I don't believe in lecturing people. It's much more effective to present reading as a fun, rewarding pastime. — James Patterson Copy Share Image
“Boating is a wonderful and relaxing pastime, however it is not without its hazards.” — Captain Hank Bracker Copy Share Image
I thank heaven we have had baseball in this world... the kids... our national pastime. — Babe Ruth Copy Share Image
I don't think I'd like to argue with you," I say. "I think it would be a very dissatisfying pastime. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Baseball has long been a national pastime that many Americans have cherished. — Jim Sensenbrenner Copy Share Image
My favorite travel pastime is writing music, either with my guitar or on my computer. — Alexander Ludwig Copy Share Image
Baseball hasn't been the national pastime for many years now - no sport is. The national pastime, like it or not, is… — Bob Greene Copy Share Image
If you can find meaning in the type of running you need todo to stay on this team, chances are you can… — Robert Towne Copy Share Image
However we pass Time, he passes still, Passing away whatever the pastime, And, whether we use him well or ill, Some day… — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton Copy Share Image
You bet being funny helps accomplish things. I've always maintained that people don't realize how many brain cells it takes to be… — Ann Richards Copy Share Image
My writing is translated into every Indian language, it's distributed in pamphlets, in little private video things, it's everywhere. So it's a… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
Don't get involved with non-physical beings. This current pastime, this rage, is dangerous. Many of these people who are channeling entities are… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The sportsman knows that a sport is a recreation, a game, an amusement and a pastime, but his eyes are fixed on… — Avery Brundage Copy Share Image
Baseball is not a conventional industry. It belongs neither to the players nor management, but to all of us. It is our… — John Thorn Copy Share Image
Complaining about the weather seems to be a favorite American pastime. Sadly, we Christians often get caught up in this ungodly habit… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
Cultivate the habit of thinking ahead, and of anticipating the necessary and immediate consequences of all your actions… Likewise in your pleasures,… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
I've had a lot of consoles as a kid so there has always been something that I've done as a pastime or… — Asa Butterfield Copy Share Image
Now we the American working population Hate the fact that eight hours a day Is wasted on chasing the dream of someone… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I play with my cat, who knows whether I do not make her more sport than she makes me? When I… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Baseball is called 'America's Pastime,' but you could argue WWE and wrestling is very similar. We've been around since the carnival days.… — Kofi Kingston Copy Share Image
I hate the idea of theatre just being an evening pastime. It should be emotionally and intellectually demanding. I love football. The… — Sarah Kane Copy Share Image
For crying out loud, stop comparing and start living! And you'll be happier with your life, I guarantee. This is crucial: the… — Bo Sanchez Copy Share Image
Stuffing birds or playing stringed instruments is an elegant pastime, and a resource to the idle, but it is not education. — John Henry Newman Copy Share Image
Honesty and wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense! — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
It's time to cut off visas for foreign baseball players and return our national pastime to Americans. — Phyllis Schlafly Copy Share Image
Being the chief minister of a regional government is just a pastime compared with the hellish job of being prime minister of… — Elio Di Rupo Copy Share Image
I myself am pathetically impressed when I meet writers of very long novels. How can they spend so many hundreds of hours… — Arthur Smith Copy Share Image
Looking at you has been my favorite pastime from the moment you asked me to describe your face," he said solemnly, looking… — Judith McNaught Copy Share Image
The only thing that really differentiates Texas from any other place in the world is the proclivity of its people to urinate… — Kinky Friedman Copy Share Image
Upsetting the dope is a favorite pastime in baseball. Past performances count for but little in the national pastime. Reputations don't get… — Billy Evans Copy Share Image
Chess may be the deepest, least exhaustible of pastimes, but it is nothing more. As for a chess genius, he is a… — George Steiner Copy Share Image
I'm obsessed with beards. First of all, beards make you look like more of an animal. Second, I kind of like biting… — Kesha Copy Share Image
To sleep with a woman: it can seem of the utmost importance in your mind, or then again it can seem like… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
The best pastimes for a true enjoyer of leisure who has to stay at home . . .: reading by the fireside. . . . Listening to music. — Salvador de Madariaga Copy Share Image
It is always a vulgar and often an unhealthy pastime, and it is a vice which does not go alone; the man… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
You know this baseball game of ours comes up from the youth - that means the boys. And after you've been a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The worst thing you can do is invest in companies you know nothing about. Unfortunately, buying stocks on ignorance is still a… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
