Our inventions are won't to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.
Henry David Thoreau
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We are more ready to try the untried when what we do is inconsequential. Hence the fact that many inventions had their birth as toys.
Eric Hoffer
The largest retail sectors would be home improvement, consumer electronics, books, music, toys, office supplies. We describe anything that hurts when it falls on your foot.
Matthew Fassler
We find that in almost all of the countries where we operate, awareness of the Toys 'R' Us brand is very high.
Victor Fung
I could tell my parents hated me. My bath toys were a toaster and a radio.
Rodney Dangerfield
We'll introduce basic high-quality action figures as well as a few innovative, high-tech and licensed toys.
Roger Shiffman
[The shelter gave Brandon medicine and supplied the couple with three meals a day.] There was a big screen TV and lots of toys for the kids, ... and the elderly had cots to sleep on.
Nicole Davis
They want to have large toys such as a 30-foot boat or a three-horse trailer.
Ron Mueller
We still need cat cages, cat carriers, dog kennels, animal toys, food — cat, dog, puppy and kitten. Water. We need old blankets and sheets in case we get sick animals. And we need money.
Candy Clark
It is one of the nice contagious diseases. Kids cough on toys, place hands on their faces and mouths and pass germs easily.
Lance Madigan
The overall decline in our boys' business hurt toys' profitability because that is a high margin business for us.
Alfred Verrecchia
Just think about how much time you have and how much money you're willing to spend on toys, food and etc.
Marjolein Lemmon
It looked like somebody evacuated because there were toys out back covered by cobwebs. A car in the driveway had a five-year-old expired registration. It was like something went wrong and they left in a hurry.
Michele Morson
It's very kid-friendly with all the bento boxes and kid toys that they get for kids.
Madeline Dolinsky
We have items donated from all over the area. We have a wide range of things including knives, tires, gift certificates, bicycles and tons of toys.
Connie Thomason
I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included.
Bernard Manning
The toy industry has really been flat for the past three years, ... The tough part for the manufacturers has been the weak economy. Toymakers have struggled with declining profit margins as more and more consumers opted to buy toys on sale.
Reyne Rice
Kids today expect their toys to be functional. They don't want a toy laptop, they want something that actually works and does cool things.
Brian Lucas
You've got mass merchants who are expanding their toy space and using it to drive total store volume. These discounters are not worried about the margins they make on toys. How can you compete against that?
Michael Appel
Agate can't hear squeaky toys, so movement is her main attraction.
Shirley Piel
Remember that old bumper sticker, ?Whoever dies with the most toys wins?? It?s been replaced by, ?Whoever dies with the most experiences wins.
Brent Green
We're in a position right now where we are stuck in between Toys 'R' Us and its expertise and all its assets, and being No. 1 in many countries around the world, ... And on the other side we have Amazon, No. 1 on the Web, and we have access to their customers. And we are just scratching the surface on the stuff that we can do. There's no one in a position like we are at the moment.
John Barbour
I can pretty much look at most of my toys and tell you what it's worth and what story goes along with it. But I did buy a toy in Missouri a while back and got home and found out I already had it-but I'm 79 years old, too.
Lauren Enns
The dominant trend this year is more toys based on technology.
Jim Silver
There are certain toys that just transcend. Each year, they're on the list, guaranteed.
Scott Krugman
Alright, he's chucking his toys out the basket and Gary Shaw has a big mouth and shouts a lot.
Joe Calzaghe
One of our little toys.
Dr. Michael Smith
Of all the toys available, none is better designed than the owner himself. A large multipurpose plaything, its parts can be made to move in almost any direction. It comes completely assembled, and it makes a sound when you jump on it.
Stephen Baker
Apparently the new high-tech Star Wars toys will be in stores any day now. The toys can talk and are interactive, so they can be easily distinguished from Star Wars fans.
Conan O'brien
About 70 percent of the parking lot was already full by 7 a.m. at Ross Park despite heavy rains. Jewelry, toys, DVDs and home accessories are the most sought after products. At Sears in Northeast Mall, jewelry and DVD/TV combos are selling well.
Charles Morris
If you ask a kid to choose between a book and a toy, 80% of them will want toys. Basically we try to trick them into reading by turning toys into fun books.
Shari Kaufman
I think it's really important to give kids storage that's functional and easy to use. If they can't use it, the toys end up being all over the room rather than put away.
Jeannie Fraise
He'll put toys in his mouth and pretend like they're cigarettes, so I really don't want him to smoke.
