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Play Quotes by Gilbert K. Chesterton
- The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground.
- It might reasonably be maintained that the true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground. To…
- The true object of human life is play.
- You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and…
- According to most philosophers, God in making the world enslaved it. According to Christianity, in making it, He set it free. God had written, not…
- For Tommy, on that hot and empty afternoon, was in a state of mind in which grown-up people go away and write books about their…
- The Frenchman works until he can play. The American works until he can’t play; and then thanks the devil, his master, that he is donkey…
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- Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke. — Arthur Ashe
- The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...' — Isaac Asimov
- I don't think the relationship between novels and realities are one to one. Of course novels play different roles. It's essentially just… — Margaret Atwood
- Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of… — Saint Augustine
- I guess the toughest things in translations are word play, which can never be reproduced exactly. — Paul Auster
- I love to come in and play with a wig or glasses or clothes. I love using props. I'm from the Peter… — Dan Aykroyd
- I have a buddy of mine who's a musician, and I play guitar and sing quite a bit with him. — Jensen Ackles
- It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and… — Johann Sebastian Bach
- I'd love to romance Aishwarya Rai. But I'm 58 now. So I have to play her father. — Amitabh Bachchan