“We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them.”

“The ability for anyone in our generation to self-amuse has sadly been bred out of our species.”

“Is adult amusement killing our children, or is killing our children amusing adults?”

“...happiness does not consist in amusement. In fact, it would be strange if our end were amusement, and if we were to labor and suffer hardships all our life long merely to amuse ourselves.... The happy life is regarded as a life in conformity with virtue. It is a life which involves effort and is not spent in amusement....”

“We amuse ourselves painting our prison-walls with bright figures and brilliant landscapes.”

“For God’s sake, let us be mennot monkeys minding machinesor sitting with our tails curledwhile the machine amuses us, the radio or film or gramophone.Monkeys with a bland grin on our faces.”