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Quotes About Amusement

Funny Bones was good for quite a few laughs, although not quite in the straightforward way the
~ Laura Lippman
But then his lips quirked up,and amusement flickered in his eyes.Something else,too - something that made my heart beat faster.
~ Lauren Myracle
Remember to include humor in your life. Laughter is mandatory.
~ Laurence Galian
Nietzsche tells us that modern consciousness is sick: "Art is reduced to mere amusement, and governed by empty concepts.
~ Laurence Gane
Tis a good thing to laugh at any rate, and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of happiness.
~ Chamfort
El día peor empleado es aquél en que no se ha reído
~ Chamfort
See, my hope and dream is that people have a good time watching basketball. It's not church. It's not serious.
~ Charles Barkley
Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.
~ Charles Baudelaire
It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. As it turns out, work is less boring than amusing oneself.
~ Charles Baudelaire
Life has but one true charm: the charm of the game. But what if we're indifferent to whether we win or lose?
~ Charles Baudelaire
There might be some credit in being jolly.
~ Charles Dickens
The chuckle with which he said this, and the chuckle with which he paid for the turkey, and the chuckle with which he paid for the cab, and the chuckle with which he recompensed the boy, were only to be exceeded by the chuckle with which he sat down breathless in his chair again and chuckled till he cried.
~ Charles Dickens
People must be amuthed." - Mr. Sleary
~ Charles Dickens
Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn.
~ Irvin S. Cobb
Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.
~ Peter Ustinov
The kind of humor I like is the thing which makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes.
~ William Davis
Disneyland is Vegas for children.
~ Tom Waits, tomwaits.com
Disneyland is the only people trap operated by a mouse.
~ Author Unknown
A pun is a short quip followed by a long groan.
~ Author Unknown
People who make puns are like wanton boys that put coppers on the railroad tracks. They amuse themselves and other children, but their little trick may upset a freight train of conversation for the sake of a battered witticism.
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
Puns are the gag hand buzzers of conversation. It hurts a bit but everyone gets a good laugh out of it.
~ Grey Livingston
I never forget a face, but in your case, I'll be glad to make an exception.
~ Groucho Marx
From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down, I convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend on reading it.
~ Groucho Marx
From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.
~ Groucho Marx