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Quotes About Amusing

They are funny, too. And not always intentionally, either, which as far as I am concerned is the very best kind of funny.
~ Michael Booth
A joke is a witticism or play on words that's meant to be funny. I say 'meant to be' because most jokes aren't funny. They range between mildly amusing and grimace-inducingly annoying.
~ Michael Monroe
I like situational comedy when people are being completely serious and yet you can find something extremely funny, not jokes.
~ Bruce Robinson
Talking to yourself? Her father turned the corner of the house to join her amid the rows of roses. Sneaking was evil, she decided. No. I was… just conversing with the new rosebush, she stammered, feeling her cheeks warm. Ah. And did it answer? I believe it to be shy. If it everdoesanswer, you will inform me, won't you ? Very amusing.
~ Suzanne Enoch
An amusing city, Chicago, any way you look at it. I'm afraid we are in for the time of our lives.
~ Karen Abbott
A really good comedy, I think, is played as if it was real, and it's the circumstances that make it amusing. And I think that the - the inverse or the reverse is true for drama.
~ Kenneth Lonergan
No one will ever accuse James Carville of taking himself seriously.
~ James Carville
Jane Austen is very amusing.
~ James Callis
To be honest, I don't mind Jason Gardiner, I've always found him amusing.
~ Gemma Collins
Anyone who knows me knows that I'm way more of a joker than I am a serious person.
~ Queen Latifah
I'm definitely a joker.
~ Theo James
I tell the most horrible jokes.
~ Emmanuelle Chriqui
Personally, I like it much better when someone else does the decision making. That way you have legitimate grounds to whine and complain. I tend to find both whining and complaining quite interesting and amusing, though sometimes--unfortunately--it's hard to choose which one of the two I want to do. Sigh. LIfe can be so tough sometimes.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Lightsong had never bothered to learn the rules. He found it more amusing to play when he had no idea what he was doing.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Oh! You'll find this amusing. I just translated the name of their ship. In their language, it roughly means, 'Big Enough to Kill You.'
~ Brandon Sanderson
A name," the windspren said, walking through the air to stand beside his face. She was in the shape of a young woman, complete with flowing skirt and delicate feet. "Sylphrena." "Sylphrena," Kaladin repeated, tying on the sandals. "Syl," the spirit said. She cocked her head. "That's amusing. It appears that I have a nickname." "Congratulations." Kaladin stood up again, wobbling.
~ Brandon Sanderson
the new high-class lively evening paper which was expected to meet a want felt in circles increasingly conscious that Conservatism must be made amusing, and unconvinced when assured by those of another political colour that it was already amusing enough.
~ Henry James
I only went to one Star Trek convention and that was in the late '80s. I hadn't gone to a convention before that. It was quite amusing, with the people dressed up and all of that.
~ Persis Khambatta
I liked getting the best villain award. I thought that was funny.
~ Stephen Dorff
I've always had great respect for Paddington because he is amusingly English and eccentric. He is a great British institution and my generation grew up with the books and then Michael Horden's animations.
~ Stephen Fry
But floating for an extended period is truly amazing. My brain is constantly trying to figure out which way is up. It's an interesting challenge, one I find slightly amusing.
~ Victor J. Glover
Everyone listened to this amusing narrative with great interest, and the moment that Behemoth concluded it, they all shouted in unison: 'Lies!
~ Mikhail Bulgakov
She knew that she had become a burden to him: she took things too seriously, turning everything into a tragedy, and failed to grasp the lightness and amusing insignificance of physical love. How she wished she could learn lightness! She yearned for someone to help her out of her anachronistic shell.
~ Milan Kundera
You might imagine an uncharitable extraterrestrial observer looking down on our species... - with us excitedly chattering, The Universe is created for us! We're at the center! Everything pays homage to us! - and concluding that our pretensions are amusing, our aspirations pathetic, that this must be the planet of the idiots.
~ Carl Sagan