Amuses Quotes

40 Amuses quotes by 36 unique authors

Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels. — Henry Adams
Men, women, and children who cannot live on gravity alone need something to satisfy their gayer, lighter moods and hours, and he who ministers to… — P T Barnum
It seems to me that every phenomenon, every fact, itself is the really interesting object. Whoever explains it, or connects it with other events, usually… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Hollywood amuses me. Holier-than-thou for the public and unholier-than-the-devil in reality — Grace Kelly
I will accept anything in the theatre . . . provided it amuses or moves me. But if it does neither, I want to go… — Noel Coward
Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds. — Plato
I am a hardened and shameless tea drinker, who has, for twenty years, diluted his meals with only the infusion of this fascinating plant; whose… — Samuel Johnson
Light comes to us unexpectedly and obliquely. Perhaps it amuses the gods to try us. They want to see whether we are asleep. — H. M. Tomlinson
American patriotism is generally something that amuses Europeans, I suppose because children look idiotic saluting the flag and because the constitution contains so many cracks… — Katharine Whitehorn
It always amuses me that the biggest praise for my work comes for the imagination, while the truth is that there's not a single line… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
His lips soften into a smile that cracks apart my spine. He repeats my name like the word amuses him. Entertains him. Delights him. In… — Tahereh Mafi
I'm a tireless worker; I don't consider painting a work, it is not an obligation, I do it for pleasure; I haven't found anything that… — Fernando Botero
I like reflecting the culture I understand best, spotting the idiosyncrasies of British people and revealing them to an audience in a way that amuses… — Jim Broadbent
I don't care what reviewers think. If somebody hates a performance of mine, I kind of get a kick out of it. It amuses me… — Stephen Baldwin
I don't say things to be offensive; I say things because they're funny to me. It amuses me. — Marilyn Manson
At its heartmeat core, writing is about exploring the questions of your heart on the assumption that what intrigues you, what inflames or amuses or… — J. Michael Straczynski
To describe love-making is immoral and immodest; you know it is. To describe it as it really is, or would appear to you and me… — William Makepeace Thackeray
All that remains is a fate whose outcome alone is fatal. Outside of that single fatality of death, everything, joy or happiness, is liberty. A… — Albert Camus
The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds, as it amuses the fancy, as it improves the understanding, and as it strengthens… — David Hume
It amuses me when I'm described as 'chic.' — Vanessa Paradis
I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me. It's totally for myself. I never in my wildest dreams expected this… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I want God to play in my bloodstream the way sunlight amuses itself on the water. — Elizabeth Gilbert
When one is in town one amuses oneself. When one is in the country one amuses other people. It is excessively boring. — Oscar Wilde
How is it that, a full two centuries after Jane Austen finished her manuscript, we come to the world of Pride and Prejudice and find… — Anna Quindlen
A halo surrounded the grim reaper nun, Sister Maria. (By the way-I like this human idea of the grim reaper. I like the scythe. It… — Markus Zusak

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