Charles Spurgeon Quotes

Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.

To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement.

Games have no other purpose than to please.

'Amusement' is appealing because we don't have to think; it spares us the fear and anxiety that might otherwise prey on our thoughts.

It seems that entertainment is what most excites us and what we value above everything else.

I just want to entertain.

Life would be tolerable but for its amusements.

Paris presents one incessant round of amusement & dissipation but very little, I believe - even for its inhabitants of that society - which interests the heart. Every day, you may see something new, magnificent & beautiful; every night, you may see a spectacle which astonishes & enchants the imagination.

My whole thing is to entertain, make people laugh and to forget about the real world for awhile.

Let's stop playing with ourselves and get on with the entertainment, shall we?

I am excessively diverted.

Bad taste makes the day go by faster.

Singing a song, playing sports - anything that entertains, that takes people away from their own problems, is good.

Everything you think of that keeps you occupied is a friend.

To find recreation in amusement is not happiness.

[On lightweight movies:] Fun movies. They were never meant to cure cancer, only to take away the mind.

Hell is a place where you have nothing to do but amuse yourself.

Grinning is something you do when you are entertained in some way, such as reading a good book or watching someone you don't care for spill orange soda all over themselves.

If it [dabbling in art] didn't amuse me, I beg you to believe that I wouldn't do it.

What everybody's looking for today, they're looking for escape-ism.

I think reading a novel is almost next best to having something to do.

Reading is by far the most successful pursuit of happiness.

Weak minds may be injured by novel-reading; but sensible people find both amusement and instruction therein.

The man who doesn’t make up his mind to cultivate the habit of thinking misses the greatest pleasure in life.

As long as I'm having fun I'm going to play.