TOYS QUOTES

quotations about toys

Toys quote

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

Tags: Rabindranath Tagore


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

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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

Tags: Stephen King


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

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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

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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

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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

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