Play Quotes

All play and no work makes Jack a mere toy.

The hippest thing you can do is not play at all. Just listen.

I believe in the time when we shall be able to create works of art in the Theatre without the use of the written play, without the use of actors.

Tom Brady is good, real good...but he plays in same league as I do.

Close to the Edge by Yes. Such a fun tune to play on bass.

A girlfriend? No thanks, I'd rather play nintendo and build my lego set!

I don't think you go to a play to forget, or to a movie to be distracted. I think life generally is a distraction and that going to a movie is a way to get back, not go away.

When I play from my mind I get in trouble.

The Mandolin is the bottom four strings of the guitar, backwards...so a person with dyslexia has no problem learning to play the Mandolin.

If you play to win as I do, the game never ends.

For me, a play is a form of writing which isn't complete until it is interpreted by actors. But it's still a form of writing. And so most of my time is spent thinking about how to write a sentence.

I play some fighting games, but mostly I just play sports.

A character I would love to play is Iago, from Othello.

Part of maintaining a thriving creative culture is giving people time and permission to play.

The actor should not play a part. Like the Aeolian harps that used to be hung in the trees to be played only by the breeze, the actor should be an instrument played upon by the character he depicts.

The reason why I like theater is because it's a long journey, and no matter what role you play, we are all in it together.

Writing is not the lottery. New writers have to be realistic about what it takes to get published. But there is one similarity to the lottery: You have to play to win.

I didn't play the game right because I saw a reward at the end of the tunnel.

Play is the state of mind that we can use in our creative process to our advantage.

Obviously a deer on the fairway has seen you tee off before and knows that the safest place to be when you play is right down the middle.

I'd think learning to play the guitar would be very confusing for sighted people

I'm a workaholic. I love every movie I've been in, even the bad ones, every TV series, every play, because I love to work. It's what keeps me going.

It took great courage to ask a beautiful young woman to marry me. Believe me, it is easier to play the whole Petrushka on the piano.

To play billiards well was a sign of an ill-spent youth

Win, lose, or tie, you're gonna play like champions!

The freest child is the child who is most interested in what he is doing, and at whose hand are the materials for his work or play.

Man may have discovered fire, but women discovered how to play with it.

I play Peeta. That's his name. It was given to him by his parents. He comes from a long line of bread. His sister is Rye. And his brother is Whole Wheat.

I like to play bad guys, since good guys are always beaten up several times during the movie. Bad guys are beaten only once, in the end.

Unconsciously, I fell in love with the small round sphere, with its amusing and capricious rebounds which sometimes play with me.

The only legitimate use of a computer is to play games.

Unfortunately or fortunately, in order to become acquainted with the idiom of country or rock music, it is necessary to occasionally play in a bar. Bars are a rehearsal place.

It is more satisfying to be a bad player at golf. The worse you play, the better you remember the occasional good shot.

I do not play football, I score goals.

You play, you win, you play, you lose. You play.

Don't play the notes. Play the meaning of the notes.

Everything was set for us to play a real good game. Then we left the dressing room and everything went to hell.

In the creative process there is the father, the author of the play; the mother, the actor pregnant with the part; and the child, the role to be born.

If you can pick up a ground ball you'll play for any team you want.

I really stay busy [in retirement]. I often have to cancel my golf games on the weekends to go play in tennis tournaments.

I love the game. It's fun to play, period. I love running around and getting sweaty. I love trying to lead my team. I love facing the challenge of another team that's better.

Play in curiosity is where everything happens.

I don't think anyone ever liked to play more than I did.

I used to go with my parents and loved it, I was in school plays, and I started reading plays before I started reading novels. I'll defend it to the hilt. When theatre is good it is fabulous.

Real-life people are often the hardest to play, people that you recreate who have actually lived, because you have to live up to people's knowledge of those characters.

Good coaching may be defined as the development of character, personality and habits of players, plus the teaching of fundamentals and team play.

Man works when he is partially involved. When he is totally involved he is at play or leisure.

Go play golf. Go to the golf course. Hit the ball. Find the ball. Repeat until the ball is in the hole. Have fun. The end.

I have a 'Play The Melody' philosophy. It means don't over arrange, don't make life difficult. Just play the melody-and do it the simplest way possible.

Creativity and the world of the imagination - the beauty of what we see as a child and the kind of play that we experience as a child - can be a way for us to survive tough times.