She had a lively, playful disposition that delighted in…

She told the story, however, with great spirit among her friends; for she had a lively, playful disposition, which delighted in any thing ridiculous.

— Jane Austen

“She told the story, however, with great spirit among her friends; for she had a lively, playful disposition, which delighted in anything ridiculous.”

— Jane Austen

“I should hardly call her a lively girl—she is very earnest, very eager in all she does—sometimes talks a great deal and always with…

— Jane Austen

A mind lively and at ease, can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing that does not answer.

— Jane Austen

We must not be so ready to fancy ourselves intentionally injured. We must not expect a lively young man to be always so guarded…

— Jane Austen

Play in curiosity is where everything happens.

— Andrew Zuckerman

I remember from my school days Archimedes jumping into his bath and displacing water and coming up with his famous principle, and of course…

— James Marsh

Play cannot be defined, because in play all definitions slither, dance, combine, break apart, and recombine.

— Stephen Nachmanovitch

The playfulness that I talk about comes very slowly. You cannot just jump out of your seriousness which you have accumulated for lives. Now…

— Rajneesh

The playful search for beauty.

— Eva Zeisel

The opposite of play is not work—the opposite of play is depression.

— Anonymous

I think Deborah Harry has a really sexy, cool and quite playful sex-kitten kind of style I really like.

— Bat for Lashes

I'm always trying to have a good time on set because that's when things happen. That's when you're playful.

— Susan Sarandon

The American people are incredibly generous and even playful when you open yourself up and feed the media beast until it goes away satisfied.

— Krystal Ball

My preference is for people who come to rehearsal and get into the ring. I like a muscular actor who's playful.

— Joe Mantello