Pastime Quotes

You know this baseball game of ours comes up from the youth. That means the boys. And after you've been a boy, and grow up to know how to play ball, then you come to the boys you see representing themselves today in our national pastime. - George Herman

You are welcome to your intellectual pastimes and books and art and newspapers; welcome, too, to your bars and your whisky that only makes me ill. Here am I in the forest, quite content. - Knut Hamsun

We're interested and we're waiting for a proposal from Major League Baseball. It's not going to generate the kind of excitement that World Cup soccer does, given the history and the equity just isn't there yet. But at least for this country, anything with the America's pastime and the American flag is sure to be a winning combination. - Mark Shapiro

We here today owe America's pastime a strict policy. - Ryne Sandberg

We don't want to walk out there and get embarrassed. This is our national pastime. When you have your country's name across your chest, it's on. - Jake Peavy

We are excited to join these two iconic brands -- America's favorite hotel and America's favorite pastime. Linking Holiday Inn and Major League Baseball is a natural and logical move. Research shows that large numbers of baseball fans are also loyal Holiday Inn guests, and vice-versa. We look forward to the possibilities of what we can accomplish together with Major League Baseball for our mutual fans. - Mark Snyder

We are excited to be backing Carlos. For most of us, foosball is a fun pastime but when you see it played at its highest levelas Carlos plays ityou gain a higher appreciation for the game, ... Now that I'm living in Costa Rica, I can see first-hand how excited people are for Carlos, who took on the best in the world and beat all but one. He's a true local hero. - Calvin Ayre

We always think of a diet with a big groan. But I think diets are fun. I think it is an American pastime for a lot of women. - Mindy Kaling

True debauchery is liberating because it creates no obligations. In it you possess only yourself; hence it remains the favorite pastime of the great lovers of their own person. - Albert Camus