Play Quotes

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Small: The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast
Oscar Wilde
"The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
Small: With foxes we must play the fox
Thomas Fuller
"With foxes we must play the fox"
Thomas Fuller, Clergyman
Small: Those who play with the devils toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword
"Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword"
R. Buckminster Fuller, Inventor
Small: I used to play sports. Then I realized you can buy trophies. Now I am good at everything
"I used to play sports. Then I realized you can buy trophies. Now I am good at everything"
Demetri Martin, Comedian
Small: Genius is not a possession of the limited few, but exists in some degree in everyone. Where there is natural g
"Genius is not a possession of the limited few, but exists in some degree in everyone. Where there is natural growth, a full and free play of faculties, genius will manifest itself"
Robert Henri, Artist
Small: Its useless to play lullabies for those who cannot sleep
"It's useless to play lullabies for those who cannot sleep"
John Cage, Composer
Small: The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden heaven is a playground
Gilbert K. Chesterton
"The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground"
Gilbert K. Chesterton, Writer
Small: It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time f
Leo Buscaglia
"It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them"
Leo Buscaglia, Author
Small: I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things... I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run agai
Leo Buscaglia
"I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things... I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind"
Leo Buscaglia, Author
Small: Cowardice and courage are never without a measure of affectation. Nor is love. Feelings are never true. They p
"Cowardice and courage are never without a measure of affectation. Nor is love. Feelings are never true. They play with their mirrors"
Jean Baudrillard, Sociologist
Small: The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but it is the most difficult to play
"The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but it is the most difficult to play"
Richard Strauss, Composer
Small: I play a role in front of the cameras, just like in the movies
"I play a role in front of the cameras, just like in the movies"
Eva Herzigova, Model
Small: Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game
Michael Jordan
"Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game"
Michael Jordan, Athlete
Small: The foreign press seems obsessed with the Freedom Tower, as if it was the only thing going on here. In fact, w
Daniel Libeskind
"The foreign press seems obsessed with the Freedom Tower, as if it was the only thing going on here. In fact, we're trying to keep a huge juggling act in balance, with the tower as just one of the many balls in play"
Daniel Libeskind, Architect
Small: If youre going to play the game properly, youd better know every rule
"If you're going to play the game properly, you'd better know every rule"
Barbara Jordan, Politician
Small: Many senators have developed a canny sense of what will play best for the audience
"Many senators have developed a canny sense of what will play best for the audience"
Jessica Savitch, Journalist
Small: I think that every single person should play sports
"I think that every single person should play sports"
Donovan Bailey, Athlete
Small: I think I started out trying to be very objective about the flow of the play
"I think I started out trying to be very objective about the flow of the play"
James Rado, Actor
Small: An actress can only play a woman. Im an actor, I can play anything
"An actress can only play a woman. I'm an actor, I can play anything"
Whoopi Goldberg, Actress
Small: God is playing my guitar, I am with God when I play
"God is playing my guitar, I am with God when I play"
Link Wray, Musician
Small: The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous playthin
Friedrich Nietzsche
"The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Small: In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play
Friedrich Nietzsche
"In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play"
Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher
Small: If music be the food of love, play on
William Shakespeare
"If music be the food of love, play on"
William Shakespeare, Dramatist
Small: Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel
Jimi Hendrix
"Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel"
Jimi Hendrix, Musician
Small: We can not play innocents abroad in a world that is not innocent
Ronald Reagan
"We can not play innocents abroad in a world that is not innocent"
Ronald Reagan, President
Small: It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity
Dag Hammarskjold
"It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity"
Dag Hammarskjold, Diplomat
Small: The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin
Honore de Balzac
"The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin"
Honore de Balzac, Novelist
Small: Play not with paradoxes. That caustic which you handle in order to scorch others may happen to sear your own f
George Eliot
"Play not with paradoxes. That caustic which you handle in order to scorch others may happen to sear your own fingers and make them dead to the quality of things"
George Eliot, Author
Small: If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, t
"If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you labeled a radical 60 years ago, a liberal 30 years ago and a racist today"
Thomas Sowell, Economist
Small: It was jolly in the country. A cow and little pigs to play with and milk warm from the cow
"It was jolly in the country. A cow and little pigs to play with and milk warm from the cow"
Georg Brandes, Critic
Small: It didnt even occur to me that Im the last person in the world who should play salsa or Brazilian music
David Byrne
"It didn't even occur to me that I'm the last person in the world who should play salsa or Brazilian music"
David Byrne, Musician
Small: Acted drama requires surrender of ones self, sympathetic absorption in the play as it develops
"Acted drama requires surrender of one's self, sympathetic absorption in the play as it develops"
George P. Baker
Small: When the drama attains a characterization which makes the play a revelation of human conduct and a dialogue wh
"When the drama attains a characterization which makes the play a revelation of human conduct and a dialogue which characterizes yet pleases for itself, we reach dramatic literature"
George P. Baker
Small: When I play, I become entirely absorbed in the game. It may be a form of concentration
"When I play, I become entirely absorbed in the game. It may be a form of concentration"
Helen Wills Moody, Athlete
Small: I probably visualize myself, the shots Im going to get in the game, how Im going to play defense, what we have
"I probably visualize myself, the shots I'm going to get in the game, how I'm going to play defense, what we have to do to stop the other team's best player, what it's going to take out of me, the whole aspect of the game"
Paul Pierce, Athlete
Small: This is the way I wanna die. Torn apart by angry fans who want me to play a different song
"This is the way I wanna die. Torn apart by angry fans who want me to play a different song"
Regina Spektor, Musician
Small: I seem to be getting a lot of things pushed my way that are strong women. Its like people see Hackers and they
Angelina Jolie
"I seem to be getting a lot of things pushed my way that are strong women. It's like people see Hackers and they send me offers to play tough women with guns, the kind who wear no bra and a little tank top. I'd like to play strong women who are also very feminine"
Angelina Jolie, Actress
Small: Once Im at the arena with the guys in the dressing room, and in the bus, and on the plane, Im a player.
"Once I'm at the arena with the guys in the dressing room, and in the bus, and on the plane, I'm a player. And I sit in the back with the players and I play cards and try to take their money"
Mario Lemieux, Athlete
Small: I didnt have anyone to play with so I made up my own world
"I didn't have anyone to play with so I made up my own world"
Maya Lin, Architect
Small: I love Age of Empires and I play RTS games all the time, I respect what theyve accomplished
"I love Age of Empires and I play RTS games all the time, I respect what they've accomplished"
Sid Meier, Scientist
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