“Seriousness is too boring to the playful human condition. A heart of stone that has a long face can never express love.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
We wanted the freedom to be playful, to experiment and do what we felt like doing, but we were heavily affected by… — Morten Harket Copy Share Image
Normally we think of play as the opposite of work. Work is the thing you have to do, and then there's play,… — Ian Bogost Copy Share Image
I know no other way to associate with great tasks than as play: as a sign of greatness, this is an essential… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“Why, Jack-off... You actually have a sense of humor! You should share that playful side more often. Guys really go for it.” — Lorelei James Copy Share Image
I do not think the American peoples are idiots. They are a very playful and sensitive people! I know them! — Roberto Benigni Copy Share Image
Play stimulates the parts of the brain involved in both careful, logical reasoning and carefree, unbound exploration. — Greg McKeown Copy Share Image
Play touches and stimulates vitality, awakening the whole person - mind, body, intelligence and creativity. — Viola Spolin Copy Share Image
A playful mind is inquisitive, and learning is fun. If you indulge your natural curiosity and retain a sense of fun in… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
The secret of using makeup for fashion is to have fun with it. When people see that you are playful, that's attractive.… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
“Playing God is actually the highest expression of human nature. The urges to improve ourselves, to master our environment, and to set… — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
perfectionism is the enemy of art. Since art is essentially divine play, not dogged work, it often happens that as one becomes… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
It is not only possible to say a great deal in praise of play; it is really possible to say the highest… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Poetry is very playful with language. I think all poetry, at its heart, is playful. It's doing unusual and playful things with… — Pattiann Rogers Copy Share Image
One will only be free when one plays and one's society will become a piece of art". - Herbert Marcuse "Play is… — Manfred Eigen Copy Share Image
“To be playful is not to be trivial or frivolous, or to act as if nothing of consequence will happen. On the… — James Carse Copy Share Image
“To be in “play” in this way is one of our concerns to be able to escape self-conscious, intentional activity for comfortable,… — Fernando Flores Copy Share Image
On the one hand you take life too seriously, and on the other, you do not take playful existence seriously enough. — Seth Copy Share Image
“Playful, positive sarcasm is different from negative mean sarcasm, and many people don't know the difference.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
It is in the nature of the New Yorker to be as topical as possible, on a level that is often small… — Brendan Gill Copy Share Image
The American people are incredibly generous and even playful when you open yourself up and feed the media beast until it goes… — Krystal Ball Copy Share Image
“Love is inconvenient. Love is untidy. Love is relentless, ruthless and rapacious. Done well, it’s hilarious, playful and redemptive.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes. — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
You might think you're being cute and playful, but could your actions really be killing your game? — Sharlene05 Copy Share Image
Shaq is pretty mischievous and playful. But he was a great vet to me. He always talked about the big-man alliance and… — Robin Lopez Copy Share Image
When someone tries to make you or feel you low , its your inner strength which makes you to overcome the onslaught… — DrAnil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
To toy with something is to manipulate it, to try it out within sets of contexts none of which is determinate. — Susan Stewart Copy Share Image
Clock is the one of the mOst playful things in this world... it gets slow whEn yOur bOred and it gets fast… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
The stories in Get In Trouble confirm once again that Kelly Link is a modern virtuoso of the form-playful and subversive required… — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
American art in general... takes to surreal exaggerations and metaphors; but its Puritan work ethic has little use for the playful self-indulgence… — John Updike Copy Share Image
There is a part of football I would describe as 'serious' and one part I would describe as more 'playful,' i.e. more… — Frank Rijkaard Copy Share Image
The playful perspective is not meant to turn your life into a game or a jungle gym. It's rather that the activity… — Ian Bogost Copy Share Image
This is the evolutionary value of play- play makes us flexible. By reinterpreting reality and begetting novelty, we keep from becoming rigid.… — Stephen Nachmanovitch Copy Share Image
“As if reading her mind, he leaned into her again, pupils dark, irises glowing like a forest caught in the last rays… — Dianna Hardy Copy Share Image
I don't have to work another day of my life, thank God, but I'm in a place where I probably work as… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
“We are playful when we engage others at the level of choice, when there is no telling in advance where our relationship… — James P. Carse Copy Share Image
What strikes me is that 'XIII' looks like a movie. The shot making is movie-like, which is kind of fun - the… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
“Play is an expression of God's presence in the world; one clear sign of God's absence in society is the absence of… — Michael Yaconelli Copy Share Image
People look at me as sort of a diplomat for Turkey, which by nature, I'm not; I don't want to be. It's… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
A wise man once said that all human activity is a form of play. And the highest form of play is the… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
