Quotes about Play
I think having my life be as private and quiet as possible is a way in which then I can go and play characters.
— Nicole Kidman
Consumerism has brought us anxiety. Set aside time to play with your children, and turn off the TV when they sit down to eat.
— Pope Francis
We cannot reform the world.... Uncle Sugar is as dangerous a role for us to play as Uncle Shylock.
— John F. Kennedy
I'm getting to a point where everything is becoming streamlined in my life. I'm learning how to stand onstage for two hours and play in front of thousands of people as if I am completely in the moment every moment.
— John Mayer
I try to play real people who inspire me through something in their journey.
— Toni Collette
When I was growing up, there wasn't too much technology. There weren't so many channels that we were glued to on TV. We had to go outside and create our games. Kids had the habit of being active and exercising, just enjoying the fresh air.
— Andre Iguodala
Don Juan's supernatural antagonist hurled those who refuse to repent into lakes of burning brimstone, there to be tormented by devils with horns and tails. Of that antagonist, and of that conception of repentance, how much is left that could be used in a play by me dedicated to you?
— George Bernard Shaw
Here there is nothing but love and beauty. Ugh! it is like sitting for all eternity at the first act of a fashionable play, before the complications begin.
— George Bernard Shaw
Fred at six years old thought her the nicest girl in the world, making her his wife with a brass ring which he had cut from an umbrella.
— George Eliot
She controlled herself by the help of an inward defiance, and without other sign of emotion than this lip-paleness turned to her play. But Deronda's gaze seemed to have acted as an evil eye. Her stake was gone.
— George Eliot
I always like to play with my kids. I always have the time to do that. That's my priority, always has been, so just interacting with my kids, and being with them is great.
— Steven Spielberg
Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.
— John Wooden