55 Quotes About Playing

It’s no secret that kids don’t have the best attention spans in the world. Between homework, friends, chores, family obligations, and all the other things vying for their time, it can be tough to find the time to play. But playtime is crucial to kids’ development. It teaches them how to work together with others, express themselves creatively, and learn valuable lessons Read more

It may sound like a painful lesson at times, but it’s an important one that they will need throughout their lives. Thanks to some humorous quotes about playtime, you can get your kids on board with some fun activities while still getting them to do their homework!

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THE FOUR HEAVENLY FOUNTAINSLaugh, I tell you And you will turn back The hands of time. Smile, I tell you And you will reflect The face of the divine. Sing, I tell you And all the angels will sing with you! Cry, I tell you And the reflections found in your pool of tears -Will remind you of the lessons of today and yesterday To guide you through the fears of tomorrow. Suzy Kassem
There's an inexplicable joy that exists on a brown child's...
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There's an inexplicable joy that exists on a brown child's face and in the way they navigate their world long before they discover they're hated. Darnell Lamont Walker
Playing is more than the act of judging the possibility...
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Playing is more than the act of judging the possibility of defeat or victory, playing is the probability of hope we will have victory. Pushpa Rana
Music is the fastest motivator in the world.
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Music is the fastest motivator in the world. Amit Kalantri
Music shouldn't be just a tune, it should be a...
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Music shouldn't be just a tune, it should be a touch. Amit Kalantri
Meditators dream of attaining the single-pointed focus that young children...
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Meditators dream of attaining the single-pointed focus that young children experience naturally when they play. Spiritual aspirants long for the rapture that defines moments of pure delight. Victor Shamas
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Play is a sacred act. When we are playing, the essence of all creation flows freely through us. We are expressing our true nature and connecting with the very core of our existence. Nothing is more spiritual than that. Victor Shamas
When we 'lose ourselves' in play, we find something greater--the...
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When we 'lose ourselves' in play, we find something greater--the nameless, formless, and mysterious essence of all creation. Victor Shamas
Play is my Way. Fun is my destiny. Love and...
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Play is my Way. Fun is my destiny. Love and joy are my religion. Victor Shamas
Play it once for old times' sake. Play it twice...
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Play it once for old times' sake. Play it twice to not forsake. And play it thrice if you cannot fake. Joyous life is your to take. You always get what you make. Ana Claudia Antunes
Ego said, 'treat me like a game and I will...
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Ego said, 'treat me like a game and I will show you how it's played'; Soul replied, 'ego can never lose; it is always a winner because ego is playing against itself [ego is me; soul is we]'. Sandeep N. Tripathi
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In my heaven sweet melodies of the skies ripple pool of the sea playing sweet song to me, sharing tales of the past, blending with mine as mirage, painting new... I breathe in, am in love and alive... Oksana Rus
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Real men don't dance to other people's tune, instead, they play for others to dance. Michael Bassey Johnson
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All of life is an amphitheater where we each serve as an appreciative member of the audience until the sublime play ends with our death. The chapters and verses in our life story reflect what we value — how appreciative we are for our time to work, play, laugh, cry, and create. Kilroy J. Oldster
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Each person must implement their preferred problem solving method to address existential questions pertaining to life and death, living and loving, working and playing, resting and restructuring. Kilroy J. Oldster
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Life is like playing a guitar and meditation is like music. Small session of rehearsals daily won’t show much but would make you ROCK in the long run. Vikrmn
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In the soul of a lover, it is always spring where flowers of ecstasy are always blooming. Music of love is always playing. Debasish Mridha
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The church and all Christians need to pray, but without playing an active part, it is impossible to impact the country Sunday Adelaja
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The best cure for a stick up your butt is a dog to play fetch with. Ryan Lilly
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Although Geoffrey, Gilbert and I grew up in this small place in Africa, we did many of the same things children do all over the world, only with slightly different materials. And talking with friends I've met from America and Europe, I now know this is true. Children everywhere have similar ways of entertaining themselves. If you look at it this way, the world isn't so big. William Kamkwamba
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Play like a child, because you are still that beautiful child. Bryant McGill
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Children playing while in the background the TV blares with screams, gunfire and rape-murder scenes. It seeps in. Bryant McGill
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Dads. Do you honestly expect anybody to believe that you can’t find 20 minutes to step away from your computer or turn off the television to play with your child? It has to happen every single day. Do you not understand that children will hinge their entire facet of trust on whether or not their dad plays with them and how involved he is when he plays with them? Do you know the damage you do by not playing with your children every day? . Dan Pearce
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Few endeavors, if any at all, I find to be inherently mature or inherently immature. Maturity is neither defined by one's particular preferences nor by one's particular activities; rather, it is defined by the strength of one's character. Criss Jami
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Even I don’t know myself... In fact, I don’t know if I really have a self at all, as I’m constantly playing different roles and pretending — not so much on stage as in real life... Simona Panova
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Life is a game, you live so you play. Follow your dreams and win what your happy heart desires. Roel Van Sleeuwen
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When you are doing things for the right reasons, you do not need to play by the rules, because there are no rules for a creator walking the path of love. Bryant McGill
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You don't need to play every ball but every ball needs your judgement. Amit Ray
