Quotes by Amusement I take the most wrenchingly painful moments of my life, brush them off and present them for the amusement of others. Luckily for me, my childhood was torture. Aisha Tyler amusement painful-moments childhood In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known. Alan Dean Foster amusement character book About California... "I thought it was an appalling place. Then I went through a period of being amused by it. Now it's sort of both. Californians don't have that marvelous British cynicism, but then the British can be so patronizing at times. Alex Kingston alex amusement california Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think. Alexander Pope amusement happiness thinking JESTER, n. An officer attached to the king's household to amuse the court by ludicrous actions and utterances . . . the king's own conduct and decrees [being] sufficiently ridiculous for the amusement not only of his court but of all mankind. Ambrose Bierce amusement utterance kings ENTERTAINMENT, n. Any kind of amusement whose inroads stop short of death by injection. Ambrose Bierce amusement kindness death your body is not a temple, it's an amusement park. Enjoy the ride. Anthony Bourdain amusement body food The happy life is regarded as a life in conformity with virtue. It is a life which involves effort and is not spent in amusement. Aristotle amusement effort happy-life ...Nefret said with a gusty sigh, 'Well, that's done it. We may as well join in, Ramses, family arguments are the favorite form of amusement here and this looks like being a loud one. Barbara Mertz amusement done looks Nice costume," he said. "Ditto. I can tell you put a lot of thought into yours." Amusement curled his mouth. "If you don't like it, I can take it off. Becca Fitzpatrick amusement nice mouths Every producer in Hollywood had set me down as a type. I was both amused and disappointed. Bela Lugosi amusement type hollywood Amusement to an observing mind is study. Benjamin Disraeli amusement study mind Reading was the only amusement I allowed myself Benjamin Franklin amusement reading I think hiccup cures were really invented for the amusement of the patient's friends. Bill Watterson hiccups amusement thinking The Stoics say, "Retire within yourselves; it is there you will find your rest." And that is not true. Others say, "Go out of yourselves; seek happiness in amusement." And this is not true. Illness comes. Happiness is neither without us nor within us. It is in God, both without us and within us. Blaise Pascal retiring amusement illness Amusement allures and deceives us and leads us down imperceptibly in thoughtlessness to the grave Blaise Pascal amusement graves deceiving To find recreation in amusement is not happiness. Blaise Pascal greatest-love amusement happiness Amusement that is excessive and followed only for its own sake, allures and deceives us. Blaise Pascal amusement deceiving sake I'll just take amusement at being a paradox. Burgess Meredith amusement paradox He was wearing a look that she found odd and compelling - that amusement that didn’t seem to pass beyond the surface of his features, as he found everything in the world both infinitely funny and infinitely tragic all at the same time. Cassandra Clare amusement looks world 1234567»