Hobbies Quotes

Hobbies are apt to run away with us, you know; it doesn't do to be run away with. We must keep the reins.
George Eliot

Away, Keep, Run

Graphic design is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, abnormality, hobbies and humors.
George Santayana

Design, Paradise, Graphic

When your hobbies get in the way of your work - that's OK; but when your hobbies get in the way of themselves... well.
Steve Martin

Work, Themselves, Ok

Hobbies of any kind are boring except to people who have the same hobby. This is also true of religion, although you will not find me saying so in print.
Dave Barry

Religion, True, Saying

I don't have a lot of hobbies. I don't play golf. I don't have any children. Things that occupy people's time. I just try to take jobs.
Christopher Walken

Time, Children, Play

I like to go to work, and also, I don't have any kids. I don't have any hobbies. I don't like to travel. So going to work is kind of it.
Christopher Walken

Work, Travel, Kids

My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.
Edith Sitwell

Music, Silence, Personal

A young actor once asked me, What do you do between jobs? I said, Hobbies, hobbies, and more hobbies.
Robert Duvall

Young, Said, Between

Playing guitar was one of my childhood hobbies, and I had played a little at school and at camp. My parents would drag me out to perform for my family, like all parents do, but it was a hobby - nothing more.
Bonnie Raitt

Family, School, Parents

It's just about keeping people who are close to me, near. It's important to have people around who love themselves, are true to themselves, who have their own hobbies and their world doesn't revolve around Hollywood.
Vanessa Hudgens

Love, True, Important

Successful technologies often begin as hobbies. Jacques Cousteau invented scuba diving because he enjoyed exploring caves. The Wright brothers invented flying as a relief from the monotony of their normal business of selling and repairing bicycles.
Freeman Dyson

Business, Successful, Often

My hobbies just sort of gradually became my vocation.
Al Yankovic

Vocation, Gradually

I don't want to be too strict, because I think kids can get rebellious, but I want to raise my daughter to be passionate about doing good things and pursuing real things and hobbies instead of frivolous materialistic stuff.
Holly Madison

Good, Real, Kids

I don't really like the word 'hobbies.'
Anthony Horowitz

My hobbies include maintaining my physical and mental health. It's a full-time job. Yoga definitely helps for both of them. I'm a big fan of relaxing and not having a schedule. That's my best way to keep from going crazy.
Olivia Thirlby

Health, Best, Crazy

I have a lot of hobbies and I can be very remiss in reminding myself to go down to the basement to work.
Geddy Lee

Work, Down, Reminding

My hobbies and leisure activities include cars and golf.
Michael Strahan

Golf, Cars, Leisure

My hobbies are painting, crafts, and I like golfing.
Nancy Kerrigan

Painting, Crafts, Golfing

I always had a separate life than just my work. I built my own family. I have my own hobbies and interests. I have a ranch with livestock and horses. I didn't always get my self-esteem and identity from acting. I never worked unless I wanted to. I never did anything just to do it, just for the paycheck. I always did things that I liked.
Ricky Schroder

Life, Work, Family

Nowadays young people have great choice of occupations, hobbies, etc, so chess is experiencing difficulties because of the high competition. Now it's hard to make living in chess, so our profession does attract young people.
Boris Spassky

Great, Hard, Living

I don't have any hobbies. Music is my hobby.
Ronnie Dunn

Apple doesn't do hobbies as a general rule.
Tim Cook

General, Rule, Apple

If you really hate George Bush, you don't want to read about his hobbies or that he's nice to his friends or that he's good company at dinner.
Daniel Okrent

Good, Nice, Hate

I have very interesting hobbies like archeology and photography.
Bill Wyman

The point of my work is to show that culture and education aren't simply hobbies or minor influences.
Pierre Bourdieu

Education, Work, Show

Making money is a hobby that will complement any other hobbies you have, beautifully.
Scott Alexander

Money, Making, Hobby

Writing doesn't leave much time for hobbies, unless you consider that I began writing as a hobby and have made the hobby into a profession.
Nelson DeMille

Time, Writing, Made

I love my friends. I love my love-life. I love my hobbies. I love eating.
Rebecca De Mornay

Love, Friends, Eating

I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal. I play basketball and try to go diving at least once a year. I don't really have hobbies in the traditional sense... I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
Alan Dean Foster

Music, Basketball, Through

I don't really have a lot of hobbies. I listen to a lot of spoken word. I get books on tape.
Benny Green

Word, Books, Listen

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