--- title: "9 Recreational activities Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Recreational activities quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Recreational activities sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fce/thomas-pynchon-533_food_they-sit-there-for-a-minute-while-unknow_164211.jpg" --- > [“They sit there for a minute while unknown forms of life pursue recreational activities in their food.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-pynchon/they-sit-there-for-a-minute-while-unknown-forms-of-life-pursue/) [Thomas Pynchon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-pynchon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fce/thomas-pynchon-533_food_they-sit-there-for-a-minute-while-unknow_164211.jpg) > [Trying to wage war on 23 million Americans who are obviously very committed to certain recreational activities is not going to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-carriger-paine/trying-to-wage-war-on-23-million-americans-who-are-obviously-very/) [James Carriger Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-carriger-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/829/james-carriger-paine-106289_activity_trying-to-wage-war-on-23-million-america_2481986.jpg) > [If someone else of the opposite sex joins either of you in your favorite recreational activities, you are at risk of falling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willard-f-harley/if-someone-else-of-the-opposite-sex-joins-either-of-you-in-your/) [Willard F. Harley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willard-f-harley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f7/willard-f-harley-73057_activity_if-someone-else-of-the-opposite-sex-join_578568.jpg) > [The military has a way of ruining all the best recreational activities - scuba, sky diving, camping, hiking - all made much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-wilcox/the-military-has-a-way-of-ruining-all-the-best-recreational/) [Todd Wilcox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-wilcox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/547/todd-wilcox-21287_best_the-military-has-a-way-of-ruining-all-th_2797671.jpg) > [Although humans tend to view sex as mainly a fun recreational activity sometimes resulting in death, in nature it is a far…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/although-humans-tend-to-view-sex-as-mainly-a-fun-recreational/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/325/dave-barry-222_activity_although-humans-tend-to-view-sex-as-main_125179.png) > [“Of all the recreational activities of man, golf had to be the stupidest. The massive effort to beat nature into submission--daily moving,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-thrash/of-all-the-recreational-activities-of-man-golf-had-to-be-the/) [Maggie Thrash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-thrash/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa4/maggie-thrash-258906_golf_of-all-the-recreational-activities-of-ma_432615.jpg) > [It is public land and we will do our best to provide recreational activities. We are looking at initially allowing kayak access,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wallace/it-is-public-land-and-we-will-do-our-best-to-provide-recreational/) [John Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wallace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/505/john-wallace-77408_access_it-is-public-land-and-we-will-do-our-bes_2696097.jpg) > [“Older people sometimes talk about the good old days when life was better. In fact, they talk nostalgically about their own youth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eraldo-banovac/older-people-sometimes-talk-about-the-good-old-days-when-life-was/) [Eraldo Banovac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eraldo-banovac/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ad/eraldo-banovac-7341_availability_older-people-sometimes-talk-about-the-go_1493140.jpg) > [“My cold-weather gear left a lot to be desired: black maternity leggings under boot-cut maternity jeans, and a couple of Marlboro Man’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/my-cold-weather-gear-left-a-lot-to-be-desired-black-maternity-2/) [Ree Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ree-drummond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/041/ree-drummond-818_beauty-queen_my-cold-weather-gear-left-a-lot-to-be-de_3017011.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/recreational-activities/#itemlist", "name": "Recreational activities Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“They sit there for a minute while unknown forms of life pursue recreational activities in their food.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Pynchon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-pynchon/they-sit-there-for-a-minute-while-unknown-forms-of-life-pursue/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fce/thomas-pynchon-533_food_they-sit-there-for-a-minute-while-unknow_164211.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fce/thomas-pynchon-533_food_they-sit-there-for-a-minute-while-unknow_164211.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fce/thomas-pynchon-533_food_they-sit-there-for-a-minute-while-unknow_164211.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“They sit there for a minute while unknown forms of life pursue recreational activities in their food.” — Thomas Pynchon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Trying to wage war on 23 million Americans who are obviously very committed to certain recreational activities is not going to be any more successful than Prohibition was.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James Carriger Paine" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-carriger-paine/trying-to-wage-war-on-23-million-americans-who-are-obviously-very/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/829/james-carriger-paine-106289_activity_trying-to-wage-war-on-23-million-america_2481986.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/829/james-carriger-paine-106289_activity_trying-to-wage-war-on-23-million-america_2481986.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/829/james-carriger-paine-106289_activity_trying-to-wage-war-on-23-million-america_2481986.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Trying to wage war on 23 million Americans who are obviously very committed to certain recreational…” — James Carriger Paine", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If someone else of the opposite sex joins either of you in your favorite recreational activities, you are at risk of falling in love with that person.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Willard F. 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The standard of living, work environment, health care quality and mobility, and the availability of cultural programs, recreational activities and information – all that clearly speaks in favor of nowadays.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Eraldo Banovac" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eraldo-banovac/older-people-sometimes-talk-about-the-good-old-days-when-life-was/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ad/eraldo-banovac-7341_availability_older-people-sometimes-talk-about-the-go_1493140.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ad/eraldo-banovac-7341_availability_older-people-sometimes-talk-about-the-go_1493140.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ad/eraldo-banovac-7341_availability_older-people-sometimes-talk-about-the-go_1493140.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Older people sometimes talk about the good old days when life was better. 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No matter what I looked like, it just didn’t feel right sending Marlboro Man into the cold, lonely world day after day. Even though I was new at marriage, I still sensed that somehow--whether because of biology or societal conditioning or religious mandate or the position of the moon--it was I who was to be the cushion between Marlboro Man and the cruel, hard world. That it was I who’d needed to dust off his shoulders every day. And though he didn’t say it, I could tell that he felt better when I was bouncing along, chubby and carrying his child, in his feed truck next to him. Occasionally I’d hop out of the pickup and open gates. Other times he’d hop out and open them. Sometimes I’d drive while he threw hay off the back of the vehicles. Sometimes I’d get stuck and he’d say shit. Sometimes we’d just sit in silence, shivering as the vehicle doors opened and closed. Other times we’d engage in serious conversation or stop and make out in the snow. All the while, our gestating baby rested in the warmth of my body, blissfully unaware of all the work that awaited him on this ranch where his dad had grown up. As I accompanied Marlboro Man on those long, frigid mornings of work, I wondered if our child would ever know the fun of sledding on a golf course hill…or any hill, for that matter. I’d lived on the ranch for five months and didn’t remember ever hearing about anyone sledding…or playing golf…or participating in any recreational activities at all. I was just beginning to wrap my mind around the way daily life unfolded here: wake up early, get your work done, eat, relax, and go to bed. Repeat daily. There wasn’t a calendar of events or dinner dates with friends in town or really much room for recreation--because that just meant double the work when you got back to work. It was hard for me not to wonder when any of these people ever went out and had a good time, or built a snowman. 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