Ray Kurzweil Quotes

Work, as we usually think of it, is energy expended for a further end in view; play is energy expended for its own sake, as with children's play, or as manifestation of the end or goal of work, as in "playing" chess or the piano. Play in this sense, then, is the fulfillment of work, the exhibition of what the work has been done for.

I'm interested in playing, not working.

I like to have fun all the time, even if I'm working.

I want to play. I want to play as much as I can.

When it stops being fun, that's when I'll stop playing.

To escape boredom, man works either beyond what his usual needs require, or else he invents play, that is, work that is designed to quiet no need other than that for working in general.

Work is toil: what one does only to earn a living. If it gives pleasure, it is leisure.

I just play for fun.

Ultimately, it is in fun. It is supposed to be highly entertaining.

The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground.

I'm good at working, but I'm very good at playing.

Oh, I still like to play and I still play when I want to.

Play is play, fun is fun, and work is work. They're different. I work hard; even if it's supposed to be fun for someone else, it's work for me.

I love to play. That's always been my passion.

You have to have some fun playing this game.

When you are playing, you are always happy.

What I will do is work, although it is clear that we all want to play.

I like to play, it doesn't matter where.

I was just trying to play the game, having fun. It was a hobby for me at the time.

To play so as to be relaxed and refreshed for work is not to play, and no work is well and finely done unless it, too, is a form of play.

When one is at play, one should not think of one's learning.

As long as I'm having fun I'm going to play.

One more thing: don't spend too much time merely reading. The best part of this work is the play, so play and enjoy!

RECREATION, n. A particular kind of dejection to relieve a general fatigue.