Play Quotes · Page 293

Every play I write is about love and distance. And time. And from that we can get things like history.

— Suzan-Lori Parks

Lovers and warriors are not bound by the rules of fair play.

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

That's why I play football... to be the quarterback, to be the guy with the ball in his hands.

— Case Keenum

Andrea Jaeger plays tennis like she's double-parked.

— Mary Carillo

Turning the corner is the most important, but first play the run.

— Jason Pierre-Paul

Often I play, especially on television, a lot of smart lawyer people and cerebral types.

— Laila Robins

Our ancestors used to play with snakes, we play with mouse.

— Narendra Modi

You know what the material is so that you never play it the same way twice.

— Cecil Taylor

As a general rule, the more precious the chips you'd consider betting, the more you should lean toward playing it safe. Check…

— Daniel Negreanu

I play Dwight. That is just much me being of service and worshiping as if I'm on my knees in some temple…

— Rainn Wilson

My dream has come true. I play with the great players and on a great team. I'm smiling and happy and enjoying…

— Alexander Ovechkin

As a player, you want to win every game. That's what footballers do: they want to play, and they want to win.

— Jordan Henderson

I think sometimes, especially 'The Bachelor,' feels like you're being judged. You play it safe, so to speak. I've never played it…

— Nick Viall

In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and to keep them coming back. The longer they play, the…

— Robert De Niro

I actually play piano and violin, but I don't have a passion for it. It didn't make me wake up in the…

— Ellen Hollman

That's always a fun thing to play, a relationship where there's equals. I often play roles that are repressive, or women who…

— Laila Robins

I remember when in the early days of rock'n'roll, when everything sounded totally different, all amazing and blah blah blah blah blah.…

— Brian Eno

When you're playing rock music to 10,000 people, you almost attack the audience. When you play acoustic you're waiting for the audience…

— John Waite

The instrumental stuff is a good challenge, and it keeps my fingers athletically tuned, but I'm totally happy to bang away on…

— Paul Gilbert

“...play [is] an instinct developed by natural selection ... and ... on a level with the other instincts which are developed for…

— Karl Groos

There's probably a couple someones that are gonna hear the songs and go, 'I think that might have been about me,' or,…

— Chris Young

Through Hamas, Iran has been able to buy itself a seat on the table in talking about the Palestinian issue. And, as…

— Anonymous

When I read the 'Country Strong' script, I thought, 'Can't they just hand-double it? Can't I just do the rest of the…

— Garrett Hedlund

You pressure, you want possession, you want to attack. Some teams can't or don't pass the ball. What are you playing for?…

— Xavi

You never know what's going to play into what's worthy of getting encapsulated into a song.

— Feist

When I play, I'm playing for myself and I'm playing for my family too.

— D'Angelo Russell

Spain believe in what they do; they have absolute confidence in their style of play.

— Jose Antonio Camacho

The game I play is a very interesting one. It's imagination, in a tight straightjacket.

— Richard P. Feynman

I have always said that I do not want to play in the Europa League.

— Arjen Robben

Whenever I play a role, it's like I've been kidnapped inside my own body.

— John Lithgow

You play for a club like Real Madrid, the people outside start talking.

— Royston Drenthe

Be a player; don't play yourself. And don't play basketball. That's not your sport, Jeb Bush.

— DJ Khaled

The surest way to remain a winner is to win once, and then not play any more.

— Ashleigh Brilliant

Who knows what part we play in other people's dreams?

— Sue Grafton

If they call me, I would be very happy. It's a dream to play for France.

— Aymeric Laporte

If you don't get on the field and play then you will be missing out.

— Michael Schenker

I always try to find something I admire about every character I play.

— Ben Kingsley

When you play defense you have to storm the fort or play cover - you can't do both.

— Bear Bryant

No, there's other actor who could play The Clown in Slipknot.

— Shawn Crahan

The biggest mistake sometimes is to play things very safe in this life and end up being moral failures.

— Dorothy Day