Toy Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old toy quotes, toy sayings, and toy proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Sin then is not a toy with which to play but a terror to be shunned. Billy Graham
To a child, often the box a toy came in is more appealing than the toy itself. Allen Klein
The difference between a human being ten years of age and one fifty years of age lies altogether in the matter of toys. Austin O'Malley
Don't take your toys inside just because it's raining. Cheryl Cole
No matter how old you are, if a little kid hands you a toy phone you answer it. Dave Chappelle
Only when human sorrows are turned into a toy with glaring colors will baby people become interested for a while at least. The people are a very fickle baby that must have new toys every day. Emma Goldmanb
Time went on, life with the children unfolding in its own ecosystem, small plastic toys seeming to grow up from the carpet like mushrooms. Erica Bauermeister
If we had a reliable way to label our toys good and bad, it would be easy to regulate technology wisely. But we can rarely see far enough ahead to know which road leads to damnation. Freeman Dyson
Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy a rubber duck and he will seize its neck like the butt of a pistol and shout Bang. George Will
I collect stuffed animals, and toy stores make me happy. Grace Slick
To a real child anything will serve as a toy. John Cowper Powys
Toys are put on this Earth to be played with by a child. John Lasseter
The Dolls were an attitude. If nothing else they were a great attitude. Johnny Thunders
Our lives are just spectacles. We are like dolls, in a sense, to be observed and played with often with cruel and deceitful intentions - in an unreal world. Kathryn Lasky
Toys are important, formative components in children's lives. They entertain as well as teach, and they may do both with positive and negative consequences. MARGE CAMBRE & MARK HAWKES
As men get older, the toys get more expensive. Marvin Davis
Life is a toy made of glass it appears to be of inestimable price, but in reality it is very cheap. Pietro Aretino
It is an anxious, sometimes a dangerous thing to be a doll. Dolls cannot choose they can only be chosen; they cannot 'do'; they can only be done by. Rumer Godden
With all of the new toys available, old favorites are sometimes forgotten. But basic toys are important because they lose neither style nor value. The child needs quiet time to dig and play in dirt, sand, or water. A pail enables the child to carry this important stuff from place to place. The shovel gives him the tool to load or unload cargo. STEVANNE AUERBACH
The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys. WILLIAM B. MCDONALD
The child's toys and the old man's reasons are the fruits of two seasons. William Blake