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 . . . AMUSEMENT see: "FUN" see: "JOY" see: "ENTERTAINMENT, HOBBIES, & LEISURE ACTIVITIES" for other related links It was an old, old, old, old lady, And a boy who was half-past three; And the way they played together Was beautiful to see. --Henry Cuyler Bunner (1855—1896) American poet, novelist, and editor. "One, Two, Three" in _Rowen: 'Second Crop' Songs_ [1892] The mind ought sometimes to be amused, that it may better return to thought, and to itself. --Gaius Julius Phaedrus (c. 15 B.C.— c. 50 A.D.) The versifier of Aesop's Fables in Latin. Attributed in Henry Southgate _Things a Lady Would Like to Know Concerning Domestic Management_ [1875]. There is now a vast crowd that is a permanent audience waiting to be amused, cash customers screaming for their money's worth, all fixed in a consumer's attitude. They look on at more and more, and join in less and less. --J.B. [John Boynton] Priestley (1894—1984) English novelist, playwright and critic. _Thoughts in the Wilderness_ [1957], "The Writer in a Changing Society" The real character of a man is found out by his amusements. --Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723—1792) English painter. Attributed in Samuel Arthur Bent _Short Sayings of Great Men_ [1882]. ----- disport [dis-PORT], intransitive verb: To amuse oneself in light or lively manner; to frolic. Ex.: If you confine the kids' drinking to the college area, they will disport there and lessen the problem of the drunken car ride coming back from the out-of-town bar. --William F. Buckley Jr., "Let's Drink to It," National Review, February 27, 2001 droll (adjective) ['drol] Quaintly amusing, mischievously facetious, exhibiting the qualities of a droll.   ANARCHY . . see: "EMPIRE" see: "GOVERNMENT" see: "LAW" see: "MOB" see: "REVOLUTION" see: "VIOLENCE" Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. --Louis Brandeis (1856—1941) American lawyer and associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court [1916—1939]. Dissent in "Olmstead v. United States" [1928]. In a state of anarchy power is the measure of right. --Lucan [Marcus Annaeus Lucanus] (39—65) Roman poet and republican patriot. Attributed in _Life_ [26 May 1887]. Anarchy is the sure consequence of tyranny. --Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800—1859) English politician and historian. "A Conversation Between Mr. Abraham Cowley and Mr. John Milton" in _Knight’s Quarterly Journal_ [August 1824]  ANCESTORS . . see: "BIRTH" see: "BLOOD" see: "FAMILY" see: "GENEALOGY" People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors. --Edmund Burke (1729—1797) Irish-born Whig politician and man of letters. _Reflections on the Revolution in France_, v. III [1790] It is with antiquity as with ancestry, nations are proud of the one, and individuals of the other; but if they are nothing in themselves, that which is their pride ought to be their humiliation. --C.C. Colton (1780—1832) English clergyman and writer. _Lacon: or, Many Things in Few Words_, CXIII [1826 ed.] I confess freely to you, I could never look long upon a monkey, without very mortifying reflections. --William Congreve (1670—1729) English dramatist. Letter to Dennis [1695], in John C. Hodges (ed.) _William Congreve: Letters and Documents_ [1964]. If you could see your ancestors, All standing in a row, There might be some among them Whom you wouldn't care to know. But there's another matter which Requires a different view; If you could see your ancestors, Would they be proud of you? --Rufus Craig Attributed in _National Genealogical Society Quarterly_, vol. 37-40 [1949] My Grandparents were from Bohemia. They were in the Iron and Steel Business. My Grandma would iron and my Grandpa would steel. --Don E. alt.books.louis-lamour Usenet newsgroup. We cannot reform our forefathers. --George Eliot [Mary Ann Evans] (1819—1880) English novelist. _Adam Bede_, ch. LIII [1859] This sad little lizard told me that he was a Brontosaurus on his mother's side. I did not laugh; people who boast of ancestry often have little else to sustain them. Humoring them costs nothing and adds to happiness in a world in which happiness is in short supply. --Robert Heinlein (1907—1988) American