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Quotes About Playfulness

Inside every adult there's still a child that lingers. We're happiness merchants - giving people the opportunity to dream like children.
~ Guy Laliberte
It was Mabbie without the grammar school gates. And Mabbie was all of seven. And Mabbie was cut from a chocolate bar. And Mabbie thought life was heaven.
~ Gwendolyn Brooks
Dear Skeezie, Today I ran after a boy as he was trying to get away. I tackled him and we both landed in the mud. Do you think I appeared desperate?-Joe Bunch
~ James Howe
Dress the pussy for her nighty and follow her piggytails up their way to Winkyland.
~ James Joyce
He addle liddle phifie Annie ugged the little craythur.
~ James Joyce
I am the boy that can enjoy invisibility
~ James Joyce
Leaders set the tone. When they openly demonstrate the joy and passion they have for their organizations, team members, clients, and even challenges, leaders send a very powerful message to others that it's perfectly acceptable for people to make public displays of playfulness.
~ James M. Kouzes
My siblings and I spent hours playing tricks and teasing one another. It was our way of dealing with realities over which we had no control.
~ James McBride
After all, Fnick is Superman, said Iggy. Shut up, Jeff, I said, but I was smiling. I lifted Iggy's fingers to my face so that he knew.
~ James Patterson
No, what's the best way to catch a fish?" Angel asked again. Oh. "I don't know?" I said warily. "Have someone throw it to you!" Angel laughed, I groaned, and, next to me, Total chuckled.
~ James Patterson
Why did Piglet, Eeyore, and Christopher Robin stick their heads down the toilet? Easy. They were looking for Pooh.
~ James Patterson
what's the best way to catch a fish?" Angel asked again. Oh. "I don't know?" I said warily. "Have someone throw it to you!" Angel laughed, I groaned, and, next to me, Total chuckled.
~ James Patterson
Two things, Bick," Kaiyo screeched back at me. "One—where have you been all my life? Two—can you please go back there? Pronto?" Storm rolled her eyes at that one.
~ James Patterson
You may not know this, but it's an accepted fact that no room is completely done until furnished with a child's giggle.
~ James Patterson
Children are weird. I was going to say 'most children,' but I think this a rare universal law.
~ Rumaan Alam
It's good practice to be silly. It's good for you.
~ Tatjana Maria
When you start feeling silly, you start doing silly things.
~ R-Truth
There is no bad time to laugh. I always joke, even five minutes before a game. It's not bad to stay a little immature.
~ Kylian Mbappe
I'm never going to grow up. Staying young is what it is all about for me.
~ Hugh Hefner
As children know, there's lots of fun in nonsense. We never stop benefiting from staying flexible, open and responsive, even in the midst of confusion.
~ Joanna Scott
What would it be like if we dealt with the world around us as a playground, full of children learning and growing? Would this perspective allow us to deal with others in a more compassionate and loving way? (pg. 61)
~ Thomas F. Crum
Alas, regardless of their doom,The little victims play!No sense have they of ills to come,Nor care beyond today.
~ Thomas Gray
The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of childhood into maturity
~ Thomas Henry Huxley
Food should be fun.
~ Thomas Keller