Playground Quotations

The more Mommy blogs going nuclear over playground etiquette I read and birthday parties of glazed adults munching cupcakes like demoralized zombies I attend, I realize this is what my friends who conceived before me meant by, 'You just won't care.'

If you like the outdoors, Colorado is a big adventure playground for adults: it's great for skiing, cycling, climbing, and hiking.

I love to go to the playground and watch the children jumping up and down. They don't know I'm firing blanks.

I started out playing traditional jazz, and I still do: I love standards, I love the music. But it must move on, and it must live and breathe, and continue to grow, and continue to change, and continue to mesh with other music - all that kind of stuff. Jazz can be on the playground too, you know.

The evolution of playground equipment has been to this ever safer, less challenging, less interesting assemblies of equipment.

The really best acting is children in a playground or in a backyard. They're just lost in their imagination. The backyard isn't a pirate ship or a jungle, in the same way that the soundstage isn't Shambala.

During National Playground Safety Week, I'll celebrate common-sense safety. I'll also celebrate skinned knees and bruised elbows. I'll celebrate so-called 'dangerous' playgrounds - playgrounds with see-saws, zip lines and towering slides.

Grown-ups and children are not readily encouraged to unearth the power of words. Adults are repeatedly assured a picture is worth a thousand of them, while the playground response to almost any verbal taunt is 'Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.' I don't beg so much as command to differ.

I was born and brought up near a village in Nottinghamshire and in my childhood enjoyed the freedom of the rather isolated country life. After the First World War, my father had bought a small farm, which became a marvelous playground for his five children.

For three hundred years we have had our focus on the individual. We have distinguished him from the objective world as the Middle Ages did not think of doing. We have given him the world and the universe as a playground for exploration and discovery.

'Our Dream Playground' is a new online project planner designed to help you build the playground of your dreams. It's a free resource, brought to you 'KaBOOM!,' offering step-by-step instructions to help you bring play to the kids in your community.

When I was little, I didn't smile much. Don't get me wrong. I was a happy kid, but I couldn't stand the space, dead center, in between my teeth. Yeah, I could whistle through it, but so what? That didn't win me many points on the playground in Medfield, Massachusetts.

I was born in North Carolina but moved to a suburb just outside of Philadelphia when I was 5, so mostly grew up there. I decided I wanted to become an actor when I was 8 years old. I literally heard a friend on the playground bragging about how he was taking acting classes and thought, 'Oh! That's what I'm supposed to be doing!'

'Helter-Skelter' was the motive for the murders. Manson borrowed that term from a Beatles song on the 'White Album.' In England, helter-skelter is a playground ride. To Manson, helter-skelter meant a war between whites and blacks that the Beatles were in favor of.

I've always negotiated the world very physically, from football to tussling at the playground to taking my clothes off.

I hope you will understand that architecture has nothing to do with the inventions of forms. It is not a playground for children, young or old. Architecture is the real battleground of the spirit.

Harlem is not a playground for rich bankers and consultants. It's got students of all colors. It's got old people who keep history and tell tall tales.

I grew up thinking it was wonderful to be big and strong and to be able to knock down other children in the playground if I needed to. But I never felt the need.

Montana is one big playground for scouts. I don't think you'll find a Boy Scout troop with more camping opportunities than Troop 17.

We need a plumber to install showers; we want to expand the playground for the children; we also want to incorporate classes that will benefit the mothers into our schedule.

She's a total game changer. The thing that really sets her apart, the big reason that everybody watches her and why she has had so much success, is that viewers can imagine having a cup of coffee with her, of sitting on a playground and watching their kids on the jungle gym. She's not acting. She's not playing a role. She is what she is.

Hackers have discovered IM; it's the new playground for them.

We look for creative and innovative designs. We want every playground in the city to be different.

He can play defense at that position, and he can score. He is a playground legend in Chicago.

He was almost one of those great athletes who remained a playground legend. He'll freely admit. He tried to flunk his way out of college because all he had passion for was playing ball.

Some of the playground equipment that's out there has been there for 50 years.

Our goal now is to get the area open. Later on we want to add a pet playground for agility, dexterity and active and passive play.

It is a playground for dogs. They run around, play with each other and sniff each other.

Rob is pretty crafty. Probably the best way to describe his game is to say he is a good playground player. ... He adjusts well on the court.

It is not constructive to have two of your most important agencies perceived as having a fight, almost a children's playground fight, ... This is going to be a difficult, challenging period, and we all need to act like adults.

We'll play on a playground if we have to.

