Amusements Quotes

63 Amusements quotes by 53 unique authors

In his Philosophy of Style, Herbert Spencer gives two sentences to illustrate how the vague and general can be turned into the vivid and particular:… — William Strunk, Jr.
The great business of man is to improve his mind, and govern his manners; all other projects and pursuits, whether in our power to compass… — Pliny the Elder
Who should listen to discussions of theology? Those for whom it is a serious undertaking, not just another subject like any other for entertaining small-talk,… — Gregory of Nazianzus
I wish to emphasize the fact that our homes should be more attractive and that more of our amusements should be in the home instead… — David O. McKay
Most amusements only mean trying to win another person's money. — Rudyard Kipling
A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind. — Henry David Thoreau
There had been observed in this country certain streams of influence which are causing a marked deterioration in our literature, amusements, and social conduct...a nasty… — Henry Ford
The number of such as live without the ardour of inquiry is very small, though many content themselves with cheap amusements, and waste their lives… — Samuel Johnson
All amusements to which virtuous women are not admitted, are, rely upon it, deleterious in their nature. — William Makepeace Thackeray
Those who are skilled in archery bend their bow only when they are preparing to use it; when they do not require it, they allow… — Herodotus
A man of good sense but of little faith, whose compassion seemed to lead him to church as often as he went there, said to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
If God bores you, tell Him that He bores you, that you prefer the vilest amusements to His presence, that you only feel at your… — Francois Fenelon
Society has been able to create refuges of every sort, for since it preferred to take love-life as an amusement, it also had to give… — Rainer Maria Rilke
In our amusements a certain limit is to be placed that we may not devote ourselves to a life of pleasure and thence fall into… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The history of science is a record of the transformations of contempts amd amusements. — Charles Fort
A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice. — Samuel Johnson
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
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
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
‎We must make our choice between economy and liberty or confusion and servitude...If we run into such debts, we must be taxed in our meat… — Thomas Jefferson
A witch who is bored might do ANYTHING. People said things like 'we had to make our own amusements in those days' as if this… — Terry Pratchett
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the desperate… — Henry David Thoreau
I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than… — C.S. Lewis

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