“The State exists simply to promote and to protect the ordinary happiness of human beings in this life. A husband and wife chatting over a fire, a couple of friends having a game of darts in a pub, a man reading a book in his own room or digging in his own garden-that is what the State is there for. And unless they are helping to increase and prolong and protect such moments, all the laws, parliaments, armies, courts, police, economics, etc., are simply a waste of time.” MenHumansBookStatesMomentsHelpingLawReadingGamesHuman BeingsRoomsFireWifeCoupleProtectHusbandWasteOrdinaryEconomicsGardenIncreaseArmyPoliceCourtThis LifeEtcWasting TimeParliamentDiggingHusband And WifePubsChattingDarts Book:Mere Christianity Source: Mere Christianity
“So she went into the garden to cut a cabbage leaf to make an apple pie; and at the same time a great she-bear, coming up the street pops its head into the shop. What! no soap? So he died, and she very imprudently married the barber; and there were present the Picninnies, and the Grand Panjandrum himself, with the little round button at top, and they all fell to playing the game of catch as catch can, till the gunpowder ran out at the heels of their boots.” LittlesGamesCuttingStreetsBearsMarriedHumorousGardenDiedRoundsPopsRanApplesShopsBootsHeelsPieButtonsLeafsSoapCabbageGunpowderBarbersApple Pie Author:Samuel Foote
“Let us dig our gardens and not be elsewhere; Let us take long walks in the open air... Let us bathe in the rivers and lakes... Let us indulge in games... Let us be more simple: simple and true in our gestures, in our words, and simple and true in our minds above all. Let us be ourselves.” MindLongGamesSimpleWalksAirGardenRiversLakesGesturesElsewhereIndulgeOur WordsIndulge InLong WalksRivers And Lakes Author:Robert Linssen
“At the age of twelve I was finding the world too small: it appeared to me like a dull, trim back garden, in which only trivial games could be played.” WorldAgeGamesChildhoodFindingsGardenExperienceDullTwelveRestlessness Author:Elizabeth Bowen
“And so we stayed out in the garden of the old house until we couldn't kick a ball, laughing in the gathering twilight, making the most of the good weather and all the days that were left, our little game watched only by next door's cat, and every star in the heavens.” LittlesNextGamesHouseLeftHeavenStarsLaughingDoorsQuietGardenCatBallsWeatherKicksTwilightGatheringOld HousesGood Weather Author:Tony Parsons
“When you were a kid, if you went to the Montreal Forum or a hockey game at Maple Leaf Gardens, which I did, there was a great feeling. The new stadiums don't have it. Why don't they have it? Building codes.” IfsFeelingsKidsGamesBuildingGardenCodeHockeyLeafsStadiumsForumsMontrealGreat FeelingsMaple Author:Frank Gehry
“I had an opportunity to move to L.A. back in 1999 and start up a horse racing network of all things. At the time, I was younger and married but didn't have kids; so we thought, Let's just go to L.A. for a while and have fun, and we can always come home. One thing led to another; and once I was out there, I had my eyes opened to this other world and quickly got a home and gardens show and did a game show and then The Bachelor ended up falling into my lap in 2001. And 'the rest is history' as they say.” WorldShowsHomeEyeKidsMovingFallOpportunityGamesFunOne ThingMarriedGardenAll ThingsHorseHaving FunComing HomeRacingLapOther WorldsBachelorsHorse RacingGame Shows Author:Chris Harrison
“But I have to say this in defense of humankind: In no matter what era in history, including the Garden of Eden, everybody just got here. And, except for the Garden of Eden, there were already all these games going on that could make you act crazy, even if you weren't crazy to begin with. Some of the crazymaking games going on today are love and hate, liberalism and conservatism, automobiles and credit cards, golf, and girls' basketball.” IfsMatterTodayHateGirlGamesCrazyBasketballGardenNo Matter WhatGolfIncludingCreditDefenseCardsErasLiberalismHumankindConservatismAutomobileEdenCredit CardLove And HateGarden Of Eden Author:Kurt Vonnegut