Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.

The crown of life is neither happiness nor annihilation; it is understanding.

— Winifred Holtby

Life is too short to play-act if you don't have to.

— Ory Okolloh

I did a thing called 24 Hour Plays, a thing they do every year on Broadway. A bunch of playwrights and actors get together,…

— Scott Raab

As an improviser you need to experience the moment- and that includes everything in the moment. Observe the people around you-the bandleader, the bartender-what…

— Pat Martino

If the business were a play, Act One is, 'Woohoo, bright and bushy-tailed. We're going to make something great!' Act Two is, 'We're six…

— Caterina Fake

Looking back, I guess I used to play-act all the time. For one thing, it meant I could live in a more interesting world…

— Marilyn Monroe

The opposite of play isn’t work. It’s depression. To play is to act out and be willful, exultant and committed as if one is…

— Brian Sutton-Smith

If you play-act for a living, it's better not to carry on doing it when you get home.

— Sandi Toksvig

If the business were a play, Act One is: Woohoo, bright and bushy-tailed. We're going to make something great! Act Two is: We're six…

— Caterina Fake

Books are the food of youth, the delight of old age; the ornament of prosperity, the refuge and comfort of adversity; a delight at…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

A life of peace, purity and refinement leads to a calm and untroubled old age.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

A youth of sensuality and intemperance delivers over to old age a worn-out body.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

So you see, old age is really not so bad. May you come to know the condition!

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

The life of a play begins and ends in the moment of performance. This is where author, actors, and directors express all they have…

— Peter Brook