Quotes about Play

Christianity has somewhat mitigated that brutal Germanic love of war. Should that subduing talisman—the cross—be shattered, a play will be performed in Germany which will make the French Revolution look like an innocent walk in the park.

In '57, I got a job at the Blue Angel nightclub, and a gentleman named Ken Welch wrote all my material for me. I lived at a place called the Rehearsal Club that was actually the basis for a play called Stage Door.

But our sole delight was play; and for this we were punished by those who yet themselves were doing the like. But elder folks' idleness is called "business"; that of boys, being really the same, is punished by those elders; and none commiserates either boys or men.

I didn't have any brothers or sisters, so I did a lot of stuff where I entertained myself playing games, reading a lot, a lot of fantasy novel stuff.

When we can play with the unself-conscious concentration of a child, this is: art: prayer: love.

A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind. There is no play in them, for this comes after work. But it is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

THE GREATEST GIVE YOU CAN GIVE A CHILD IS AN IMAGINATION

Fun is good.

Do we play anymore, step away from tasks, duties, and habits with curiosity? Tread carefully: if you are not vigilant, this may lead to wonder, which is joy, which every fear in you knows will lead to job failure and lost revenue.

If you're going to quit, quit before you start. Reject the system. Don't play the game if you realize you can't be the best in the world.

I think having my life be as private and quiet as possible is a way in which then I can go and play characters.

We cannot reform the world.... Uncle Sugar is as dangerous a role for us to play as Uncle Shylock.