Casey Roberts
The lines are really blurring between toys and gadgets.
Heather Dougherty
We are very pleased by our results in the second-quarter. Despite the lack of hot toys that drove sales in the year-ago period, we reported strong revenue, thereby indicating the strength of our underlying core business.
John Eyler
There's a bumper sticker, 'He who dies with the most toys wins,' ... That's not quite my philosophy, but close. I'm not looking to amass size (in the collection) as much as cool things when they show up.
Stephen Sansweet
She slapped him, she was very rough with him, ... She was dropping some toys on his head and watching them fall off. She shook him up and down very vigorously. I was hysterical. I mean, there is no way to explain how I was. I just wanted it to stop.
Jeffrey Katz
I've got a lot of toys to play with. I just turned 64, and I'm reinventing myself again.
Sonny Vaccaro
Seeks painted trifles and fantastic toys, and eagerly pursues imaginary joys.
Mark Akenside
They talk in fairly extensive detail about ... a couple of different acts one specifically in front of the bar that involved at one point a male and female, and another point in time, two females and some sex toys.
Stephen Doyle
Everything here is natural. We don't have any plastic toys or fake dolls. Our students knit their own dolls, and we're growing grass in our Easter baskets, instead of buying the plastic grass.
Jane Mullan
Educational toys and learning systems was one of the fastest growing markets of 2002 going into 2003. It's a robust market that's managed to withstand the challenging economic environment because it's not an area that consumers typically think about when they consider paring back their spending.
Jeetil Patel
We provided special assistance for kids when their parents' homes were destroyed. We also provided clothing and toys when the parents lost their insurance. And when children need medications, we provide a month's supply of medication ... so the kids are not hurt.
Cathleen Blair
So we picked up our toys and left town.
Roderick Scott
Guns are not toys and parents need to watch their children very closely.
James Ladig
I just find it astonishing that lead, which has been banned from paint, still finds its way in children's toys.
Nancy Cowles
I have seen what I expected to see. I've seen people out doing a lot of window shopping, people doing some buying, lots of folks lined up before the crack of dawn to get the hot toys. I saw consumers out there feeling good, attracted by the big sales, but nothing to justify the gloomy sales forecasts people have made.
Pamela Rucker
The Private Toys collection continues to reflect a European sensibility but we've given it a classier look without losing any of the raw sensuality that has made the line so popular. The initial response to the new look has been overwhelming.
Lavi Yedid
We also categorize toys for autistic and blind children.
Michelle Maxia
[The prosecutor played recorded telephone conversations between the couple in which Parks expressed her love, saying she would kill for him. She also reminded Hernandez that she had her] toys ... And let me tell you, I'm a pretty good shot.
Carol Parks
A really good sitter is one who can engage the children in a fun and safe way. I don't worry about [them] having all the toys put away or the dishes cleared. I want the kids happy and safe and directly supervised by the sitter.
Leah Crowley
I bleach all the toys and use a lot of Lysol. I go through a lot of Lysol spray.
Tanya Fencl
I was a farmer during the Depression and didn't have many toys-and I missed that. We decided to collect toys because it's a lot larger hobby and the items hold their value so much better than other things.
Lauren Enns
The granddaughter couldn't understand why they just couldn't go back home so she could play with her own toys. You could just feel the frustration from this grandmother. How difficult it was for her to stay strong and try to explain what had happened to this little girl.
Danny Leblanc
All the stories are devastating, but the one that hit home with me was the story of a 7-year-old kid. They were trying to give him toys, and he broke down crying and said, 'These aren't my toys, these aren't my friends, those aren't my parents, those aren't my brothers.' The kid lost his mom and dad and both brothers. Imagine losing your whole family.
Carlos Boozer
Basically, I stole my little brother's toys and strapped them to the hood.
Ben Anderson
We became a little obsessed with what we could do with these new toys, ... We didn't give the attention that we should to the characters. . . . The thing that was wrong with 'Godzilla' was the script I wrote, and it was a powerful lesson for me.
Dean Devlin
When stores sell these aviaries, the customers typically buy a bunch of other stuff, too. They can really load it up with toys, feeders and things like that.
Perry Little
The toys are there. Everyone has access to the same technology.
James Glassman
He would put on his belt so tight that it would almost cut off his circulation. He couldn't even play with simple toys like marbles or tops.
Walter Kelly
We expected a difficult comparison this year, and this has been compounded by the significant reduction in inventories and increased seasonality of purchasing patterns at Toys 'R' Us.
