John Thorn Quotes

Why we play as children is not because it is our work or because it is how we learn, though both statements are true; we play because we are wired for joy, it is imperative as human beings.

I always want to have fun and be silly and be childish. I'm very childish. I am at my happiest when I am a child and I am just playing.

The ability to play is one of the principal criteria of mental health.

He made her play and she had almost forgotten how. Life had been so serious and so bitter. He knew how to play and swept her along with him.

The best things in life are silly.

Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates.

I can run free here. I can go back to being a kid.

Whenever I look at a baby or children in general, I smile and just want to play with them.

I always love somebody who makes me laugh, who's fun to be with.

Life must be lived as play.

It's fun to play happy people.

Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature suited to our several particular appetites, passions, and affections.

I don't ever expect to be permanently happy. I don't think that's part of the human condition.

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know

I've often been described more than once in my life as very much like a golden retriever: just sort of happy and excited to do whatever it is, even if it's as simple as retrieving a ball and bringing it back ad nauseum.

When you are playing, you are always happy.

I'm a naturally upbeat person. Friends sometimes compare me to a labrador puppy, and I take that as a great compliment. I love life, I love people and I've got loads of energy right up to the moment when I'm suddenly asleep.

People who play are happier people. And people who don't have access to play tend to be depressed.

If I had to come back in life, I'd come back as a dolphin... they're always smiling; they're always playing.

I like to be playful; I want people to look at what I do and smile.

When you're really laughing, you feel like a little kid, and nothing matters.

Playing is the biggest thing there is.

Nobody is happy when they're not playing.

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

Laughter is such a healthy exercise. Somebody is laughing - that's perfectly good exercise, join him. Somebody is being playful - if you have time, join him.