Quotes on Amusement

To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement.

Author: Joseph Addison

Painting is not for me either decorative amusement, or the plastic invention of felt reality; it must be every time: invention, discovery, revelation.

Author: Max Ernst

We do not need to eat animals, wear animals, or use animals for entertainment purposes, and our only defense of these uses is our pleasure, amusement, and convenience.

Author: Gary Francione

We grew out of the superhero comics, but we still liked comics, so we started putting our own experiences in the stories we were doing for our own amusement.

Author: Gilbert Hernandez

You can't live on amusement. It is the froth on water - an inch deep and then the mud.

Author: George MacDonald

Films have degenerated to their original operation as carnival amusement - they offer not drama but thrills.

Author: David Mamet

I would rather write for the instruction, or even the amusement of the poor than for the amusement of the rich.

Author: Frederick Marryat

I've included these little jokes and mysteries in my writing for the amusement of readers.

Author: Armistead Maupin

Looking at yourself through the media is like looking at one of those rippled mirrors in an amusement park.

Author: Edmund Muskie

I look just like the girls next door... if you happen to live next door to an amusement park.

Author: Dolly Parton

This is real human drama, we're not creating some amusement park ride for the summer. Even though the movie is really exciting to watch, it's got a real pathos behind it.

Author: John Reilly

I'm not here for your amusement. You're here for mine.

Author: Johnny Rotten

I'm too short to host a late-night talk show. It's like the bar at an amusement-park ride. You have to be six foot two or over.

Author: Jon Stewart