quotations about toys
The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys.
WILLIAM B. MCDONALD
attributed, The Dictionary of Modern Proverbs
The happiest adults are those who never buried old toys or abandoned imaginary friends.
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH
Making Wishes
When I bring to you coloured toys, my child, I understand why there is such a play of colours on clouds, on water, and why flowers are painted in tints.
RABINDRANATH TAGORE
Gitanjali
As the creative adult needs to toy with ideas, the child, to form his ideas, needs toys--and plenty of leisure and scope to play with them as he likes, and not just the way adults think proper. This is why he must be given this freedom for his play to be successful and truly serve him well.
BRUNO BETTELHEIM
A Good Enough Parent
I think all toys should be invisible. Not only would they improve children's imaginations, but they'd also be really affordable.
JAROD KINTZ
$3.33
The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.
SAM LEVENSON
attributed, The Mammoth Book of Zingers, Quips and One-liners
Toys are children's words and play is their language.
GARRY L. LANDRETH
Play Therapy: The Art of the Relationship
No one ever forgets a toy that made him or her supremely happy as a child, even if that toy is replaced by one like it that is much nicer.
STEPHEN KING
The Eyes of the Dragon
Attic toys in great profusion
Lying here in strange confusion
Cut into the memory like a knife
Smiling dolls and faded cotton
Dusty world I had forgotten
Tell again the story of my life
NANA MOUSKOURI
"Attic Toys"
The difference between a human being ten years of age and one fifty years of age lies altogether in the matter of toys.
AUSTIN O'MALLEY
Keystones of Thought
I didn't get a toy train like the other kids. I got a toy subway instead. You couldn't see anything, but every now and then you'd hear this rumbling noise go by.
STEVEN WRIGHT
attributed, Grin & Share It!: More Laugh Lines for Educators
What most youngsters would like for Christmas is something to separate the men from the toys.
EVAN ESAR
20,000 Quips & Quotes
The best toys are like unicorns. They include enough horse to seem real, but enough horn to become magical.
AMBER & ANDY ANKOWSKI
"Anatomy of the Perfect Toy", PBS Parents, May 25, 2016
Father never approved of my toys
Saw them as child's playthings
I was a child
They were my world
I ruled there
And he stepped on them
T. P. LOUISE
Complete World War Robot
If we had a reliable way to label our toys good and bad, it would be easy to regulate technology wisely. But we can rarely see far enough ahead to know which road leads to damnation.
FREEMAN DYSON
Disturbing the Universe
The play therapist's toys are every bit as important as the surgeon's knife in assisting children to leave the hospital healthier than when they arrived.
GARRY L. LANDRETH
Play Therapy: The Art of the Relationship
Toys are important, formative components in children's lives. They entertain as well as teach, and they may do both with positive and negative consequences.
MARGE CAMBRE & MARK HAWKES
Toys, Tools & Teachers: The Challenges of Technology
I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, "Toys not included."
BERNARD MANNING
attributed, Grin & Share It!: More Laugh Lines for Educators
The best toys are the ones that make your kids feel like they're getting the real deal.
SAMANTHA NETKIN
"The Best Gifts From Toys'R'Us Your Kids Will Freak Out Over", PopSugar, November 4, 2016
Men deal with life as children with their play,
Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
WILLIAM COWPER
Hope