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Quotes About Playful

Like a father with his daughter, the writist plays peek-a-boo with the world. His aim is to evoke that sweet smile, the one that says "i remember you. I am glad you are here again".
~ D.A. Botta
In my world, everyone's a pony and they all eat rainbows and poop butterflies!
~ Dr. Seuss
I come from a very sporty background because my mom is a gymnastics teacher. So growing up I was never sitting watching TV in the afternoons. I always played ball outside in the backyard.
~ Gal Gadot
Seated on the (closed) toilet, she saw Gabbie, who's almost three, holding a mirror and carefully applying a streak of green eye shadow in a long line from one eye, across her nose, to her other eye. She looked like a cavewoman.
~ Ann M. Martin
Let's call the prince —" "Ruff, ruff!" "Pickles!" Jonah cries gleefully. My brother is so weird.
~ Sarah Mlynowski
Radio is the playground of coincidence.
~ Sarah Vowell
At least you didn't need to change your breeches." He glanced up again instantly, pinning her eyes with his, his own suddenly gone lambent. "Now why didn't I think of that? Would it inspire you to ravish me?
~ Johanna Lindsey
If you really want to annoy someone, you can make little inverted commas by holding up two fingers of each hand and twitching them gently, as though you're tickling an invisible elf under the armpits. For example, when your mother calls you for dinner, and dinner turns out to be boiled fish and broccoli, you can say to her, "Well, I'll just eat my 'dinner', then," and do the little fingers sign. She'll love it. Seriously. I can hear her laughing already.
~ John Connolly
A little later, remembering man's earthly origin, 'dust thou art and to dust thou shalt return,' they liked to fancy themselves bubbles of earth. When alone in the fields, with no one to see them, they would hop, skip and jump, touching the ground as lightly as possible and crying 'We are bubbles of earth! Bubbles of earth! Bubbles of earth!' —Flora Thompson, Lark Rise
~ John Crowley
My character Jack in the New York Spring Spectacular is a lot of fun. He's playful, he's full of life. He can make things come to life. He can make things happen.
~ Derek Hough
Beauty shouldn't be taken too seriously. Life is stressful enough! Hair should be creative and crazy.
~ Guido Palau
It is life that does the thinking all around us, forming with playful ease the connections our reason can only laboriously patch together piecemeal, and never to such kaleidoscopic effect.
~ Robert Musil
I felt like my bubble gum card collection had come to life.
~ James Garner
I'm an actor in between jobs right now, so I kind of live the life of a 7-year old.
~ Aaron Yoo
If my life was a song it would be 'Who Let The Dogs Out'.
~ Casey Abrams
When social critics deplore the materialism of our time and its preoccupation with money, fame, and superficial values, they overlook that the driving force behind the changes we have seen -- one of the greatest periods of change in history -- has been thought. It wasn't big bucks or social status that drove this change. It was, and is, the force of the play of the mind. As materialistic as we may be, playful thinking got us here.
~ Edward M. Hallowell
The enthusiasm that characterizes our time is, unlike current events, hopeful and, like all enthusiasms, playful. The energy that flashes through our electronics has leapt into most of our bloodstreams and brains.
~ Edward M. Hallowell
Sorry, but looks like I'm dead. *Grin*
~ Eiichiro Oda
A person who can hold the nature of a child in himself never grows old and remains creative & young always.
~ Anuj Somany
I liked her…I really liked her. I wanted to protect her. I approached her in a gentle, playful manner, because she's so precious and I wanted to hold her in my arms because she's so carefree. She was my treasure.
~ Arina Tanemura
I've always been a bit of a drama queen. I was into make-believe and dressing up.
~ Ruth Jones
I really love middle-grade. Middle-grade books have a little more of a magical, light-hearted feel. You can be a little bit more quirky, you can have a little more humor. It doesn't get so dark and deep.
~ James Dashner
My humor is a lot like Kristen Wiig's from 'Saturday Night Live' or 'Bridesmaids.' Quirky, off the beaten path.
~ Nicole Ari Parker
I was definitely quirky. Me and my sister played a lot together. She's my best friend - and we would put on fashion shows.
~ Sigrid