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Quotes About Playfulness

... what is there over which the incomparable beauty of childhood would not triumph?
~ George Sand
Andrea raised her hand. "This is the hand that slapped Aunt B." "Maybe you should have it gold-plated." "Here, you can touch it, since you're my best friend.
~ Ilona Andrews
When your daughter asks you to be a fairy for her 5th birthday party... you better be a damned fairy.
~ Tony Hawk
I've managed to keep a clear head and remain sane in this business because I remain a kid off-camera.
~ Leonardo DiCaprio
Childhood is frequently a solemn business for those inside it.
~ George Will
We loved killing time and had perfected several ways of doing so. We wandered the hallways carrying papers that indicated some mission of business when in reality we were in search of free candy.
~ Joshua Ferris
When you're eight years old nothing is your business.
~ Lenny Bruce
All the best, Sydney P.S. "The Red Hurricane" is what I named the car. P.P.S. Just because I like you, it doesn't mean I still don't think you're an evil creature of the night. You are.
~ Richelle Mead
The dog pranced delightedly around his feet as if he'd been gone to another planet instead of merely underneath a car.
~ Maggie Stiefvater
I make napkins talk in restaurants, socks talk on car journeys. There is an awful lot of puppetry going on in the house.
~ Nina Conti
Hey, Amy, did you ever want to, like, get on the conveyor belt and see what happened? Like,'Hey don't mind me, I'm just hanging with cargo'?
~ Peter Lerangis
Ovo je Fritz: beskoristan je, kao što vidiš. Posve neodgovoran. No, s druge strane, Fritz se samo igrao pripovjeda?a. Da je pravi majstor poput urara, znao bi kako svaki ?in ima svoju posljedicu. Iza svakog tik slijedi tak. Iza re?enice - Bio jednom... - mora slijediti pri?a, ina?e ?e slijediti nešto drugo, a to može biti puno opasnije od pri?e.
~ Philip Pullman
Sheer Playfulness and Deadly Seriousness are my closest friends; it is with them that I take those walks in the country at the end of the day. I am also on friendly terms with Deadly Playfulness, Playful Playfulness, Serious Playfulness, Serious Seriousness, and Sheer Sheerness. From the last, however, I get nothing; he just wrings my heart and leaves me speechless.
~ Philip Roth
Artisans prefer not to get too serious about things, and will try to keep everyone smiling — to keep the party going — as long as possible.
~ Unknown
I want to talk to you and be random with you and be ridiculous with you.
~ David Levithan
If you're not able to laugh inside a sex shop, then you probably shouldn't be there. I mean, they don't call it fooling around for nothing.
~ David Levithan
You know whatdogs are like in a room? They really look like they're having fun. They're bouncing this ball around and chewing on stuff and they're kind of panting and happy. Human beings are supposed to be like that. We should be pretty happy. And I don't know why we aren't.
~ David Lynch
Right, I breast feed baby camels in my backyard just for the freaking fun of it. Just tell me where you live, Pinocchio, and save the baloney for lunch.
~ David Sedaris
Good fences make good neighbors, and these were apparently good enough that they had not felt the need for razor wire at the top. I crested the fence, threw myself into the yard beyond, fell, rolled to my feet, and ran with the expectation of being garroted by a taut clothesline. I heard panting, looked down, and saw a gold retriever running at my side, ears flapping. The dog glanced up at me tongue rolling, grinning, as though jazzed by the prospect of an unscheduled play session.
~ Dean Koontz
I adore kids. I enjoy everything that they bring to the party. They just say what they think.
~ Prince Harry
When you're six years old, you don't look at things the way an adult looks at things.
~ Dwight Henry
Wes Anderson's films, 6-year-olds are crazy about them.
~ Noah Baumbach
I like to play with architecture! It's my favorite game.
~ Jean Nouvel
My music is best understood by children and animals.
~ Igor Stravinsky