Quotes by Amusement A slight touch of friendly malice and amusement towards those we love keeps our affections for them from turning flat. Logan Pearsall Smith amusementfriendlylove Callan took a deep breath. “I never expected you.” He shook his head with an edge of amusement. “You are a dangerous woman, Merinus Tyler.” “Naw, just a determined woman.” She grinned against his shoulder. “I know a good thing when I see it jacking off. Lora Leigh amusementdeterminedgood-things Instead of giving in to the greatest misfortune that can happen at my age, deafness, I busy myself in searching out all possible compensations, and I apply myself much more to all the amusements that are here within my grasp. Lord Chesterfield amusementagegiving There was a time when all these things would have passed me by, like the flitting figures of a theatre, sufficient for the amusement of an hour. But now, I have lost the power of looking merely on the surface. Lydia M. Child amusementhourstheatre Still in Bed?" Thomas had asked with amusement, as Lissianna had blinked at them. "I am so glad you got at least a little rest today. I feared you'd work Greg to death while the rest of us tried to sleep. Lynsay Sands amusementbedsleep A fondness for satire indicates a mind pleased with irritating others; for myself, I never could find amusement in killing flies. Madame Roland amusementkillingmind All the great amusements are dangerous for the Christian life. Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable amusementchristiandanger Although there is nothing so bad for conscience as trifling, there is nothing so good for conscience as trifles. Its certain discipline and development are related to the smallest things. Conscience, like gravitation, takes hold of atoms. Nothing is morally indifferent. Conscience must reign in manners as well as morals, in amusements as well as work. He only who is "faithful in that which is least" is dependable in all the world. Maltbie Davenport Babcock amusementfaithfuldiscipline gossip, after it reaches a certain point of insult and falsehood, becomes a source of amusement to its victims. Margaret Deland amusementinsultgossip Young ladies who think of nothing but dress, public amusements, and forming what they call high connexions, are undoubtedly most easily managed, by the fear of what the world will say of them. Maria Edgeworth amusementdressesthinking It is a good thing to write for the amusement of the public, but it is a far higher and nobler thing to write for their instruction, their profit, their actual and tangible benefit. Mark Twain amusementbenefitswriting Literary commercialism is lowering the intellectual standard to accommodate the purse and to meet a frivolous demand for amusement instead of for improvement. Mary Baker Eddy amusementdemandintellectual Gardening is certainly the next amusement to reading. Mary Wortley Montagu amusementgardeningreading Painting is neither decorative amusement, nor the plastic invention of felt reality; it must be every time: invention, discovery, revelation. Max Ernst amusementdiscoveryreality In any case, you read with exasperation or amusement the multiple errors in a story-and then turn the page to national or international affairs, and read with renewed interest as if the rest of the newspaper was somehow more accurate about far-off Palestine than it was about the story you just read. You turn the page, and forget what you know. Michael Crichton amusementerrorsstories And usually [the philosopher] philosophizes either in order to resign himself to life, or to seek some finality in it, or to distract himself and forget his griefs, or for pastime and amusement. Miguel de Unamuno amusementgrieforder Mickey [Rourke] one time just basically drove off in the picture car that we were driving in. For my amusement. It was either to kidnap me or for my amusement. Nat Wolff amusementdrivingcar Those who place their affections at first on trifles for amusement, will find these trifles become at last their most serious concerns. Oliver Goldsmith amusementlastsfirsts Like the bee, we should make our industry our amusement. Oliver Goldsmith amusementbeeswork Television is not the truth. Television is a goddamned amusement park. Paddy Chayefsky amusementparkstelevision«1234567»