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Learn well and play well. Lailah Gifty Akita
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The day we stop playing will be the day we stop learning. William Glasser
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The blame game is already a lost game, so don't attempt dressing up to play it! Blames create no change; winners don't apportion blames! Israelmore Ayivor
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To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend. Jacques Derrida
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There's a difference between playing and playing games. The former is an act of joy, the latter – an act. Vera Nazarian
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Why am I anti-social?? Hey GreenWind can you answer me, little black biatch that I don't go out makes me anti social? How about the people which can't cross the street, everyday talking about football and playing box. You are one of them, so you are without minded guy, you are dumb, stupid and black biatch. Let's see how now you will win??? Why you are so quite??? Oh, oh I know you don't have what to say! . Deyth Banger
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I am grateful for hands to tickle with. Not so grateful for that process in reverse, however. Richelle E. Goodrich
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And so the game went on in this manner, a throng of children playing keep-away from a bowling ball tossed back and forth between two plump ogres. The air filled with shrieks and cheers and shouts of laughter as daring players thrilled at the sport. That is, all but the few poor souls knocked flat and captured. No laughter rose from behind bars because those in the birdcage knew what was in store. They would soon be lunch for a couple of hungry ogres. Now you might be thinking–didn’t Gavin call it fun when he was swallowed by a wolf earlier? And didn’t he tell that raven-haired girl it doesn’t hurt to be swallowed whole by a bear? All true, all true. But here’s a secret you might not. Richelle E. Goodrich
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My mother would say, 'Why are you always playing alone?' And I would say, 'I'm not playin', Ma. I'm fuckin' serious! George Carlin
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It was like when we were little kids and we played games on the ivy-covered hillside in the backyard. We were warriors and wizards and angels and high elves and that was our reality. If someone said, Isn’t it cute, look at them playing, we would have smiled back, humoring them, but it wasn’t playing. It was transformation. It was our own world. Our own rules. Francesca Lia Block
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In nations where to most people, the personal responsibility of a citizen towards the nation does not really mean anything, most citizens of such nations end up playing the blame game Sunday Adelaja
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... As far I did it... I lost playing against my computer... and I won against my computer. So far that was well played game. Deyth Banger
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If mankind was playing a baseball game, he would still be choosing his lineup after the game was over. Anthony T. Hincks
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I wonder if you know yet that you’ll leave me. That you are a child playing with matches and I have a paper body. You will meet a girl with a softer voice and stronger arms and she will not have violent secrets or an affection for red wine or eyes that never stay dry. You will fall into her bed and I’ll go back to spending Friday nights with boys who never learn my last name. Clementine Von Radics
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I LIKE FIRE... I LIKE THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF IT... I JUST COULDN'T STOP MYSELF FROM PLAYING WITH... - DOES it mean that I am a serial killer?( People say that the beginning of a serial killer is - arsonist) Deyth Banger
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It had come from one of two corgis who were even now slamming their preposterous bodies into each other not far away, trying to roll each other over, which runs contrary to the laws of mechanics even in the case of corgis that are lean and trim, which these were not. This struggle, which appeared to be only one skirmish in a conflict of epochal standing, had driven all lesser considerations, such as guarding the gate, from the combatants' sphere of attention.. Neal Stephenson
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Looking silly can be very powerful. People who are committing and taking risks become the king and queen of my prom. People are their most beautiful when they are laughing, crying, dancing, playing, telling the truth and being chased in a fun way. Amy Poehler
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Marriage as a team means working and playing together toward a winning season. Ashleigh Slater
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I know.” He leaned in and brushed his knuckles across her cheek. “And you can try and pretend it’s okay. That you’re strong and tough and you don’t need anyone. That you didn’t need her. But that’s all bullshit. I know it, and you know it.” Savannah stared at Cole.“You’re so pushy. I told you my story. Why can’t you leave it alone?”“ Have you ever dealt with it?” She’d spent so many years holding it all inside.“ I’m here right now, aren’t I? I obviously dealt with my past.”“ I’m not talking about surviving it. Yeah, you survived it. But you haven’t let go of it.” He rubbed her arm. “What she did to you mattered. It wasn’t fair.” He was wrong. She was fine. It didn’t matter. She had always shown everyone how strong she was.“ Show me how you feel, Peaches.”Her bottom lip trembled. She got up, walked to the window to look outside, staring at the darkness, not really seeing anything but the years falling away, stripping away the cool, confident woman she was now, revealing the scared little girl she once was. She’d vowed to never go back to that place, to never revisit those feelings again, yet here she stood. Cole wrapped his arms around her. She stiffened.“ It’s okay to be vulnerable, Savannah, to let someone see you scared.”“ I’m not scared. Not anymore. Jaci Burton
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That one has to be playing in order to be playing a game seems equally implausible. When professional athletes are performing in assigned games for wages, although they are certainly playing games, we are not at all inclined to conclude from that fact that they are without qualification playing. For we think of professional athletes as working when they play their games and as playing when they go home from work to romp with their children. Bernard Suits
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I pull a lot of the stuff that I play off the rhythm tracks - and Keith Richards has been one of the main contributors to my inspirational playing. Bobby Keys
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My dreams do not end with playing Major League Baseball. Derek Jeter
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I always got my work done before playing. Edwin Moses
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I got obsessed with classical music, I got obsessed with Chopin, with playing the piano. Gary Oldman
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I love making music, though. I love playing. Pharrell Williams
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I'm sick of playing romantic leads. John Corbett