Top Play Quotes Collection

Discover a curated collection of Play quotes. Find inspiration, motivation, and wisdom from the best quotes in this category.

Image of Max von Sydow
I like to play with things a while before annihilation.
- Max von Sydow
Collection: Play
Image of Max von Sydow
I'm getting too old to play some parts, but I'm still greedy
- Max von Sydow
Collection: Play
Image of Bob Uecker
Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. To last as long as I did with the skills I had, with the numbers I produced, was a triumph of the human spirit.
- Bob Uecker
Collection: Play
Image of Paul Walker
If you play with people who are better than you, then you get better.
- Paul Walker
Collection: Play
Image of Arthur Rubinstein
When I play, I make love – it is the same thing.
- Arthur Rubinstein
Collection: Play
Image of Tony Randall
And it's a crime because the great plays of history, going all the way back to the Greeks, are part of everybody's heritage. It's just like in music, Beethoven or Mozart, that's everybody's heritage
- Tony Randall
Collection: Play
Image of Skrillex
There is a lot of music out there that you can play side by side and you can't hear the personality - that has a timeline on it, for sure.
- Skrillex
Collection: Play
Image of Boris Spassky
My forte was the middlegame. I had a good feeling for the critical moments of the play. This undoubtedly compensated for my lack of opening preparation and, possibly, not altogether perfect play in the endgame. In my games things often did not reach the endgame!
- Boris Spassky
Collection: Play
Image of Kató Lomb
The beauty of a language is, generally judged by its soft or rigid, melodious or harsh, ring. Other aspects, such as the flexibility of derivation, play hardly any role in grading. Were it the case, Russian would certainly be placed on the winner’s stand. It would rank first in plasticity.
- Kató Lomb
Collection: Play
Image of Shelley Winters
If a play is good and you're effective in it, you suddenly hear a silence that is loud, and that moment makes the whole schmageggy business of an actor or an actress worthwhile, because you suddenly know that they are human beings like you, who are receiving something from you.
- Shelley Winters
Collection: Play
Image of Vince Vaughn
Rule #76: No excuses. Play like a champion!
- Vince Vaughn
Collection: Play
Image of John Derbyshire
The sympathies of a well-adjusted person can easily be aroused by the plight of strangers. Indeed, the skillful writer of a novel, a play, or an opera can engage our emotions on behalf of people who are not only strangers to us, but who do not even exist! And a person whose emotions cannot be so aroused is not behaving normally.
- John Derbyshire
Collection: Play
Image of George A. Sheehan
Play is where life lives
- George A. Sheehan
Collection: Play
Image of Chuck Berry
Music is an important part of our culture and record stores play a vital part in keeping the power of music alive
- Chuck Berry
Collection: Play
Image of Dan Gutman
The way your life plays out depends on which dominoes you chose to push over and which ones you leave alone.
- Dan Gutman
Collection: Play
Image of Alan Rickman
I don't play villains, I play very interesting people
- Alan Rickman
Collection: Play
Image of Jonathan Nolan
When J.J. [Abrams] called Lisa [Joy] and myself, he pitched us this idea of, what if we turn the structure around and started with the hosts. For us, that gave us a way to play with everything that we're interested in, all at once. It's the ultimate playground for us because we deal with questions about artificial intelligence, which is something I've long been fascinated by, but also human intelligence, or the lack thereof, human behavior, and interactive, immersive storytelling.
- Jonathan Nolan
Collection: Play
Image of Sydney Pollack
It's always interesting to play people different from yourself, it would be boring for me to play myself.
- Sydney Pollack
Collection: Play
Image of Buddy Rich
If you have any requests. keep them to yourselves. we don't play requests!
- Buddy Rich
Collection: Play
Image of Buddy Rich
If you can play, you can play anything. I don't like classifications.
- Buddy Rich
Collection: Play
Image of Frank Sinatra
You only go around once, but if you play your cards right, once is enough.
- Frank Sinatra
Collection: Play
Image of Bill Rancic
A lot of entrepreneurs let ego get in the way. You've got to be the conductor. You can't play all the instruments yourself. You have to get others to work together.
- Bill Rancic
Collection: Play
Image of Noureen DeWulf
For me, I've been really, really lucky because I have been able to play a lot of different parts.
- Noureen DeWulf
Collection: Play
Image of Randy Moss
I Play When I Want to Play.
