Amusing Quotes

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All this twaddle, the existence of God, atheism, determinism, liberation, societies, death, etc., are pieces of a chess game called language, and they are amusing… — Marcel Duchamp
Our politics, religion, news, athletics, education and commerce have been transformed into congenial adjuncts of show business, largely without protest or even much popular notice.… — Neil Postman
I simply state that I'm a product of a versatile mind in a restless generation-with every reason to throw my mind and pen in with… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
What would men be without women? Scarce, sir...mighty scarce. — Mark Twain
I can't bare you when you're not amusing. — Evelyn Waugh
His eyes widened just a bit, his lips flexed. I realized he was trying not to laugh. I hate it when people find my threats… — Laurell K. Hamilton
You live but once; you might as well be amusing. — Coco Chanel
There is something else which has the power to awaken us to the truth. It is the works of writers of genius. They give us,… — Simone Weil
Personally, I like it much better when someone else does the decision making. That way you have legitimate grounds to whine and complain. I tend… — Brandon Sanderson
I've noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born. — Ronald Reagan
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
The Americans, who are the most efficient people on the earth, have carried [phrase-making] to such a height of perfection and have invented so wide… — W. Somerset Maugham
Despite all that education and experience can do, I retain a certain level of unsophistication that I cannot eradicate and that my friends find amusing.… — Isaac Asimov
It was less humiliating to admit crying because of your feet than because - because somebody had been amusing himself with you and your friends… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
She suddenly saw Wimsey in a new light. She knew him to be intelligent, clean, courteous, wealthy, well-read, amusing and enamored, but he had not… — Dorothy L. Sayers
As for the fan, she agreed that it was a most amusing trifle: just what she would wish to buy for herself, if it had… — Georgette Heyer
Note for Americans and other aliens: Milton Keynes is a new city approximately halfway between London and Birmingham. It was built to be modern, efficient,… — Neil Gaiman
You're a very amusing fellow," he told Halt. "I'd like to brain you with my ax one of these days." Erak to Halt. — John Flanagan
People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained. Celebration is an active state,… — Abraham Joshua Heschel

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