Quotes About Play

Even at 10 years old, Jonathan and I started saying things like, 'Hey, what about this for the property?' And I remember my parents saying, 'You're 10. What do you know about real estate? Go play with toys.'

We believe ultimately that human co-experience - doing things together as a social platform for play - is a new category. It's differentiated from toys or games or social networking in that it's people doing things together in real time.

I was nice and well-mannered because I was taught manners. I was very imaginative and quite adventurous. I was a tomboy, and I was always jealous that my older brother Hugh had bigger toy aeroplanes than me. I was always playing with boys' toys; I don't remember owning any dolls.

I grew up playing cowboy, and I still have all my Johnny West toys from when I was a kid. I have my actual toys from when I was five.

At 20 years old, I was better at playing with toys than I was as a kid.

We're taking the top iconic characters and bringing them to life as toys that our players can buy. We know that our players would like to play in both dimensions.

I wasn't into any other toys. I always liked to play with balls and with a racket.

In kindergarten, we'd tell stories with our toys. We'd set a timer for two hours because we knew that was how long a movie was.

I care about this state... and I feel a responsibility to get things done. If we stay healthy and play smart we can be a playoff team. I think we're on the right track.

I would get so into playing as a kid that I'd lose track of time.

Why does a three-year-old, and it's usually boys, want to drive the tractor or have machinery and be in control of it? I don't know. Why wouldn't you ask to boil a kettle or something? Maybe you would, I dunno.

I am a frustrated saxophone player. If I could, I would abandon all of my books, and I would trade it all if I could play the way people I admire play.

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.

I want to write a play. I'd like to do an original musical. I should probably put together a poetry collection.

Yeah, dolphins and monkeys basically could play chess together. Those are brilliant animals.

A family that knows how to play together has the tools to stay together.

There's nothing like seeing the smile on my kids' faces. Laughing together. Playing. It's the best.

I don't like to travel as much as I have in the past, but it's good for my soul to get to pick, especially with these good musicians and these guys that play so well.

Fabulous place, Dublin is. The trouble is, you work hard and in Dublin you play hard as well.

The Blossoms and leaves in plenty From the apple tree fall each day; The merry breezes approach them, And with them merrily play.

I worry about kids today not having time to build a tree house or ride a bike or go fishing. I worry that life is getting faster and faster.

My grandfather built my first hoop. It was a peach basket up against a tree, and we played in the dirt. I couldn't have been more than 6 when he put it up, and I just started playing.

This tree house became our galleon, our spaceship, our Fort Apache...Ours was a learning tree. Through it we learned to trust ourselves and our abilities.

Golf is a difficult game, but it's a little easier if you trust your instincts. It's too hard a game to try to play like someone else.