Amusing Quotes

257 quotes by 222 authors

Philosophers, if they have much imagination, are apt to let it loose as well as other people, and in such cases are sometimes led to… — Granville Penn
Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Few have excellence thrust upon them ... They achieve it. They do not achieve it unwittingly by doing… — John W. Gardner
Beautiful? It's all a question of luck. I was born with good legs. As for the rest... beautiful, no. Amusing, yes. — Josephine Baker
Contention, especially violence, is not the way to deal with our problems. Unfortunately, television, videos, movies, and electronic games teach otherwise. Even cartoons and many… — Harold Anthony Oaks
I see no difference between my pictures that people consider amusing and the rest. To me, it's all serious work - they're just a reaction… — Elliott Erwitt
Gossip can also kill, because it kills the reputation of the person! It is so terrible to gossip! At first it may seem like a… — Pope Francis
Your machinery is beautiful. Your society people have apologized to me for the envious ridicule with which your newspapers have referred to me. Your newspapers… — Oscar Wilde
I prefer women with a past. They're always so damned amusing to talk to. — Oscar Wilde
There is a childlike side in the work of the Dadaists, Klee, MirÃ³, Calder and Picasso. I am trying to make things that are very,… — Yaacov Agam
An amusing city, Chicago, any way you look at it. I'm afraid we are in for the time of our lives. — Karen Abbott
Like a large number of men, I, too, have had homosexual experiences and I am not ashamed. But if there is someone who is convinced… — Marlon Brando
[London] is sentimental and tolerant. The attitude to foreigners is like the attitude to dogs: Dogs are neither human nor British, but so long as… — V. S. Pritchett
A book may be very amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull without a single absurdity. — Oliver Goldsmith
To understand Cerutty you have to see him as a multifaceted personality. He could be both charming and very abusive. He was extremely amusing and… — John Landy
It is my belief, you cannot deal with the most serious things in the world unless you understand the most amusing. — Winston Churchill
Mathematics is like draughts in being suitable for the young, not too difficult, amusing, and without peril to the state. — Plato
If I made a mistake in singing a song or in the script, I could have some fun with it, then retain any of the… — Bing Crosby
His [Erwin SchrÃ¶dinger's] private life seemed strange to bourgeois people like ourselves. But all this does not matter. He was a most lovable person, independent,… — Max Born
We must be amusing at all times and sneer at those who express their real feelings; it's dangerous for a tribe to allow its members… — Paulo Coelho
I can't have discussions about it anymore, I just can't. When someone asks me if I've found Jesus, I say, 'Yeah, I saw him at… — Tori Amos

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