Amusing Quotes
MOLIERE (1965). “TARTUFFE”
I confess I enjoy democracy immensely. It is incomparably idiotic, and hence incomparably amusing.
H.L. Mencken (2012). “Mencken Chrestomathy”, p.168, Vintage
Arnold Bennett (2012). “How to Live on 24 Hours a Day: with The Human Machine”, p.119, Courier Corporation
I really am a happy, amusing fellow at heart. Trouble is I seem the only one left.
"Cary Grant is puzzled because you have No Time for Laughs" by Robert Ottaway in Picturegoer magazine, January 4, 1958.
Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing than history.
Sébastien-Roch-Nicolas Chamfort (1973). “Chamfort maxims: anecdotes, personalities, letters, historical writings, etc”
There are amusing people who do not interest, and interesting people who do not amuse
Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.3675, Delphi Classics
Andrew Lang (2014). “Rhymes à la Mode”, p.12, Simon and Schuster
"No Silver Bullet". Book by Fred Brooks, 1986.
"My Heart Laid Bare, and Other Prose Writings".
I enjoyed the courtroom as just another stage but not so amusing as Broadway.
Mae West (1959). “Goodness Had Nothing to Do with it: Autobiography”, Chelsea House
A moderated religion is as good for us as no religion at all—and more amusing.
C. S. Lewis (2013). “The Screwtape Letters: Annotated Edition”, p.39, Harper Collins