Playthings Quotes

Toys have become commodities instead of playthings. The stampede to collect Beanie Babies is the latest twist in the toy industry's plot to turn children into avaricious monsters and adults into clawing harpies. - Beth Copeland Vargo

The playthings of our elders are called business. - Saint Augustine

The philosopher is like a man fasting in the midst of universal intoxication. He alone perceives the illusion of which all creatures are the willing playthings; he is less duped than his neighbor by his own nature. He judges more sanely, he sees things as they are. It is in this that his liberty consists / in the ability to see clearly and soberly, in the power of mental record. - Henri Frederic Amiel

Old boys have their playthings as well as young ones, the difference is only in the price. - Benjamin Franklin

Great princes have great playthings. - William Cowper

Clear the backyard of those summer playthings lying around such as trampolines that are hazardous if they become airborne. - Bob McDavitt