Play Quotes

The majority of players are looking for reasons to fold. I am looking for reasons to play.

People would say, 'Girls don't play hockey. Girls don't skate.' I would say, 'Watch this.'

The little cares that fretted me, I lost them yesterday Among the fields above the sea, Among the winds at play.

We are never more fully alive, more completely ourselves, or more deeply engrossed in anything than when we are playing

In an age of incompetence, I've been able to last in this crazy business. I actually know how to play my ax and write a song. That's my job.

If you play with people who are better than you, then you get better.

It's the way you play that makes it . . . Play like you play. Play like you think, and then you got it, if you're going to get it. And whatever you get, that's you, so that's your story.

When I see Messi play, in my opinion, he should win the Ballon d'Or every year. He is an unbelievable player.

The biggest mistake sometimes is to play things very safe in this life and end up being moral failures.

To share is precious, pure and fair. Don't play with something you should cherish for life. Don't you wanna care, ain't it lonely out there?

I just want to play for a team that wants me.

Britain does not normally these days play a huge part in peacekeeping.

I was studying my 'Bold and Beautiful' script the other day, lying in a hammock, when one of my Siberian tigers walked up and grabbed it out of my hand - she wanted to play. See - teeth marks!

Every gentleman plays billiards, but someone who plays billiards too well, is no gentleman.

The practice of yoga induces a primary sense of measure and proportion. Reduced to our own body, our first instrument, we learn to play it, drawing from it maximum resonance and harmony.

Every year I try to keep in excellent shape and improve some part of my game. I play in the offseason overseas to keep my game tuned up and hopefully improve a little in some area.

The NBA has the best point guards in the world, so it is important that I come ready to play every night.

Study hard. Work hard. Play harder. Don't be bound by rules, don't hurt anybody and never ever live somebody else's dream.

Consciousness does not just passively reflect the objective material world; it plays an active role in creating reality itself.

Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.

Any actor who tells you that they have become the people they play, unless they’re clearly diagnosed as a schizophrenic, is bullshitting you.

My favorite author is Anton Chekhov, not so much for the plays but for his short stories, and I think he was really my tutor.

Should I be the one to play God? We're both about the same age, but we grew up in different neighborhoods.

I therefore take the liberty of proposing for this hypothetical new atom, which is not light but plays an essential part in every process of radiation, the name photon.

When you work, work. When you play, play. Don't mix the two.

I try to play the bare essence, to let everything be just what it's supposed to be.

But particularly when the media profess to strive toward objectivity, gatekeepers play a crucial role in helping people navigate the news to make educated political decisions.

Everyone, in all walks of life, regardless of his professional occupation should feel concerned and play an active role to solve such problems which affect mankind.

It is all very well to say that a man should play for the pure love of the game. Perhaps he ought, but to the working man it is impossible.

I was fifteen years old, and I hardly knew how to play a simple Bach prelude on the piano when I began to compose music, and at the most advanced level. I had never studied such things as harmony.

I got Jimmy Hall from Wet Willie and he also plays now with Hank Williams Jr.

Eat with the rich, but go to the play with the poor, who are capable of joy.

Relax. Be yourself. Play a lot.

The choice of opening, whether to aim for quiet or risky play, depends not only on the style of a player, but also on the disposition with which he sits down at the board.

Saying a camera takes nice pictures is like saying a guitar plays nice melodies.

Ben Affleck (who plays A.J. Frost) and I got to actually go into the neutral buoyancy tank in actual $10 million spacesuits the astronauts wear in outer space, and that was pretty interesting

The tough player is the one who is difficult to play against and easy to play with

Some golfers fantasize about playing in a foursome with Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, and Sam Snead. The way I hit I'd rather play in a foursome with Helen Keller, Ray Charles, and Stevie Wonder.

Alan Rickman told me to do a play, so I did. Because when Alan Rickman tells you do something, you go and do it.

There was no language barrier when it came to kids, and when it came to play.

You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.

Fiction is to the grown man what play is to the child; it is there that he changes the atmosphere and tenor of his life.

I occasionally play works by contemporary composers and for two reasons. First to discourage the composer from writing any more and secondly to remind myself how much I appreciate Beethoven.

I had great difficulty in school interacting with others, and I took refuge in the contrived setting of play acting, which is what I still do.

I know the city and the club, and I can tell you that when you play for Manchester United at Old Trafford, you no longer need to see the sunshine every day.

The sign of a mature musician is knowing what not to play.

I got to play with Nintendo's Wii, yes it's a funny name and not very revolutionary but it was fun whipping your arms around.

This is why you play - to get an opportunity to play in the playoffs.

When I was a child I liked the games of Capablanca, and later I was captivated by Alekhine's play.

I don't do damsel in distress very well. It's hard for me to play a victim.