Quotes About Play

I smile because there are tiny dreams that play hopscotch at the corners of my mouth, and every time I breathe they float and every time I laugh they fly kites.

Why aren't you playing?

Apple smiled. She could play the damsel-in-distress like a cow could jump over a moon. The male species couldn't resist wanting to help her.

During the toddler years, a lot of action takes place at the toilet. No, not potty training; throwing things in. From a toddler's viewpoint, the commode is one of the best toys around.

want loud and messy and crazy. I want crayons on the wall and bicycles in the driveway and playing ball in the backyard. I want to teach my kids to read and climb trees and drive a standard. I want noise and laughter and yelling and the kind of love that can't ever be broken.

I've been playing on Christmas for the last 10 11, 12 years. So just got to get up early with the babies, and give them their toys and try to get a nap in and just come to play.

I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.

Ever theatrical, Jackie also viewed the home as a grand set: a malleable, working stage on which to play out the daily sketches of life...

I don't know which will upset you more," she replied. "Telling you it's nothing but clutter or confessing that I often take it out and play 'I am Boba Fett' when I don't think anyone can see me.

Well, it was very interesting to play a character and stretch it over such a long time - 12 episodes. I had never done a TV show before, so week to week it was unclear what we would be asked to do.

There were neighbors that I played with and did all the things that children do. I did mow the lawn. I did help with various things that needed to be done to occupy my time.

Humans are the only animals that draw. . . . Practically every human being draws at some time in childhood.

Before we sent kids to computer camps and told them they were having a good time, there was imagination among the human species.

I've retroactively made all that wasted time rotting my brain into research. It makes me a hypocrite when I try to tell my own daughter, "I don't know, I think we've played a little too much Mario."

There's really no pain in the realm of the higher astral. A lot of spirits are playing mini-golf having a good time.

I would love to play cricket today, with all - I am not just talking of money - the opportunity you get, the practice facilities, the amount of time you are able to put into preparation.

Guard your children's free time - from you.

As the seconds tick down, Belgium are literally playing in time that doesn't exist.

With boys I climbed trees, ran races, and wrestled. I had no complexes of envy or inferiority toward boys. At the same time, however, I liked dolls.

I'd worked so hard that by the time I was 20, I wanted to play hard. And I did that really well.

I like to have a good time. I'm playing a great game, so why should I stop smiling when I get on the field?

[T]he Famous Rules which the French call, Des Trois Unitez , or, The Three Unities, which ought to be observ'd in every Regular Play; namely, of Time, Place, and Action.

When I was 19 I went to art school. I had six months of teaching myself to play baritone ukulele under my belt so I was sort of a novice folkie... I was singing folk songs at that time.

Running around when I was a kid was a really happy time; a time when getting home for dinner or for sleep were my only responsibilities.