Playing Quotes

I do not know what I may appear to the world but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay. (Isaac Newton)
Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down. View quote
Robert Frost
Playing for complications is an extreme measure that a player should adopt only when he cannot find a clear and logical plan. View quote
Alexander Alekhine
We should have been there shoulder to shoulder with our allies. Our concern is the instability of our government as an ally. We are playing again with national and global security matters. View quote
Stephen Harper
A lot of hacking is playing with other people, you know, getting them to do strange things. View quote
Steve Wozniak
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. View quote
Kurt Cobain
It's definitely more fun playing a bad guy. It feels a lot better than playing one of the good guys. View quote
Tom Felton
When you act, you're always playing a version of yourself. You can't bring more to the role than what you are. View quote
Bradley Whitford
The Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton. View quote
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
If the French noblesse had been capable of playing cricket with their peasants, their chateaux would never have been burnt. View quote
G. M. Trevelyan
Games give you a chance to excel, and if you're playing in good company you don't even mind if you lose because you had the enjoyment of the company during the course of the game. (Gary Gygax)
I've been killing characters my entire career, maybe I'm just a bloody minded bastard, I don't know, [but] when my characters are in danger, I want you to be afraid to turn the page (and to do that) you need to show right from the beginning that you're playing for keeps. View quote
George R. R. Martin
The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you're playing by somebody else's rules, while quietly playing by your own. View quote
Michael Korda
Last night I stayed up late playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died. View quote
Steven Wright
Suddenly playing the charming bad guy was my thing. View quote
Ray Liotta
Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game. View quote
Donald Trump
Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on. View quote
Samuel Butler (novelist)
Playing "bop" is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing. View quote
Duke Ellington
It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity. View quote
Michel de Montaigne
Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well. View quote
Jack London
When I die, just keep playing the records. (Jimi Hendrix)
God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh. View quote
Voltaire
The conscious mind may be compared to a fountain playing in the sun and falling back into the great subterranean pool of subconscious from which it rises. View quote
Sigmund Freud
I'd love to be a saxophonist. I don't know why, but I pretend I'm the saxophonist when I listen to music. I have about as much chance playing the sax as I do learning how to fly. View quote
Richard Price
Life is for the living. Don't let the fear of striking out let you from keep you from playing the game. View quote
Laurie Halse Anderson