Coventry Patmore (1823–1896) English poet
Magna Moralia XLIX, p. 201.
The Rod, the Root, and the Flower (1895)
Coventry Patmore (1823–1896) English poet
Magna Moralia XLIX, p. 201.
The Rod, the Root, and the Flower (1895)
“I’m drinking. It’s my biggest hobby.”
Psy (1977) South Korean singer
When asked "What do you do when you’re not performing?".
Ibid.
“… ‘I’ve only one hobby, and that is my wife.”
Anthony Burgess (1917–1993) English writer
Fiction, One Hand Clapping (1961)
“Music is my life -- acting's just a hobby.”
Steve Burns (1973) American entertainer
Me And You And A Dog Named Blue - Spin Magazine http://www.steveburnsrocks.us/articles/PrintedMaterial_SpinMagazine_February2004.htm
“My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.”
Edith Sitwell (1887–1964) British poet
As quoted in Reader's Digest Vol. 111, No. 666, (October 1977)
“Food has been my career, my hobby, and, it must be said, my escape.”
Nigel Slater (1958) English food writer, journalist and broadcaster
Barnes & Noble.com - Books: Toast, by Nigel Slater, Hardcover http://search.barnesandnoble.com/bookSearch/isbninquiry.asp?z=y&ean=9781592400904&displayonly=EXC
“I enjoy my anger, it’s the only hobby I have.”
Laurell K. Hamilton book Cerulean Sins
Source: Cerulean Sins
Anatol Rapoport (1911–2007) Russian-born American mathematical psychologist
Anatol Rapoport, "An Essay on Mind". Reprinted in Toward Definition of Mind (Jordan Ma Scher, editor). Glencoe, Illinois: Free Press, 1962. p. 92
1960s