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134 Pastime quotes by 126 unique authors

This is America: Corporate stealing is practically the national pastime, and Goldman Sachs is far from the only company to get away with doing it. — Matt Taibbi
I'm perfectly happy complaining, because it's cathartic, and I'm perfectly happy arguing with people on the Internet because arguing is my favourite pastime - not… — Linus Torvalds
Dreams, books, are each a world; and books, we know, Are a substantial world, both pure and good: Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh… — William Wordsworth
Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people. — Robert Benchley
For within livin structures defined by profit, by linear power, by institutional dehumanization, our feelings were not meant to survive. Kept around as unavoidable adjuncts… — Audre Lorde
Our society accepts the book as a given, but the act of reading -- once considered useful and important, as well as potentially dangerous and… — Alberto Manguel
I'm old-fashioned and think that reading books is the most glorious pastime that humankind has yet devised. — Wislawa Szymborska
Watching a dog try to chew a large piece of toffee is a pastime fit for gods. Mr. Fusspot's mixed ancestry had given him a… — Terry Pratchett
I wonder how it is we have come to this place in our society where art and nature are spoke in terms of what is… — Terry Tempest Williams
And usually [the philosopher] philosophizes either in order to resign himself to life, or to seek some finality in it, or to distract himself and… — Miguel de Unamuno
True debauchery is liberating because it creates no obligations. In it you possess only yourself, hence it remains the favorite pastime of the great lovers… — Albert Camus
And if our book consumption remains as low as it has been, at least let us admit that it is because reading is a less… — George Orwell
Praise and blame alike mean nothing. No, delightful as the pastime of measuring may be, it is the most futile of all occupations, and to… — Virginia Woolf
I did some thinking.” “That is a very dangerous pastime,” Ghastek said. — Ilona Andrews
You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts; And when you can no longer dwell in the solitude of your heart… — Khalil Gibran
... he trotted down the hallway on all fours and started in on his second favorite pastime, conversations with plumbing. Just what I needed: Stone,… — Devon Monk
We should leave people alone about their weight. Being skinny for a while (provided you actually eat food and don't take pills or smoke to… — Tina Fey
I would like the world to remember me as the guy who really enjoyed playing games and sharing his knowledge and his fun pastimes with… — Gary Gygax
For my whole life, my favorite activity was reading. It's not the most social pastime. — Audrey Hepburn
Indeed, the maligned American pastime of baseball may be by-far the greatest and best sport by one criterion, when it comes to emulating and training… — David Brin
There is that American pastime known as "kidding" - with the result that everyone is ashamed and hangdog about showing the slightest enthusiasm or passion… — Brenda Ueland
I don't think I'd like to argue with you," I say. "I think it would be a very dissatisfying pastime. — Maggie Stiefvater
Jocelyn recognized reading as a sacred pastime and usually wouldn't interrupt Clary in the middle of a book, even to yell at her. — Cassandra Clare
Looking at you has been my favorite pastime from the moment you asked me to describe your face," he said solemnly, looking straight into her… — Judith McNaught
The signs of excessive indulgence in this destructive pastime are easily detectable. They are these: A disposition to eat, to drink, to smoke, to meet… — Mark Twain

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