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.
Normally I make myself swim, do exercises. For zest I like going to the cinema.
Fun for us just happens to be screwing around with anything that gets our attention and is thought-provoking.
I am not a person who loves to watch games and that doesn't mean I don't like soccer. I take advantage to do other things in my free time.
Many Continentals think life is a game; the English think cricket is a game.
What do hookers do on their nights off, type?
Without doubt, without hesitation, I choose gardening over the gym. I can't stand going to the gym. It doesn't appeal to me at all. Give me gardening every time.
Each of us, when our day's work is done, must seek our ideal, whether it be love or pinochle or lobster à la Newburg, or the sweet silence of the musty bookshelves.
Now I do bowling, golf, and tennis. I want to be a good bowler.
I don't have hobbies. I have passions.
Golf: The most ... perfect expression of National Stupidity.
Normally if I am on holiday I'll be planning a fishing trip or a surfing trip.
I won't go hunting with you, Jake, but I'll go chasing women.
What do you like to do?” She scuffed a toe amongst the rushes. “Needlework.” “Very restful, isn’t it?” “Well,” said Arya, “not the way I do it.
I did for the fun of it
In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.
Know what the Taliban leaders like to do for fun? Just sit around and get bombed.
Don't do anything that isn't play
The problem with kids these days is they don't have enough fun stuff to do. When I was stationed with my family in Germany, youth basketball programs gave me something to strive to do my best at.
If it's not fun, I'm not going to do it.
I must confess that I am interested in leisure in the same way that a poor man is interested in money.
I try to exercise in nature, and I try to play golf once a month. The last time I played golf with my wife, however, she got better scores than me, which became an additional source of stress.
The fact that we live in a world that moves crisis by crisis does not make a growing interest in outdoor activities frivolous, or ample provision for them unworthy of the nation's concern.
We [Americans] are game-playing, fun-loving creatures; we are the otters of the universe.
Family fun is as necessary to modern living as a kitchen refrigerator.