Alan Hassenfeld
Most collectors buy the toys to keep, not to resell them, ... People will pay whatever it takes to get a toy they want.
Tom Fuller
I have always encouraged my kids to pack their own toys and games, ... I think that's really important, that they have some control over what they bring.
Dorothy Jordon
It's quite autobiographical. It talks about relationships. The last record was naïve because we were. At that point, we would have done anything to succeed. And it's easy to get distracted and surround yourself with toys. But I wanted to get back to a sense of normality. I needed that sense of reality.
Darren Hayes
It was amazing to see how those toys they won, so simple and cheap, meant so much to them.
Stephen Heath
Children in state custody can come in with an adult and get whatever they need. They can get clothing, school supplies, toys. When newborn babies come in, the shelter moms come in to get diapers and formula.
Audrey Rosenstein
You still have your traditional toys. I don't think that will ever change.
Karen Harris
If you put a baseball and other toys in front of a baby, he'll pick up a baseball in preference to the others.
Tris Speaker
We have a work room that has a stained glass window that needs to be cleaned, rooms that still have assorted chairs in them and closets with boxes of toys. It's just a treasure hunt every day.
Steve Posey
To say that toys make someone violent, I think, is absurd.
Terri Bartlett
There is also an area with an inclined track where kids can build a kite then fly it around the room. The kids then take the kite home. We have a water table in the shape of a leaf where several kids can gather around with water toys and explore.
Adam Woodworth
We've tried to build in as much as we can in terms of the themes of Superman, the role playing and the things that Superman does, so kids can experience that in the toys.
Brad Globe
We strongly disagree with the judge's ruling. We remain committed to sharing a great selection of toys at great prices for our Web site.
Patricia Smith
You could make the case that maybe some play patterns trend toward the more wholesome, more palatable toys. It resonates more with children given what we may see, or what we're hearing right now.
Melissa Williams
We just thought it was wrong to continue selling those toys in their defective state.
Penny Sweet
Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses.
Robert Burton
Rabbits like to play with toys and hop around outside of their cages. Owners just need to make sure that the area the rabbit plays in is bunny-proofed. Basically, (owners) need to make sure there is nothing around for the rabbit to chew on.
Lorraine Corriveau
We're not talking about toys, ... These are weapons, and they kill.
Tyrone Brooks
Give your cats something other than already established houseplants to play with, ... Avocado pits make excellent toys . . . and felines find them fascinating because the lopsided seeds never roll the same way twice.
Barbara Kelly
Clearly consumer spending poses a challenge, but there's reason to believe consumers will spend on toys. People are in the malls. It's just a question of how much they're spending.
Melissa Williams
I am delighted with the continued growth of Ann Summers. Our strategy of investment in the future growth of the company is once again reaping rewards. Despite many retailers trying to jump on the bandwagon, Ann Summers is still the number one store for sexy lingerie and sex toys.
Jacqueline Gold
Two guns were found in the apartment as well as multiple rounds to supply those guns. One of those guns was found on the head board of the child's bed. The other gun was in a little case where toys for the child were kept.
Russ Kingery
The life cycle of toys gets shorter and shorter as kids' attention spans get shorter and shorter.
Peter Caruso
Hasbro has probably done a better job so far than Mattel in terms of integrating electronics into their toys. Electronics will continue to be a bigger part of what they do in the future.
Bob Goldsborough
You're going to see lake property, you're going to see boats, you're going to see motorcycles hit the market. People get rid of the toys.
Dan Fairbanks
We really wanted to get the television and all the toys out of the living room.
Michele Frank
And a little known fact is that a lot of toy injuries actually occur because the toys have been left out, so a parent or a child trips over them and falls.
Mary Giles
The Summer hath his joys, / And Winter his delights. / Though Love and all his pleasures are but toys, / They shorten tedious nights.
Thomas Campion
There are more toys this year than last. The people just donate here. Living in a village like this is just a pleasure. This is the most donations we've ever had.
Don Jakeway
It's just a natural fit for consumers to be buying these types of toys for their children, both boys and girls. This holiday season is going to be a tough one, but I think there are certain types of things that are going to be popular, such as hero action figures.
Audrey Guskey
Toys that glorify violence encourage children to act out that violence -- violence which appears fun, cool and amusing.
Daphne White
We are rolling customer briefing centers. We have a lot of toys, products to play with.
