There is no better example of social and economic policy discussion as an idle pastime for the rich than the World Economic… — Timothy Noah 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
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
The pursuit of truth is just a polite name for the intellectual's favorite pastime of substituting simple and therefore false abstractions for… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Taking offense has become America's national pastime; being theatrically offended supposedly signifies the exquisitely refined moral delicacy of people who feel entitled… — George Will Copy Share Image
Nothing in our daily life offers more of the comfort of continuity, the generational connection of belonging to a vast and complicated… — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
We spend our spare time taking care of little things. I can watch a little bit of college and professional football if… — Kevin A. Ford Copy Share Image
I'm perfectly happy complaining, because it's cathartic, and I'm perfectly happy arguing with people on the Internet because arguing is my favourite… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes.... The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
If it's just a pastime, keep doing it because it's relaxing and to blow off some steam. But if you're not sure… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
There is no room in baseball for discrimination. It is our national pastime and a game for all. — Lou Gehrig 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
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
But baseball bounced back in the next decade to reclaim its place as the national pastime: new heroes, spirited competition, and booming… — John Thorn 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
Some people are better at maths than others: no one thinks you can be 'taught' to be a mathematical genius. And no… — Rachel Cusk 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
Football is an absolutely idiotic pastime by any rational standards. You're running into other people as hard as you can, you get… — Chris Kluwe 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
Baseball, to me, is still the national pastime because it is a summer game. I feel that almost all Americans are summer… — Steve Busby Copy Share Image
