Amused – Quotes

A member of the

A member of the committee slapped a name tag over my left bosom. What shall we name the other one? I smiled. She was not amused. Erma Bombeck

It is not difficult to be unhappy or discontented; all you have to do is sit down, like a prince waiting to be amused. … It is impossible to be happy if one does not have the desire to be happy; one must therefore will one’s happiness, and create it. Emile Chartier

I used to be

I used to be disgusted; now I try to be amused. Elvis Costello

Mr. Thornton felt that

Mr. Thornton felt that in this influx no one was speaking to Margaret, and was restless under this apparent neglect. But he never went near her himself; he did not look at her. Only, he knew what she was doing — or not doing — better than anyone else in the room. Margaret was so … Read more

In less than seven

In less than seven years the vestiges of the Gothic invasion were almost obliterated, and the city appeared to resume its former splendour and tranquillity. The venerable matron replaced her crown of laurel, which had been ruffled by the storms of war, and was still amused in the last moment of her decay with the … Read more

It was among the

It was among the ruins of the capitol that I first conceived the idea of a work which has amused and exercised nearly twenty years of my life. Edward Gibbon

When a man is

When a man is not amused, he feels an involuntary contempt for those who are. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

There are few persons

There are few persons who have not, at some period of their lives, amused themselves in retracing the steps by which particular conclusions of their own minds have been attained. The occupation is often full of interest and he who attempts it for the first time is astonished by the apparently illimitable distance and incoherence … Read more

The only way to

The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement. E. W. Howe

Gail Godwin has written

Gail Godwin has written a book about the heaviest matters of loss, grief, and loneliness with a touch so light that I was as often deeply amused by it as I was deeply moved. Frederick Buechner