- Randy Moss
Collection: Play
Image of George Benson
You might not feel like playing pretty all the time. Instead, you might want to play something nasty....you might want to play something out of context with the tune. It might be a note that creates so much tension it becomes unpleasant, but you want it to sound that way.
- George Benson
Collection: Play
Image of Steve Vai
Play slow and perfect - that’s the way to becoming a virtuoso.
- Steve Vai
Collection: Play
Image of Maria McCann
Speak to me, Jacob, do not play the tyrant. Speak to me.
- Maria McCann
Collection: Play
Image of Suzi Quatro
The hardest instruments for women to play are bass and drums. Drums because of the physicality needed and bass just because its heavy and it's not an easy instrument to play.
- Suzi Quatro
Collection: Play
Image of Wei Wu Wei
Play your part in the comedy, but don't identify yourself with your role!
- Wei Wu Wei
Collection: Play
Image of Anna Pavlova
Play the last measure very softly.
- Anna Pavlova
Collection: Play
Image of Kentaro Yabuki
Good to see a youngster who appreciates the importance of being......Well Armed. But...That's not how we play TAG......Where I come from. ~Train Heartnet
- Kentaro Yabuki
Collection: Play
Image of Edward Bloor
But be careful about the parts you agree to play...You never know when one is going to stick.
- Edward Bloor
Collection: Play
Image of Dan Stevens
I do listen to a lot of music. Actually, I very often ask directors if they can offer up a play list. They very often have one anyway that they're listening to.
- Dan Stevens
Collection: Play
Image of David Klass
I don't play the tuba. The tuba plays me. My tuba is not actually a tuba, because it has never produced a musical sound. It is actually a giant frog pretending to be a tuba.
- David Klass
Collection: Play
Image of Pat Metheny
Learning to play is mostly about learning to hear, and learning to really listen deeply to sound in a musical way is a lifetime's worth of work.
- Pat Metheny
Collection: Play
Image of Sam Shepard
Ideas emerge from plays, not the other way around.
- Sam Shepard
Collection: Play
Image of Andre Rieu
Contrary to popular opinion, classical music does not have to be enjoyed amid exclusive circles, there need not be any snobbishness attached to it. It's there for everyone. I play for the people.
- Andre Rieu
Collection: Play
Image of Cole Porter
Be a clown , be a clown, All the world loves a clown. Act the fool , play the calf, And you'll always have the last laugh .
- Cole Porter
Collection: Play
Image of Lea Thompson
Very good in the Back to the Future movies, but was born to play Caroline in the City.
- Lea Thompson
Collection: Play
Image of Wes  Moore
The importance of education plays a huge role.
- Wes Moore
Collection: Play
Image of Wes  Moore
The importance of high expectations plays a big role.
- Wes Moore
Collection: Play
Image of Joseph Chilton Pearce
Play is the royal road to childhood happiness and adult brilliance.
- Joseph Chilton Pearce
Collection: Play
Image of Herb Ritts
To me it's just going for the moment that counts. Sometimes, I'll have all the elements there, and I like to play and push something, and to me, in the end, you do achieve things that you're not aware of in the beginning, even though you're there trying to get them.
- Herb Ritts
Collection: Play
Image of Buck Owens
I'm gonna still play some dates, but I'm not gonna do anything near like I did it before.
- Buck Owens
Collection: Play
Image of Marisa Tomei
We play lots of roles in our lives, but I got to do that in one movie [Parental Guidance], and ride the feelings, and it was a good challenge for me.
- Marisa Tomei
Collection: Play
Image of Victor Borge
And now, in honour of the 150th anniversary of Beethoven's death, I would like to play 'Clear the Saloon', er, 'Clair de Lune', by Debussy. I don't play Beethoven so well, but I play Debussy very badly, and Beethoven would have liked that.
- Victor Borge
Collection: Play
Image of Thomas Beecham
At a rehearsal I let the orchestra play as they like. At the concert I make them play as I like.
- Thomas Beecham
Collection: Play
Image of Ringo Starr
I'm left handed and I'm playing a right handed kit... That's why everyone thought, 'Wow, he's a genius,' but all I was doing was trying to play backwards... It's one of those mad accidents, you can't learn it.
- Ringo Starr
Collection: Play
Image of Constantin Stanislavski
Play well, or play badly, but play truly.
- Constantin Stanislavski
Collection: Play
Image of Constantin Stanislavski
You must be so thoroughly immersed in the given circumstances of the play, then you decide what it is at any given moment what that the actor wants.
- Constantin Stanislavski
Collection: Play