1,884 Quotes About Play

In contemporary culture, we are concerned that everything we do be useful for something. [...] we find ourselves in the land of half-baked pseudoscience like the “Mozart makes you smart” fad. The fact that Mozart’s fantastic play has value in itself is not sufficient because in order to justify financial and other kinds of support for the arts, we have to demonstrate that Mozart will raise a fetus’s IQ, which will make the fetus grow into a productive unit in the economy.

Never let anyone feel they don’t matter in your life, no matter how small role they play.

I'm gaining weight in the role I was not even casted or stole! I put weight for the castaway I didn't even choose to play!

When in the presence of a child, get on the floor.

Children become serious when they play. To regain that beautiful seriousness, you have to live in the present and take life as a play.

Start talking in plain English so I can understand what you’re blabbing about, or I might misinterpret one of your little monologues as a confession.

She wants the Recognition… Damn all of you and your Recognition!

Life is a play. What matters is not that it lasts a long time but that it be well-acted.

I don't know. I guess the cards we draw are those we get. You wouldn't like to re-deal would you, dealer?No. They only deal to you once and then you pick them up and play them. I can play them, if I draw any damn thing at all...