Mark Shepard
[And, says Nintendo of America's Perrin Kaplan, kids shouldn't be bringing their Pokémon toys to school.] Nintendo really strongly believes there is a place for entertainment, ... but it doesn't need to be 24 hours a day.
Perrin Kaplan
It's an investment, ... Some people do stocks and bonds - we do toys.
Tom Fuller
It gives you more toys to give the player to play with. You have more ways to entertain the customer, to cultivate him and give him a better experience.
Mickey Brown
It's high-tech material with low-tech toys.
Mark Rappaport
This county is just loaded with collectors. But I can't give you any names because the toys are worth so much, others don't want people to know they collect.
Lauren Enns
It's like looking down on matchbox toys. They could be in the middle of the group and they don't understand how they get picked out speeding.
David Decker
We will be closing 73 Toys ?R' Us stores in the United States only. This does not affect our international stores or Babies ?R' Us stores. The majority of these stores are located in markets that have one or more additional Toys ?R' Us locations. There are also 12 additional Toys ?R' Us stores that are converting to Babies ?R' Us stores beginning this spring.
Kathleen Waugh
These toys and games suggest that shooting, killing and maiming are fun, and violence is a harmless, entertaining pastime, ... This merchandising of violence to children is a totally new phenomenon.
Daphne White
I think it was huge. Toys had a huge couple of days (as did) software, categories we thought would be strong.
Allen Weiner
We get a lot of really neat toys.
Tony Wilson
We'd ship the toys, packages and food ahead of time, and they would prepare things for us.
Ronnie Hepperly
I think Toys R Us will continue to run some kind of toy operation in the future. But in order to still be competitive, it will need to slim down considerably and run probably around 450 to 500 stores.
Jim Silver
This is a wide-open category of business. Unlike toys, pets seem to be more like entering into the gold rush. There's a tremendous amount of growth in the category.
Jeremy Padawer
You don't want to invest a lot (in toys) when you know the child is not a full-time resident.
Marta Koesling
She does her dog things. She plays with toys, plays and digs holes.
Connie Delaney
It gave them hope. And it saved them $3,000. This was in a low-income area. When you walked down the street there would be bikes, toys, stuffed animals there. The people haven't been back. That was hard to believe, six or seven months after (Katrina).
Becky Ritter
These here are toys, some new, some used. Over here are stuffed animals.
Miguel Garcia
We celebrate very differently. We bring toys for all the kids (on Three Kings Day).
Felipe Garcia
We are going to have food, games, toys and clothing for the evacuees.
Dorothy Cowan
This would be a tax increase on low and middle-income Americans. They are the ones who are buying the shoes and clothing and toys coming from China.
Dan Griswold
The evidence of what you can sell on the Web is not conclusive. Have you seen the Toys R Us site? Never mind reaching Main Street, these guys can't get out of park.
Roger Mcnamee
Greg has always loved kids. When he was a little boy, he would give away his toys. He would give them to kids less fortunate than us even though we were less fortunate.
Teresa Webb
I see a lot of nice toys they have.
Matt Ballard
There's an exciting mix of merchandise this year that reflects the increased presence of technology in toys.
Tom Alfonsi
It's hard to get the image out of my head of Ph.D. economists patting consumers on the head as they take away their toys.
Jonathan Zuck
At the time I was designing T-shirts, trying to invent little toys and stuff. One of my biggest goals in life is to go to the bank really hard doing something really stupid.
Joe Shields
The advances that have been made in technology have really allowed the toys to do more for less money.
Christopher Byrne
It was something to get into. When we get older, we get new toys.
Keith Henry
We bought toys for the kids because they were staying in a motel, ... I thought it was hard for them. Our family couldn't do it.
Amy Miller
There could be a room full of toys and all he wants is the candles.
Melissa Howell
They're the ones that will come in and play with the toys. They'll come and try on all the crazy hats we have back there. You'll see them playing as much as the kids are playing.
Hilary Anderson
I will become the leader in all aspects of this dog's life. I will control his resources [food and water] and his entertainment [toys and recreation].
Graham Bloem
There simply are more options for entertainment these days outside of traditional toys.
Anita Frazier
A small child from a developing country has the advantage, from a very early age, of having access to toys which structure his mind, which constitute a sure advantage over the little African child who has never even held a modern toy.
Abdoulaye Wade
Man hath still either toys or care: But hath no root, nor to one place is tied, but ever restless and irregular, about this earth doth run and ride. He knows he hath a home, but scarce knows where; He says it is so far, that he has quite forgot how to go there.
