Reindeer Games Quotes

Without conjuring up fantasies of bygone eras with family games and long, leisurely meals, the question arises: isn't there a better family life available than this dismal, mechanized arrangement of children watching television for however long is allowed them, evening after evening? ~ Marie Winn

The theme of the collection this time is MONSTER. It's not about the typical Monster you find in sci-fi and video games. The expression of the Monsters I have made has a much deeper meaning. The craziness of humanity, the fear we all have, the feeling of going beyond common sense, the absence of ordinariness, expressed by something extremely big, by something that could be ugly or beautiful. In other words, I wanted to question the established standards of beauty. ~ Rei Kawakubo

Global sports tournaments have a range of benefits that go far beyond the games themselves. They can transform the image of a country or a region. They bring people together and reveal new possibilities to a nation's youth. ~ Richard Attias

The trick is to realize that after giving your best, there's nothing more to give. ~ Sparky Anderson

Only.. I want to do die as myself ~ Suzanne Collins

Sometimes I screw up in the game, I miss a shot or I miss a rebound, and I fight myself. I am like, 'Why I miss that shot? Come on, what are you doing?' I am fighting myself. ~ Mehmet Okur

Games is like hardwired plumbing in the house of pop. It's not pop itself, its sort of like the behind-the-scenes arteries and capillaries of pop music. ~ Daniel Lopatin

That's the thing about Lionsgate. They are fearless. No other studio would have made 'Hunger Games' the way they did. They're being fearless in the way they make decisions, and it's paying off for them. ~ Drew Goddard

Every team that I've gone to has had trouble winning games. I guess that's what I've been put on this earth to do, to fix it. ~ Jason Kidd

Life is a challenge, meet it! Life is a dream, realize it! Life is a game, play it! Life is love, enjoy it! ~ Sathya Sai Baba

No matter how good you are, at top pf your game, always remember that you're a half a step away from the street. ~ Hubie Brown

Destroying things is much easier than making them. ~ Suzanne Collins

I couldn't be happier about being a part of 'Hunger Games' and to play Katniss. I have a huge responsibility to the fans of this incredible book and I don't take it lightly. I will give everything I have to these movies and to this role to make it worthy of Suzanne Collins' masterpiece. ~ Jennifer Lawrence

Life asks for a preparation as complete as we can afford; the great contest should be fought with spirit but with good temper always; we should never think the game lost while it is still going; and finally we should have the satisfaction of quitting the field able to say: I did my best. ~ Arthur Lynch

It's a mere moment in a man's life between an All-Star game and an old-timer's game. ~ Vin Scully

Tennis just a game, family is forever. ~ Serena Williams

How did high schools all over the country decide that athletes needed pep rallies to boost their pride and self-esteem? Isn't it enough that people actually pay money to see these kids compete in games? That people cheer from the sidelines? And they get their names in the paper? Why don't they take all the lonely ghost floaters in every high school and have a pep rally for them? Make all the most popular kids in school sit on the hard bleachers and cheer until their asses hurt like hell? ~ Matthew Quick

Most of the boys would come with bits of equipment that their fathers had given them from their war days - helmets, canteens, binoculars, these kinds of things - that leant a kind of authenticity to the games we were playing. But, of course, my father never gave me anything. So I began to question him. You know, Why don't you have anything from the war? And I think he was ... embarrassed to tell me he hadn't fought, because, you know, little boys want to turn their fathers into heroes, and he didn't want to be diminished in my eyes. ~ Paul Auster

I see no need up in the sky for more torture chambers and Bingo games. ~ Kurt Vonnegut

The average player would rather play than watch. Those who don't play can't possibly appreciate the subtleties of the game. Trying to get their attention with golf is like selling Shakespeare in the neighbourhood saloon. ~ Bob Toski

I look back over my career and I almost pissed it away. I got a second chance and I've made the most of my opportunity. I play every game like it's the last game of my career. ~ Albert Belle

To be a good sportsman, one must be a stoic and never show rancor in defeat, or triumph in victory, or irritation, no matter what annoyance is encountered. One who can not help sulking, or explaining, or protesting when the loser, or exulting when the winner, has no right to take part in games or contests. ~ Emily Post

Once the whistle goes, it's game on and you shut out the outside factors. If you thought about things, you wouldn't be able to do your job. For 95 minutes you have to totally concentrate and that's what we'll do. ~ Joleon Lescott

The primary danger of the television screen lies not so much in the behavior it produces as the behavior it prevents-the talks, the games, the family activities and the arguments through which much of the child's learning takes place and his character is formed. ~ Urie Bronfenbrenner

Damaging the enemy financially is fair game. ~ Alex Pacheco

My first scene was a streaking scene, I had to streak at a footy game, that's how I get introduced. ~ Ben Nicholas

He should be worried about playing the game, not innovating it. He thinks he's Brett Hull or something. You should remind him that he didn't go to college. He's a junior (hockey) guy. So he's not that bright. ~ Garth Snow

I actually started, this year, doing some voiceovers. I did some radio spots, and some games. ~ Julie Benz

The racket reverberates down the second staircase and spills out into the kitchen, and the two screeching, running kids who are making it do laps around the island like a fucked-up Hunger Games version of ring-around-the-rosy. ~ Emma Chase

I appreciate the sentiment that I am a popular woman in computer gaming circles; but I prefer being thought of as a computer game designer rather than a woman computer game designer. I don't put myself into gender mode when designing a game. ~ Roberta Williams

The video game culture was an important thing to keep alive in the film because we're in a new era right now. The idea that kids can play video games like Grand Theft Auto or any video game is amazing. The video games are one step before a whole other virtual universe. ~ Vin Diesel

I never cheat. I practice Gamesmanship - the art of winning games without actually cheating. ~ L.J.Smith

I think fans can tell if you just slap a skateboarder on a game - you can't fool kids. ~ Shaun White

I was precocious enough to watch the news and read the papers, and I can remember October 1956, the simultaneous crisis in Hungary and Suez, very well. And getting a sense that the world was dangerous, a sense that the game was up, that the Empire was over. ~ Christopher Hitchens

It is a game, the whole ball of wax is a game - your life, my life, politics, economy, hunger ... ~ Mandy Patinkin

Seeing Ed Belfour have expectations higher than anyone else of him shows the kind of competitor he is. I would love to incorporate a high level of professionalism into my game. ~ Marty Turco

What I've done in the game is always going to stick, no matter what happens. ~ Pete Sampras

I was only aggressive with my game play. I was not aggressive with people. My personality was just as humble as I can be out there. ~ Tony Vlachos

(UGO, about Crank) I see the addiction to video games because you want to win them and it's just hard enough so you'd want to keep playing it over and over to try to figure it out. I definitely feel the movie is like a game at times but I'm not a huge videogame lover. ~ Amy Smart

The assertion that Americans love violence and bathe in it daily is a self-serving lie promulgated by fundamentalist religious types and America's propaganda-savvy gun-pimps. It's believed by people who don't read novels, play video games, or go to many movies ~ Stephen King

Those who think that it is easy to play chess are mistaken. During a game a player lives on his nerves, and at the same time he must be perfectly composed. ~ Viktor Korchnoi

I have always had a drive that pushed me to try for perfection, and golf is a game in which perfection stays just out of reach. ~ Betsy Rawls