Hobby Quotes

“Reading is my favourite occupation, when I have leisure for it and books to read.”
― Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey

“A photograph shouldn't be just a picture, it should be a philosophy.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“ভেবে-চিন্তে অগ্রপশ্চাৎ বিবেচনা করে বই কেনে সংসারী লোক। পাঁড় পাঠক বই কেনে প্রথমে দাঁত-মুখ খিঁচিয়ে, তারপর চেখে চেখে সুখ করে করে, এবং সর্বশেষে সে কেনে ক্ষ্যাপার মত, এবং চুর হয়ে থাকে মধ্যিখানে। এই একমাত্র ব্যসন, একমাত্র নেশা যার দরুন সকালবেলা চোখের সামনে সারে সারে গোলাপি হাতি দেখতে হয় না, লিভার পচে পটল তুলতে হয় না।”
― Syed Mujtaba Ali

“The only insult I've ever received in my adult life was when someone asked me, "Do you have a hobby?" A HOBBY?! DO I LOOK LIKE A FUCKING DABBLER?!”
― John Waters, Role Models

“The job of feets is walking, but their hobby is dancing.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“You are aware that the sale of liquore is currently against the law." Edgar went on, "but I suppose that is why you enjoy it."
"Everyone should have a hobby or two," Magnus said. "Mine just happen to include illegal trade, drinking and carousing. I've heard of worse."
"We tend not to have time for hobbies."
Shadowhunters. Always better than you.”
― Cassandra Clare, The Rise of the Hotel Dumort

“One must be serious about something, if one wants to have any amusement in life.”
― Oscar Wilde, John Cooper, The Importance of Being Earnest

“But will you not have a house to care for? Meals to cook? Children whining for this or that? Will you have time for the work?" "I'll make time," I promised. "The house will not always be so clean, the cooking may be a little hasty, and the whining children will sit on my lap and I'll sing to them while I work.”
― Gloria Whelan

“The place I go when I feel trapped inside myself. When I'm terrified that all my happiest moments belong to the past. Wen my body is humming with too much of something, or aching from too little, and life stretches out ahead of me like a threat.”
― Emily Henry, Happy Place

“You know, people start things for different reasons. But ultimately it turns into pure passion and one becomes insatiate. There is no end once you start drinking sea water. Curiosity is an addiction for which there is no cure.”
― Abhaidev, The World's Most Frustrated Man

“If you create and market a product or service through a business that is in alignment with your personality, capitalizes on your history, incorporates your experiences, harnesses your talents, optimizes your strengths, complements your weaknesses, honors your life's purpose, and moves you towards the conquest of your own fears, there is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY that anyone in this or any other universe can offer the same value that you do!”
― Walt F.J. Goodridge, Turn Your Passion Into Profit 2006 Edition

“The secret to being successful in any field is getting very interested in it... I could force myself to be fairly good in a lot of things, but I couldn't excel in anything in which I didn't have an intense interest”
― Peter Bevelin, All I Want To Know Is Where I'm Going To Die So I'll Never Go There

“If you have a hobby, you be happy.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“The secret, my friend? Everything is an addiction. Just some addictions get called hobbies.”
― Nuclear Circus, 94,000 Wasps in a Trench Coat

“Hard work done for a hobby don't feel so hard !”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“You can be extraordinary in anything but not in everything.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“When you play, you must open your heart to its magic. Listen to what it tells you, and you'll be repaid tenfold.”
― Josephine Cox, Three Letters

“In this economy
of acute magpie syndrome. Where "just a hobby" is the strongest industry. & we work overtime at our reverie.
My weakness is loving this economy.”
― Chen Chen

“A hobby. Not a business. Not a way of life. Not necessity.
A hobby...
An artificial thing. A thing that had no beginning and no end. A thing a man could drop at any minute and no one would ever notice.
Like looking up recipes for different kinds of drinks.
Like painting pictures no one wanted.
Like going around with a crew of crazy robots begging people to let you redecorate their homes.
Like writing history no one cares about.
Like playing Indian or caveman or pioneer with bow and arrows.
Like thinking up centuries-long dreams for men and women who are tired of life and yearn for fantasy.”
― Clifford D. Simak, City

“That no one is relying on you is a great sign that what you're doing is a shallow hobby.”
― Eitan Hersh, Politics Is for Power: How to Move Beyond Political Hobbyism, Take Action, and Make Real Change

“Spend three months doing something and you’ll think you’ve been at it forever.”
― Alberto Madrigal, Un lavoro vero

“If you don't select any passion voluntarily, boredom will select you involuntarily.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Walking around is a hobby, my lord,
The rest of the man, I'm just plain.”
― Kalpesh Radadiya

“If homework can be a hobby it was, throughout elementary and middle and high school, primary among mine.”
― Miranda Popkey, Topics of Conversation

“You've got to find your own thing. DJ's found his."
"What?" I asked. "Being perfect?"
"You." Jenny looked at me like it should have been obvious. "Taking care of you, trying to get you home. If you asked him to capture you a comet, he'd try to find a way to do it." She shrugged. "We all need a hobby, and you, inexplicably, are his.”
― Shaun David Hutchinson, A Complicated Love Story Set in Space

“For young people, it is never too early to plan for a good retirement. A lot of people don’t spend enough time to plan their life. To retire comfortably, you need financial independence, as you don’t want to compromise your lifestyle too much after you retire. You also need to establish a new social circle before your retirement, to keep yourself active and current. People who know you through work may not fit into your new lifestyle. You also need to cultivate a sustainable hobby to provide a sense of purpose. It is not advisable to nurture it after retirement, as it might not be what you are truly passionate about. Cultivate your garden early in life, fertilise it often and enjoy the fruits during retirement.”
― Fanny Lai

“If you have a hobby, happy are you.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Finding a hobby that you love is not only a lifesaver. It is a stress reliever and a blessing. It is something you solely do for your happiness. Not for money or any recognition.”
― Robin S. Baker

“You become who you worship.”
― Mac Canoza

“Parents, your kids will thank you in the future for helping them cultivate their creative talents. It's important that you allow them to choose what they want to try. Don't force a hobby or activity on them. Let them go towards what they naturally gravitate to.”
― Robin S. Baker