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Quotes About Amusement

Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot.
~ Josh Billings
A good sense of humor will get you everywhere.
~ Josh Bowman
She turned her head slightly, relieved that she could do so, and found Dragon not asleep or at least drowsily replete, as he should have been—oh no, not he—but wide awake, propped up on an elbow, and looking at her with what appeared suspiciously to be amusement. "I don't think you are human," she said sulkily. He grinned. "I felt like a god a few moments ago, but that's to your credit, not mine.
~ Josie Litton
Look for the ridiculous in everything and you find it.
~ Jules Renard
I have no agenda except to be funny. Neither I or the writers profess to offer any worldly wisdom.
~ Julia Louis-Dreyfus
What part of his being hunched over a sheaf of papers was so interesting to her? Because that was all he had been doing all week. Perhaps he ought to liven up the spectacle. Really, it would be the kind thing to do. She had to be bored silly. He could jump on his desk and sing. Take a bite of food and pretend to choke. What would she do, then? Now that would be an interesting moral dilemma.
~ Julia Quinn
Laugh. Laugh out loud, and laugh often. And when circumstances call for silence, turn your laugh into a smile. Don
~ Julia Quinn
He ground his teeth and slapped some slop down into a pile. The stench was beyond overwhelming. "I thought you said pigs are clean." "Cleaner than people usually think, but not as clean as you and I." She looked at his messy boots, amusement dancing in her gray eyes. "Well, usually.
~ Julia Quinn
Oh, go ahead and giggle," Lady Danbury sighed. "I've found that the only way to avoid parental frustration is to view him as a source of amusement.
~ Julia Quinn
I cannot say that I'm not enjoying this. Just a little bit.
~ Julia Quinn
There is nothing like the indignity of not fitting into a roller coaster.
~ Mick Foley
The delusion of entertainment is devoid of meaning. It may amuse us for a bit, but after the initial hit we are left with the dark feeling of desolation.
~ Arthur Erickson
You gotta keep the funny intact.
~ Seth MacFarlane
My goal is really to just make people laugh with integrity, like, with something that I still find funny.
~ Ali Wong
I've always been a fan of physical comedy. It kind of hits you in a different way; it bypasses the intellect and hits you in the gut.
~ Stephen Merchant
We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for our ability to amuse them.
~ Evelyn Waugh
We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them.
~ Evelyn Waugh
Not your Jane," I snapped, but it was spoiled by my raspy, gasping voice. "Your Enforcer. Not your Jane." Leo chuckled, a vamp's hunting purr that made Beast sit up and purr back. I kept the sound inside my head, but Beast liked Leo a little too much for my tastes. "You make the chase so delightful," he said. "Stuff it." Leo burst out laughing, my purr buried beneath his pure amusement.
~ Faith Hunter
What was she supposed to do now? Swoon at his feet? Jenny bit back a grin as she wondered what he'd do if she did. If he attempted to catch her, she'd squash him flat.
~ Faith Martin
Yesterday morning I amused myself with an exercise of a talent I once possessed, but have so neglected that my performance might almost be called an experiment. I cut out a dress for one of the women.
~ Fanny Kemble
Funny is an attitude.
~ Flip Wilson
Things can be funny only when we are in fun. When we're 'dead earnest ' humor is the only thing that is dead.
~ Flip Wilson
I don't have a very quick sense of humor.
~ Florenz Ziegfeld
Adultery is not a crime, it's an amusement.
~ Forever Amber Kathleen Winsor