We are disappointed with the study results. The children of America deserve an 'A' playground; most of the factors that are preventing them from having the playground they deserve can be easily remedied.

We have been using the Virtual Sex mark in association with our products since at least 1994. Consumers have come to associate the Virtual Sex mark with Digital Playground and a product line having high production values, leading technology and A-list adult stars. Our success is reflected in the fact that competitors have repeatedly attempted to capitalize on our branding, marketing and the good will associated with our mark. So far, we have successfully policed our mark, and have had infringing products removed from the marketplace.

We're cleaning up trash and debris and preparing the playground equipment for painting.

We really believe that the playground companies are doing a better job of making equipment safe, and we believe the surface manufacturers are building more appropriate surfaces.

That was a playground move. Sometimes that happens. I was going to keep going, but he (Brown) backed off. I've got a lot of stuff in my game. I just don't use it. I felt it on that shot, and it went in. If I take a shot like that and it doesn't go in, I better get that rebound.

That was just Matt and I adlibbing, if you will. It was a big play, and sometimes, you have to do it. He threw the ball on the money. I was supposed to get a hitch, but it didn't work that way, so we went deep. It was a great play like that. Sometimes it may be called playground football, but it worked.

We've set up a playground for them. They kind of like to play 'king of the mountain' and take turns running up and down.

The pool has been a big help for us. It's a big benefit having a playground for the kids and swim lessons. At swim lessons, the lifeguards helped one girl who was afraid to jump in 5 feet, now she swims laps in 5 feet.

Where do babies come from? Don't bother asking adults. They lie like pigs. However, diligent independent research and hours of playground consultation have yielded fruitful, if tentative, results. There are several theories. Near as we can figure out, it has something to do with acting ridiculous in the dark. We believe it is similar to dogs when they act peculiar and ride each other. This is called "making love". Careful study of popular song lyrics, advertising catch-lines, TV sitcoms, movies, and T-Shirt inscriptions offers us significant clues as to its nature. Apparently it makes grown-ups insipid and insane. Some graffiti was once observed that said "sex is good". All available evidence, however, points to the contrary.

To me, the school has grown so much in the last four years. Our playground is just another classroom. This is exactly what we needed.

We used to come down and play on the playground on holidays.

We used to flood our neighbors to the east, but with the playground improvement it was not a problem this time.

We used to go to the playground and, of course, (Kobe) wanted to shoot the basket. But all the kids wanted to play soccer. So he had to play soccer with Italian kids. He used to be a good goalie.

We are all products of the communities we live in. That's why giving back to the community is so important. This way you're supporting the libraries, the museums, the head-start programs, the playground equipment in the parks, meals on wheels and the local scouts. The community is so important, we should give back to it.

Would anyone advocate that we take the fences off the playground for elementary schools and just let kids run around in the streets? ... By the same token, why would we allow schools to sort of poison our kids with junk food?

The perimeter of the playground will remain as it was, ... I do not anticipate any other changes to the footprint.

We applaud Burger King Corp. for launching this program to replace these nets and improve playground safety at its restaurants nationwide,

We let them do stuff that kids typically do at a playground -- push ups, pull ups -- they're basically playing on monkey bars. We're not trying to put them in a squat rack and have them squat 200 pounds.

(Culturally-diverse) children on the playground are exchanging expressions among themselves. And those changes have been integrated into the curriculum. There's a heightened interest (in) learning about other countries, especially when you have a child in the classroom who can talk to you about their homeland. It has brought challenges to the schools that they never had before.

Because Ireland is an island, it can be a playground for spectrum.

Each year, around 38,000 children in playgrounds are injured seriously enough to have to go to hospital. Many are unavoidable accidents and it doesn't mean that a playground is unsafe.

Berlin. What a garrison of spies! what a cabinet full of useless, liquid secrets, what a playground for every alchemist, miracle worker and rat piper that ever took up the cloak.

The San Diego region in many ways is defined by our relationship with the ocean. It's our front yard and a beautiful playground for families and visitors. It should be clean, safe, and inviting.

What could be built at this playground that would be totally cool?

We want children to be out on the playground where they belong, not inside the emergency hospital room, ... CPSC is taking steps to reduce the hazards of home playgrounds by working with industry to recall defective play sets and strengthen playground safety standards.

So, they're kneeling down on the ground of this playground. They're adults or teenagers -- mostly adults. They're not in the playground for the purpose that it was designed for. They're not on the swings; they're not on the slides. They're running an illegal dice game inside the playground.

That's what you want as a player, to play the way you grew up on the playground and YMCA. Look around here. Guys here are loose.

They simply forced open the door which gave way fairly easily. It almost became a playground for them.

