“For decades, there has been this assumption that children played and a...” — Brian Sutton-Smith Quote

“For decades, there has been this assumption that children played and adults didn't. That's rubbish.”

“We study play because life is crap. Life is crap, and it's full of pain and suffering, and the only thing that makes it worth living - the only thing that makes it possible to get up in the morning and go on living - is play.”

“Puritanical attempts to cure society by taking toys away from children are hypocritical and futile.”

“Sadly, I don't think books ever sell based on your name alone - the minute we make an assumption like that is the minute it all goes horribly wrong!”

“One of the most stubborn barriers to patient empowerment is the cultural assumption that since the way professionals learned was hard, you must need to be really smart, and you need to be taught in a carefully thought out, methodical sequence.”

“When I put out a tweet, and I put Reince's name in the tweet, they're all making the assumption that it's him because journalists know who the leakers are. So, if Reince wants to explain that he's not a leaker, let him do that.”