science-fiction writer. _Time Enough for Love_ [1973] Everyone has something ancestral, even if it is nothing more than a disease. --attributed to Edgar Watson Howe (1854—1937) American journalist and author. My ancestors were Puritans from England. They arrived here in 1648 in the hope of finding greater restrictions than were permissible under English law at that time. --Garrison Keillor (b. 1942) American writer and radio host. Quoted in "N.Y. Times" [30 March 1990]. It is said that there were some respected men among my ancestors, too, but my father paid little attention to that. He judged each man by himself and not by his ancestors. --Louis L'Amour [Louis Dearborn LaMoore] (1908—1988) American author of Western fiction. _Jubal Sackett_ [1985] Heredity is a splendid phenomenon that relieves us of responsibility for our shortcomings. --Doug Larson (1902—1981) American journalist. Quoted in Kate Rowinski _The Quotable Mom_, p. 248 [2003]. She's descended from a long line her mother listened to. --attributed to Gypsy Rose Lee [Rose Louise Hovick] (1914—1970) American striptease artist. It has long seemed to me that it would be more honorable to our ancestors to praise them in words less, but in deeds, to imitate them more. --Horace Mann (1796—1859) American educator. Speech in Boston [4 July 1842] With him for a sire and her for a dam, What should I be but just what I am? --Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892—1950) American poet. "A Few Figs from Thistles" [1920] The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry, is somewhat like a potato - the only good thing is under ground. --Sir Thomas Overbury (1581?—1613) English poet and essayist. Quoted in John Ireland _Letters and Poems By the Late Mr. John Henderson_ [1786]. It is indeed desirable to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors. --Plutarch (A.D. 46?—119?) Greek philosopher and biographer. _Morals_, "Of the Training of Children" Our greatest responsibility is to be good ancestors. --attributed to Jonas Edward Salk (1914—1995) American physician and medical reseacher who developed the vaccine for polio. He who boasts of his descent, praises the deeds of another. --Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC—65 A.D.) Roman philosopher and poet. _Hercules Furens_ It is only shallow-minded pretenders who either make distinguished origin a matter of personal merit, or obscure origin a matter of personal reproach. Taunt and scoffing at the humble condition of early life affect nobody in America but those who are foolish enough to indulge in them, and they are generally sufficiently punished by public rebuke. A man who is not ashamed of himself need not be ashamed of his early condition. --Daniel Webster (1782—1852) American orator and politician. Quoted in _Niles' National Register_ [5 September 1840]. - I looked up my family tree. They all came from apes, except me. The females and males All swung by their tails, But I came direct from the sea. --anon. ----- pedigree (noun) ['ped-ê-gree] A record of ancestral lineage or the line of ancestors itself of man or beast; a distinguished lineage. progenitor (noun) [prê-'jen-ê-tê(r)] 1/ The originator or original ancestor of a line of descent, a direct ancestor. 2/ The founder of a family. 3/ The originator of anything, a founder, as the progenitor of a philosophical school. end page | ABILITY - ABUSE | ACADEMY AWARDS - ACCUSATION | ACHIEVEMENT - ACQUAINTANCE | ACTION/S | ACTORS / ACTING | ACTUARIES - ADVERSARIES | ADVERSITY - ADVERTISING | ADVICE | AFFAIRS - AFGHANISTAN | AGE | AGNOSTICS - AIRPLANES | ALCOHOL | ALIBI - AMBITION | AMERICA PAGE 1 (A-M) | AMERICA PAGE 2 (N-Z) | AMERICANS | AMERICAN INDIANS | AMERICAN REVOLUTION | AMUSEMENT - ANCESTORS | ANGER | ANIMAL RIGHTS - ANIMALS | ANIMOSITIES - APATHY | APOLOGY & APPEARANCE | APPEASEMENT | APPLAUSE - APRIL | ARCHAEOLOGISTS - ARCHITECTURE | ARGUMENT | ARISTOCRACY - ART | ASHAMED - ASTROLOGY | ATHEISM | ATOM BOMB - ATTRACTION | AUSTRALIA | AUTHORITY - AUTOMOBILES | AUTUMN - AWARENESS | | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | | Return Home | The Credits | The Cast | Act 1 | Act 2 | Act 3 | The Reviews | |
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