Best Pastime Sayings

134 Pastime quotes by 126 unique authors

Disparagement of television is second only to watching television as an American pastime. — George Will
Honesty and wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense! — Nathaniel Hawthorne
I had discovered that love might be a pastime as well as a tragedy, and I gave myself to it with pagan innocence. — Isadora Duncan
Leisure was the sine qua non of the full Renaissance. The feudal nobility, having lost its martial function, sought diversion all over Europe in cultivated… — Mary McCarthy
It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime. — Queen Elizabeth II
Contrary to what certain comedians have led you to believe, the national French pastime is picnicking. — Bob Hope
I tend to get comfortable with the dialogue and find out who the person is in the script and try to hit that. People are… — Billy Campbell
I adore watching movies; movie marathons are my favorite pastime. I can watch up to five movies back to back. I also love music and… — Priyanka Chopra
Today, to allege corruption seems to be the pastime of most people. All kinds of allegations are leveled. I think it is self-defeating. — P. Chidambaram
My favorite travel pastime is writing music, either with my guitar or on my computer. — Alexander Ludwig
There is a progression of understanding vis-a-vis pro football that varies drastically with the factor of distance -- physical, emotional, intellectual and every other way.… — Hunter S. Thompson
How sometimes nature will betray its folly, Its tenderness, and make itself a pastime To harder bosoms! — William Shakespeare
If we think we regulate printing, thereby to rectify manners, we must regulate all regulations and pastimes, all that is delightful to man. — John Milton
Chess may be the deepest, least exhaustible of pastimes, but it is nothing more. As for a chess genius, he is a human being who… — George Steiner
The clerisy are those who read for pleasure, but not for idleness; who read for pastime but not to kill time; who love books, but… — Robertson Davies
Not reading poetry amounts to a national pastime here. — Phyllis McGinley
The young doctor should look about early for an avocation, a pastime, that will take him away from patients, pills, and potions… — William Osler
The chase is among the best of all national pastimes; it cultivates that vigorous manliness for the lack of which in a nation, as in… — Theodore Roosevelt
Taking offense has become America's national pastime; being theatrically offended supposedly signifies the exquisitely refined moral delicacy of people who feel entitled to pass through… — George Will
I'm obsessed with beards. First of all, beards make you look like more of an animal. Second, I kind of like biting beards; it's a… — Kesha
You are welcome to your intellectual pastimes and books and art and newspapers; welcome, too, to your bars and your whisky that only makes me… — Knut Hamsun
We always think of a diet with a big groan. But I think diets are fun. I think it is an American pastime for a… — Mindy Kaling
If I were to name my favorite pastime, I'd have to say talking about myself. I love it and I think most other people do… — Hedy Lamarr
Certainly the most diverse, if minor, pastime of literary life is the game of Find the Author. — Arthur Miller
I don't believe in lecturing people. It's much more effective to present reading as a fun, rewarding pastime. — James Patterson

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