Sometimes we go to the playground and play together, or work puzzles together. We also work on her ABCs. She is also learning my language (Arabic).

The playground will be up and running some time in April or May, barring setbacks.

I've got children and it's still this one thing that I feel incredibly proud about, when my children are in the playground with their friends and they know about 'Doctor Who'. It's a great feeling. I can sit down with them and watch the new 'Doctor' with my kids.

In a time when education budgets are increasingly tighter than ever, every dollar counts when it comes to school funding. This is especially true for unrestricted funds in which schools can decide for themselves how to use the money -- whether it's for teacher training, special field trips, school supplies, playground equipment, musical instruments and more. We've found that every school has a wish list, and we want to help them fill it.

I'm wondering which Al Gore that was talking, the one who promised not one unkind word, not one? Or was it the one who yesterday called for a serious discussion and then six hours later issued a playground challenge.

In the last ten years, it has become the playground for the tri state. Mardi Gras last 12 days, but down here it lasts 365 days a year. People are moving out; they can't sleep. It is ruining our quality of life.

The best way to know any future is to cause one. And thats why, you see, when you start consulting the oracle at Delphi, youve taken a step downhill. You have assigned cause for the future elsewhere...So one predicts the future as much as one is cause. The future isnt a pattern laid out to abuse and bully you. The future is a beautiful playground that nobody happen to be combining. You talk about virgin territory the most virgin territory there is, is the future. You can do anything you want with it.

Not at all. I cried. I was crushed. The city and the fans meant that much to me, and they still do. I played for those fans, my teammates, the history of that franchise. It was hard to take the way it went down, but the thing I'm proudest of from my time in Boston is that we raised more than $1 million for charity and there is still a playground that has my name on it.

Congress has become a playground sandbox with no adult supervision.

City staff is recommending that it be a no-go. But from Olivia's perspective, we're open to some sort of physical barrier around the playground to delineate the playground from the rest of the park, so the children can be safe within that area, and the dog owners and the dogs can also have their area as well.

In the past, people used to say Hong Kong was an entrepreneurs' playground and a shoppers paradise. But with Hong Kong Disneyland here, there is more culture and entertainment available. Hong Kong will further become a tourist mecca,

In the U.K. there is still work to be done, particularly in schools, stopping the homophobic bullies in the playground and introducing unbiased discussion on gay issues in the classroom.

can still sit on a park bench in a playground all day.

There was a playground put in with the school. So there is one on both sides of the school, but one is strictly for the pre-school program, and the other is (used by) the kindergarten.

It was kind of a playground fight that got out of hand.

Areas around each piece of playground equipment will be given a deeper base filled with treated mulch at least 8 inches deep.

The Hilliard Crossing playground should be accessible to all children and adults in our community. It is not fair that two-thirds of the playground is covered with an inaccessible surface.

It's the most electrifying thing in the world. Anyone who plays the game of basketball as a kid growing up, you always do the countdown in the playground - five, four - and try to make a miraculous shot. I think tonight it was one of those days in the park, counting down and throwing up a wild shot and it's going in.

As with everything we do at MTV Networks, every element of URGE is being developed with our audience in mind. Beyond providing a simple transactional service, URGE will provide a musical playground where fans can explore, customize, discover and download new music.

It's nice of them to come all the way from New Jersey to help build a playground for us.

That's the difference between a small-time service sector playground and a full-scale port operation that works five or six days a work.

A lot of times we'll see fences around playground areas but for some reason they tend to be about half that size and if somebody wanted to snatch a kid, they could easily drive up here and reach over and drop in and out real quickly.

We continue to turn to eBay because their open approach creates an environment of support for independent developers who are tapping into the platform. In addition to providing business opportunities and a playground for innovation, eBay is a great mentor for developers.

This was done for the purpose of having the people be able to use the playground equipment, ... I would never award a contract in a way that would have a negative effect on the people of Long Beach Township. This was all done in the best interest of them.

It's like the whole park becomes a playground and there happens to be a ball game going on.

There's a large oak tree in the Newton Centre park playground that is legendary because only a few humans have hit it with a baseball from home plate, and B.J. Novak is among them. And I was there that day.

They're going to fall off of playground equipment no matter what the circumstances,

I am playing in a playground that's already been played in. I am always aware that a lot of the furniture in science fiction is second hand.

Healthcare and higher education are, in my mind, much more critical than a playground for adults.

He brings New York City playground smarts and toughness.

The main thing about how playground equipment is built anymore is they try to keep stuff lower to the ground so there's less of an impact if you fall.