Diverted

Famous quotes containing the word diverted:

“The mind is refrigerated by interruption; the thoughts are diverted from the principal subject; the reader is weary, he suspects not why; and at last throws away the book, which he has too diligently studied.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

“Those who can least bear a jest upon themselves, will be most diverted with one passed on others.”
—Samuel Richardson (1689–1761)

“Our trouble is that we drink too much tea. I see in this the slow revenge of the Orient, which has diverted the Yellow River down our throats.”
—J.B. (John Boynton)