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Quotes About Play

I wanted to have more time to play and reflect, but I find retirement more stressful than having a nice, steady job because I have to make decisions about where I want to be.
~ Walter Cronkite
It used to be that Denver was one of the most stressful cities to play because I was very nervous at coming home.
~ Philip Bailey
You do a film and you know where you're going, you have this material to stretch and play with as much as possible because you know how it ends.
~ Norman Reedus
It wasn't that much of a stretch to play a gay demon. I am, you know, both gay and a demon. Don't tell my wife.
~ Ken Marino
I had fears going into television that it might become boring to me, and I always like to be challenged, push myself. You do a film, and you know where you're going; you have this material to stretch and play with as much as possible because you know how it ends.
~ Norman Reedus
It's a different style of golf; that stands out for sure when you come over to America. The style of play and the golf courses in America. Most golf courses in America either stretch your game, and test different elements of your game and the margins for error are smaller.
~ Tommy Fleetwood
In 'Law and Order,' that wasn't a real stretch; I had to play an athlete and I had like four lines.
~ Jesse Palmer
Elephants love to play around. They are very intelligent animals. They have a strong bond, at times stretching to several decades, with their mahouts.
~ Mark Shand
As an only child you don't have many people to play with, and mum was strict about not mixing with kids on the street, so I played by myself.
~ Denise Lewis
Players are ready to play, We're not on strike. It's a lockout.
~ Dwyane Wade
I didn't start playing golf until '94, when the strike cut the season short. Never having played as a kid definitely makes it a challenge.
~ Ken Griffey Jr.
I have been trying for years to perform in America. Now the first time I am here there is a strike. I must play. It is what I must do.
~ Mikis Theodorakis
When I can buy strikes with that curveball, that just lets everything else play up.
~ Max Scherzer
I like the sound of a Silvertone amp for myself. It's kind of cleaner guitar sounds when necessary, maybe a little less metal-sounding. But it really doesn't matter what amp I play through; it's really the way I voice chords and play guitar, how I strike the strings.
~ Brian Bell
By adding open strings to even the simplest chords, you can create voicings that sound sophisticated, but are really easy (and fun) to play. They're practical, not intimidating, and most certainly don't sound like 'jazz chords.'
~ John Petrucci
You can play slide on any guitar, but to be serious about it you have a tough set of strings, otherwise you don't get the full attack - you can't dig in.
~ Rory Gallagher
When they are stronger I try to pass in front, that I cannot play. Like Lukaku, for example. He is the strongest forward in the world. He is pure power.
~ Raphael Varane
I am a member of the Heads Up Football Advisory Committee, have participated in a Heads Up Football clinic, and strongly endorse the program. It's a better, safer way to play the game.
~ Bill Cowher
The thing that's always struck me about Coach Marinelli's defenses is how fast and aggressive they play.
~ Josh McDaniels
When I was four or five, I would organise my cars and my action figures. I needed some kind of structure, I think.
~ Alexander Skarsgard
TV now, you have to plan it: you structure it for binge watching, meaning you structure the whole season like a three-act play. You have a first act - the first third of the season - second act is the middle third, and you structure it like that.
~ Guillermo del Toro
I read a lot of plays as a kid, but I didn't see that many plays, so I feel better-versed in film history and film structure. I just think it's easier to think in pictures.
~ Zoe Kazan
The repeated action of working and playing acts like a trowel that uncovers a hidden structure under the earth. It is an action that deepens and develops.
~ Simon McBurney
We've always had the sensibility that you work on the set, and you structure it, much like a play, where once you've got the lines down and blocking right, you freeze it, and then you go out and do what you're doing night after night. You want to structure something that has form and that builds the right dynamic from start to finish.
~ Lindsey Buckingham