play quotes

“It is as absurd to say that a man can't love one woman all the time as it is to say that a violinist needs several violins to play the same piece of music.”

— Honore de Balzac

“Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that lies between a careless husband and the lover swooning under his lady's window.”

— Honore de Balzac

“The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.”

— Honore de Balzac

“Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart”

— Honore de Balzac

“Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The mind cannot long play the heart's role.”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“If you work hard and play by the rules, this country is truly open to you. You can achieve anything.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

“Ninety-nine percent of the world's lovers are not with their first choice. That's what makes the jukebox play. ”

— Willie Nelson

“All I do is play music and golf - which one do you want me to give up? ”

— Willie Nelson

“There are children playing in the streets who could solve some of my top problems in physics, because they have modes of sensory perception that I lost long ago. ”

— Julius Robert Oppenheimer

“All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.”

— William Shakespeare

“Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”

— William Shakespeare

“I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; A stage where every man must play a part, And mine is a sad one.”

— William Shakespeare

“Sport is a wonderful metaphor for life. Of all the sports that I played - skiing, baseball, fishing - there is no greater example than golf, because you're playing against yourself and nature.”

— Robert Redford

“To me, movies and music go hand in hand. When I'm writing a script, one of the first things I do is find the music I'm going to play for the opening sequence.”

— Quentin Tarantino

“If I really considered myself a writer, I wouldn't be writing screenplays. I'd be writing novels.”

— Quentin Tarantino

“The writing process, the way I go about it is I do whatever the beat feels like, whatever the beat is telling me to do. Usually when the beat comes on, I think of a hook or the subject I want to rap about almost instantly. Within four, eight bars of it playing I'm just like, 'Oh, OK. This is what I wanna do'. ”

— Eminem

“Do not be misled by what you see around you, or be influenced by what you see. You live in a world which is a playground of illusion, full of false paths, false values and false ideals. But you are not part of that world.”

— Sai Baba

“I was very pushed to look a certain way and act a certain way, and it wasn't me, but I played by their rules to get my foot in the door. ”

— Christina Aguilera

“These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess. ”

— Kobe Bryant

“I've played with IVs before, during and after games. I've played with a broken hand, a sprained ankle, a torn shoulder, a fractured tooth, a severed lip, and a knee the size of a softball. I don't miss 15 games because of a toe injury that everybody knows wasn't that serious in the first place. ”

— Kobe Bryant

“Punk is musical freedom. It's saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster's terms, 'nirvana' means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world, and that's pretty close to my definition of Punk Rock. ”

— Kurt Cobain

“I love playing ego and insecurity combined. ”

— Jim Carrey

“When the first big paycheque with 'Dumb And Dumber' hit, I went: 'Gosh, I wonder if this will affect my performance. Will I do a take and think, was that worth $7 million?' But that never happened. If anything, it made me rebel against that thing when people who get rich start playing it safe. ”

— Jim Carrey

“Going out and playing football or baseball with the boys, when I was a tomboy, was a great way to learn about winning and losing, and most girls didn't have that experience. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“My father was raised with brothers, he was a football player and a boxer, he was a chief petty officer in the Navy, he was a man of his times. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's lying. ”

— Johnny Depp

“I'm not a playwright. ”

— Bob Dylan

play quotes

“God not only plays dice, He also sometimes throws the dice where they cannot be seen. ”

“Not only does God play dice, but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen. ”

“It is as absurd to say that a man can't love one woman all the time as it is to say that a violinist needs several violins to play the same piece of music.”

“Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that lies between a careless husband and the lover swooning under his lady's window.”

“The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.”

“Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart”

“Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.”

“The mind cannot long play the heart's role.”

“If you work hard and play by the rules, this country is truly open to you. You can achieve anything.”

“Ninety-nine percent of the world's lovers are not with their first choice. That's what makes the jukebox play. ”

“All I do is play music and golf - which one do you want me to give up? ”

“There are children playing in the streets who could solve some of my top problems in physics, because they have modes of sensory perception that I lost long ago. ”

“All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.”

“Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”

“I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; A stage where every man must play a part, And mine is a sad one.”

“Sport is a wonderful metaphor for life. Of all the sports that I played - skiing, baseball, fishing - there is no greater example than golf, because you're playing against yourself and nature.”

“To me, movies and music go hand in hand. When I'm writing a script, one of the first things I do is find the music I'm going to play for the opening sequence.”

“If I really considered myself a writer, I wouldn't be writing screenplays. I'd be writing novels.”

“Do not be misled by what you see around you, or be influenced by what you see. You live in a world which is a playground of illusion, full of false paths, false values and false ideals. But you are not part of that world.”

“I was very pushed to look a certain way and act a certain way, and it wasn't me, but I played by their rules to get my foot in the door. ”

“These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess. ”

“Punk is musical freedom. It's saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster's terms, 'nirvana' means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world, and that's pretty close to my definition of Punk Rock. ”

“I love playing ego and insecurity combined. ”

“Going out and playing football or baseball with the boys, when I was a tomboy, was a great way to learn about winning and losing, and most girls didn't have that experience. ”

“My father was raised with brothers, he was a football player and a boxer, he was a chief petty officer in the Navy, he was a man of his times. ”

“With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's lying. ”

“I'm not a playwright. ”