Henry Vaughan
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. Whoever concerns himself with big technology, either to push it forward or to stop it, is gambling in human lives.
Freeman Dyson
Really, everybody sometimes will think about Christmas, Christmases past, like it was a Currier & Ives print, you know, the candle in the window, the snow on the sill, and isn't this wonderful? But the truth was Uncle Harry got drunk, the kids were fighting over the toys, there wasn't enough money, you overate.
Phil Mcgraw
They would show up in full uniform and drop off the toys.
Barbara Devore
We're worried about violence being marketed to children as fun and entertaining, ... Our list is a little different this year because it highlights the 'brands' that are marketed to children through a combination of toys, video games, DVDs and other items.
Daphne White
Him and his little brother snuck out and got their toys and he ran back inside and left his little brother out here.
Cassandra Naus
I look forward to working with the Toys 'R' Us family to help the company reach its potential of being the premier retailer for toys and children's products.
John Eyler
Toys were lots of fun before they became capitalist tools.
Beth Copeland Vargo
It is critical to coordinate, ... I want to repeat to all those great citizens out there who want so much to give, don't just send food or blankets or toys or clothes. We don't know where it's going to. It has to be coordinated.
Jennifer M. Granholm
It's fantastic to see the kids with their new toys.
Lisa Murray
It comes with so many options and tech toys that just aren't available on any other car in its price class.
Danny Cooper
We got some toys for $1 apiece. They were really nice cars, battery-operated cars with remote controls, but something was wrong and the remote controls didn't work. The kids can't afford to buy these and they don't have batteries, so it didn't matter to them. They'd pull them by a string or whatever.
Ronnie Hepperly
The buyer that makes most sense is the buyer that has a strong presence in the traditional retailing of toys.
Melissa Williams
If you really want to get your hands on one of these without camping out at a retail store, the best advice we have ... is to sign up for one of the 'delivers' programs (a subscriber email from Toys R Us.com). This gives you a sneak peak into what we're doing. You learn first when we're going to put them on sale. But even then, you're going to have to be fast on the mouse.
Jeanne Meyer
KB hasn't articulated a strategy about what they're doing yet, but need to stock a lot of the hot toys. It isn't really a destination store but the fact that they're mall-based helps because parents are in the mall anyway.
Chris Byrne
I beheld the trappings of upper-middle-class comfort. The big-screen TV and VCR. The crush of name-brand toys. And outside, the fairly new Lincoln Town Carâ€'for which she was several months behind on payments.
The Children
We are in the toy business 365 days a year. We have a very good idea of what will be the hot toys this season.
John Barbour
Tigers are not stuffed toys. Cute babies grow up to be unmanageable adults who are often relegated to cramped cages or dungeon-like basements or are simply abandoned.
Debbie Leahy
Parents and kids still love the retailer because it still sells three times as many toys as a Wal-Mart or a Target. It still has the best selection of toys and games out there. The toy manufacturers certainly want to see it around and that's why many are giving it more exclusive deals to sell a number of their toys.
Jim Silver
There's nothing fundamentally wrong with the business of selling recreational items. But kids today are moving away from traditional toys and toward electronics at a much younger age. Toys 'R' Us has to adapt to this shift and explore new areas of the business.
Craig Johnson
I can honestly say this is one of those games where I can't wait to get on the field. Oscar (Davenport) has had another two weeks to improve and get in better shape, and he has more toys to play with.
Ervin Bryson
His daughter returned from her boarding school, improved in fashionable airs and expert in manufacturing fashionable toys; but, in her conversation, he sought in vain for that refined and fertile mind which he had fondly expected.
Emma Willard
Within a couple of minutes, literally minutes, they had cleaned out almost three dozen boxes of remote control cars and trucks. High-end stuff -- I mean, this stuff is not the kind of toys you find at the local toy store.
Elliot Cohen
You should actively engage your cat at least a couple of times a day with some predator-prey activity, such as chasing foil balls or chasing a feather lure on a stringed pole, to avoid a bored cat. For self-motivated entertainment, there are a variety of soft toys, balls, mice to chase. Cats love to hide and pounce. Give them a box with some random holes cut in it, or a good old paper bag.
Elaine Weil
I'm not a toys guy. They know when I go to them, I go to them for something important [and] they listen. But they do that because I haven't gone back for the toys. I've gone back for very strategic capital when I thought it was appropriate. That was the impetus for the blade servers and security in a box.
Ed Eskew
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