Quotes About Diversion

Some grow very attached to a modern diversion known as the 'Crossword Puzzle.' We've had several come here looking for answers. We have their souls now.

I had the view of a castle of romance inhabited by a rosy spirit, such a place as would somehow, for diversion of the young idea, take all colour out of story-books and fairy-tales. Was n't it just a story-book over which I had fallen a-doze and a-dream?

upon, having—as I at least supposed—a life of his own and tastes and habits which had long since diverted him from the maternal side.  If he did

It's always the guys who have absolutely nothing to give that start screaming and yelling about their makeup and trailers. It's a diversion so you don't pay attention to them, because they stink!

But what do you say if you're asked a direct question and you can't tell the truth and you can't tell a lie?' 'You say "how very interesting" and change the subject.

The human race seems to love nothing more than a long detour.

So she did the English thing. She changed the subject.

Plus, a woman can only watch so much television and read so many books." She made

Si la excitación es el mecanismo mediante el cual se divierte nuestro Creador, el amor es, por el contrario, lo que nos pertenece sólo a nosotros y con lo que escapamos al Creador.

I love trashy reality TV - all of it.

Writing grew out of the pleasure of escape. My novels are very much outside of my personal experience. That is why I love writing fiction. It allows me to leave my existence and inhabit other lives.

I'm mainly an airport author, and if you're trying to take your mind off the journey, you're not going to read 'King Lear.'

In life, Jane reflected, the most interesting things tend to happen when you're on your way to do something else.

You are happy and you are bored. You need to find a new pastime.

Still, she is glad for the diversion and she doesn't want to become the kind of person who thinks that good news can only come from calls one was already expecting and callers one already knows.

But this narrative of prophecy would eventually be subverted by the enemies of Elohim, who transformed it into an entire substitute system of astral worship where stars were considered as controlling powers over the lives of men. Though there was no actual power in the stars, it served the purpose of the gods to divert mankind's attention from the true God of history into a god of one's own utility.

When there are no consequences, being wrong is simply a diversion.

Nothing kills a party like an oversize metal hedgehog.

Entertainment is there to improve people's quality of life. After your basic needs, there's entertainment.

The problem with YouTube is if I want to watch something serious, I can click on it, but in two seconds, I'm also going to be greeted with some video about some guy surprising his kid with a baby cat.

A little before noon I sent orders to all my batteries to open fire through the streets or at any points where the troops were seen about the city, as a diversion in favor of Jackson.

I was trying to become a legitimate trumpet player, and I had a scholarship to Eastman School of Music. I was really on my way. But I didn't take the scholarship. I got sidetracked, because when summers came around, I started playing with a rock-and-roll band.

Get up from the piano ... Oscar is in the house. Who wants to be at the piano when Oscar is there? Find something else to do.

It's the same thing that drives people to want to experience sexual pleasure or have one too many drinks. We all want to experience the other, and to get out of our daily existence.