young people this is, Mr. Darcy!… — Jane Austen
Storytelling and copulation are the two chief forms of amusement in the South. They’re inexpensive and easy to procure. — Robert Penn Warren
There are two ways of dealing with nonsense in this world. One way is to put nonsense in the right place; as when people put… — Gilbert K. Chesterton

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