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- Golf combines two favorite American pastimes: taking long walks and hitting things with a stick. — P.J. O'Rourke
- In the case of various kinds of knowledge, we find that what in former days occupied the energies of men of mature… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities. — Aristotle
- The best pastimes for a true enjoyer of leisure who has to stay at home . . .: reading by the fireside.… — Salvador de Madariaga
- By...our readiness to allow arms to be purchased at will and fired at whim; by allowing our movie and television screens to… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Fantasizing about the future is one of my favorite pastimes. — Richard Branson
- The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes.... The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger… — Seneca the Younger
- Never neglect an opportunity to play leap-frog; it is the best of all games, and, unlike the terribly serious and conscientious pastimes… — Hesketh Pearson
- Leisure was the sine qua non of the full Renaissance. The feudal nobility, having lost its martial function, sought diversion all over… — Mary McCarthy
- I tend to get comfortable with the dialogue and find out who the person is in the script and try to hit… — Billy Campbell
- If we think we regulate printing, thereby to rectify manners, we must regulate all regulations and pastimes, all that is delightful to… — John Milton
- Chess may be the deepest, least exhaustible of pastimes, but it is nothing more. As for a chess genius, he is a… — George Steiner