I think entrepreneurship is our natural state--a big adult word that probably boils down to something much more obvious like playfulness. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I think of memory as a game, that is as something one engages in with a very profound kind of "playfulness." — Mark Leyner Copy Share Image
There's a certain pleasure of the life of the mind that cannot be denied. There's a certain pleasure about being around people… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Sometimes I feel like I'm lacking a playfulness. I envy guys who are consistently able to maintain a playful, optimistic perspective on… — Eric Dane Copy Share Image
The pure playfulness of certain wholly whimsical portions of (Charles) Cros’s work should not obscure the fact that at the center of… — Andre Breton Copy Share Image
The good life is best construed as a matrix that includes happiness, occasional sadness, a sense of purpose, playfulness, and psychological flexibility,… — Robert Biswas-Diener Copy Share Image
Take life easily, lovingly, playfully, non-seriously. Seriousness is a disease, the greatest disease of the soul and playfulness the greatest health. — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Self-disciplin e is necessary, but so is playfulness, flexibility, joy. When you stop demanding perfection of yourself, your writing desk will become… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
A man of knowing attains to a sense of humour. Let this always be remembered. If you see someone who has no… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
As radical as it may seem, it is possible to do things only out of play. I believe that to the degree… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
“A dog can be a ‘significant other’ as it infuses a magic fluid stream of oxytocin, trust, ease, and patience; and transforms… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
I think at the end of the day she [Rose from "Fences"] is a strong woman in the truest sense of the… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
If I thought I knew what was going to happen, it wouldn't be worth doing. The challenge is how joyfully, with what… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
Why not make cheerfulness, outrageousness, playfulness a new priority for yourself? Make feeling good your expectation. You don't have to have a… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
Last year, [Pope Francis] was asked about his secret to happiness. He said slow down. Take time off. Live and let live.… — Timothy Egan Copy Share Image
“You're not crazy." She was serious, no hint of a smile. He cocked a brow. "And how do you know that?" "I… — Lisa Kessler Copy Share Image
Many teachers think of children as immature adults. It might lead to better and more 'respectful' teaching, if we thought of adults… — Keith Johnstone Copy Share Image
I'm drawn to the way Havaianas capture playfulness and light-heartedness in their products - there is clearly an element of fun. — Matthew Williamson Copy Share Image
When the playful me shows up, I am ready to be a serious learner … a culture of playfulness is closely related… — Rosemary Sutcliff Copy Share Image
Creative individuals tend to be smart, yet also naive at the same time... Creative individuals have a combination of playfulness and discipline,… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
I've always liked historic jewellery that's got a kind of quirkiness or playfulness to it; I like that it's not too serious. — Giles Deacon Copy Share Image
Organize your reality according to your strength; organize your reality according to your playfulness; according to your dreams; according to your joy;… — Seth Copy Share Image
Despite what you've been conditioned to believe, sexual desire is sacred and virtuous. When you and your beloved merge physically and emotionally,… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
My whole effort here is to keep you as non-serious as possible, for the simple reason that meditation, all kinds of meditation,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life… — Anne Lamott 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
Never did I think that the university was properly ministerial to the society around it. Rather I thought and think that society… — Allan Bloom Copy Share Image
A large proportion of mankind, like pigeons and partridges, on reaching maturity, having passed through a period of playfulness or promiscuity, establish… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I love the playfulness and braggadocio that accompanies a ton of rap music - that's basically what makes up the foundation for… — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
As God contains all good things, He must also contain a sense of playfulness -- a gift he has shared with Creatures… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Leaders set the tone. When they openly demonstrate the joy and passion they have for their organizations, team members, clients, and even… — James M. Kouzes Copy Share Image
There often seems to be a playfulness to wise people, as if either their equanimity has as its source this playfulness or… — Edward Hoagland Copy Share Image
In the most ordinary terms, egolessness is a flexible identity. It manifests as inquisitiveness , as adaptability, as humor, as playfulness. It… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Trust allows you to give, Giving is abundant. Trust allows the experience of bliss. Bliss is awakefulness. Trust allows you to laugh.… — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
It's pretty awesome to see people dressed up in period clothing and running around on horses and in carriages and all that… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
The intellectual's ... playfulness, in its various manifestations, is likely to seem to most men a perverse luxury; in the United States… — Richard Hofstadter Copy Share Image
He is the playfulness of creation, scandal and utter goodness, the generosity of the ocean and the ferocity of a thunderstorm; he… — John Eldredge Copy Share Image
Millions of people have tried meditation and dropped out of it because they took it very seriously. Religion has been thought to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've been really into a light, bright playfulness that's been missing. I looked at these '60s and '70s photos of Jackie O.… — Christian Siriano Copy Share Image
I do have a very conscious desire not to be academic. I'm antiacademic. I hate jargon. I hate that sort of pretension.… — William H. Gass Copy Share Image