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“He's not a stupid guy at all. He's intelligent and amusing and I have to say I'm surprised that he's having to [auction his trophies.] But he's living in Stockholm and in Sweden you get taxed out of existence so I suppose that may be the reason.”
Richard Evans
“As an occupation in declining years, I declare I think saving is useful, amusing and not unbecoming. It must be a perpetual amusement. It is a game that can be played by day, by night, at home and abroad, and at which you must win in the long run. . . . What an interest it imparts to life!”
William Makepeace Thackeray
“If you would rule the world quietly, you must keep it amused”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“To get into the best society nowadays, one has either to feed people, amuse people, or shock people”
Oscar Wilde
“We worked on 'Fanny and Alexander' for seven months and it was an amusing production. Still, it was very long and heavy and so awfully complicated, ... And when the premiere was over and everything went well, I thought, 'That's that.' ”
Ingmar Bergman
“It was more of a problem in the earlier shows. Gradually, they realized it was not original or amusing.”
Dave Foley
“Life would be tolerable but for its amusements.”
George Bernard Shaw
“Here there is no hope, and consequently no duty, no work, nothing to be gained by praying, nothing to be lost by doing what you like. Hell, in short, is a place where you have nothing to do but amuse yourself.”
“What amuses me most about Skip is he often represents everyone in the deal, ... And, he does a really good job for everybody ? I've always walked away from every negotiation and thought, 'Jesus, how did he get that?' ”
Harrison Ford
“Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.”
Mahatma Gandhi
