Recreation Quotes

Art is both creation and recreation. Of the two ideas, I think art as recreation or as sheer play of the human spirit is more important.

I've started to kind of hate people, and it's not because I have anything against them. It's just, I enjoy it. It's recreation.

The lie, as a virtue, a principle, is eternal; the lie, as a recreation, a solace, a refuge in time of need, the fourth Grace, the tenth Muse, man's best and surest friend is immortal

In Harlan, Kentucky, we told stories the way some people play music. ... In the mountains, storytelling is truly an art form, and as much recreation as communication.

The stultifying effect of the movies is not that the children see them but that their parents do, as if Hollywood provided a plausible adult recreation to grow up into.

My job is what millions of people do for recreation. How can you not like that?

I've also been working with the Challengers Club in the inner city of Los Angeles for 15 years now, I guess, and it's essentially an inner-city recreation club for boys and girls.

Pleasure is far sweeter as a recreation than a business.

Recreation is not the highest kind of enjoyment, but in its time and place is quite as proper as prayer.

If I had more recreation time I would be able to step back and reflect on how life has changed. But it has been like a constant... boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!

Theater is a recreation. It can be much more, but unless it's recreation, I don't see the point of it.

Sweet recreation barred, what doth ensue but moody and dull melancholy, kinsman to grim and comfortless despair.

A real man wants two things: danger and play. Therefore he wants woman as the most dangerous plaything. Man shall be educated for war, and woman for the recreation of the warrior: all else is folly.

Entertainment is temporary happiness, but the real happiness is permanent entertainment.

The job of feets is walking, but their hobby is dancing.

We do not learn for the benefit of anyone, we learn to unlearn ignorance.

Our self- development is all about conquering and recreating ourselves

Today is a beautiful day. Thank you!

The most potent recreational activity is when we sit back and exercise our minds with great and exciting books.

Be so free that nothing more than your future can distract your attention.

God wants to use you as a divine show room, where the poor, the wearied and the depressed will find comfort and recreation! You got to be kind. It's a sign that you have conquered greed!

When is the last time your computer restarted you? Don't forget about nature. Recreation means to re-create yourself.

You may have something wise to say, but HOW YOU SAY IT may make it unwise! RECREATE it, else you'll REGRET it!

Tobin Hart calls play “the holy work of children” that helps them “find and define themselves.”[2]

Sometimes, the inessential is essential.