Play Quotes - Page 58

What strikes me about Jesus is that he is a remarkably true person; he never changes his personality to fit in with whatever crowd he finds himself. He is simply himself, and he never plays to his audience.

Working with Monk brought me close to a musical architect of the highest order. I felt I learned from him in every way--through the senses, theoretically, technically. I would talk to Monk about musical problems, and he would sit at the piano and show me the answers just by playing them. I could watch him play and find out the things I wanted to know. Also, I could see a lot of things that I didn't know about at all.

Play is a uniquely adaptive act, not subordinate to some other adaptive act, but with a special function of its own in human experience.

If my forward arrives in a one vs one situation, I always say: 'let him work it out.' Then my players say: But we can help him!'. My reply is: First, there's a good chance you'll only run in his way, and as a second attacker you're drawing a second defender with you, and two vs two is harder than one vs one.'

For an instant God opens his door and His orchestra plays the Fifth Symphony.

Loneliness doesn't have much to do with where you are.

Fate does not play jokes.

We should not compare humans to God, but Messi is a godly player.

When you have something good... When you have something good, you don't play with it! You don't take chances with it! You don't take risks with it! When you got something good, you get every single thing you can get out of it! Because guess what? When you take care of something good, that something good takes care of you.

Michael, if you can't pass, you can't play.

Shoot up everything except a school or a playground

A helluva athlete, the best ever to play his position in the history of the game.

I would say my best decision I ever made was to pursue my dream and give it my all. Thankfully, I have not yet made really bad decisions, I'm the kind of person to play it on the safe side.

It don't make sense: either you a soldier from the start, Or a actor with a record deal tryin' to play the part.

Comparisons are really no good in sport, especially if it is a comparison between different eras and generations, for there are so many variables that come into play, starting from the quality of the opposition to playing conditions.

I play the harmonica. The only way I can play is if I get my car going really fast, and stick it out the window.

The ability to create and to control the tension of battle is perhaps the principal attainment of the great player.

This is not just about women. We men need to recognize the part we play, too. Real men treat women with the dignity and respect they deserve.

When I play for the people, every time I play for my audience they are hypnotized, seen. These guys know the potential of the music.

When it's over I just want to be able to look in the mirror and say, 'Well, you were a half-decent player.'

My blues are so simple, but so few people can play it right

We're important, but not essential; valuable, but not indispensable. We have a part in the play, but we are not the main act. A song to sing, but we are not the featured voice. God is.

I hope I will always have the chance to play the violin.

If a player is not performing, there are two ways of looking at it. You wait for performance to come, or maybe the moment has arrived where you have to change. I could go either way.

Creativity is not the possession of some special talent. It’s about the willingness to play.