I never pretend to be so superior a being as to be above having and indulging a hobby horse [her journal writing], and while I kee...p mine within due bounds and limits, nobody, I flatter myself, would wish to deprive me of the poor animal: to be sure, he is not formed for labour, and is rather lame and weak, but then the dear creature is faithful, constant, and loving, and though he sometimes prances, would not kick anyone into the mire, or hurt a single soul for the world--and I would not part with him for one who could win the greatest prize that ever was won at any races.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The most profound effect of World War I on me ... was that it committed me to international affairs as the principal work of my li...fe. ...I have sometimes regretted that my avocation or chief hobby happened to be such a gloomy one. ...When I look at the world today ... I sometimes wonder whether [my efforts] were not nearly all in vain. Perhaps it would have been better if I had adopted as my chief hobby the cultivation of chrysanthemums or the breeding of West Highland White Terriers or even, as did one of my friends, the collection of Japanese swordguards.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
In view of the fact that they are ostensibly interested in many of the same problems, the extent to which sociologists and anthrop...ologists have maintained fundamentally distinctive approaches is one of the more curious facts in the history of Western thought. The sociological attitude has tended toward the practical and present, the anthropological toward pure understanding and the past. Anthropology developed in the classes; sociology in the masses. A rich man's hobby can permit itself the luxury of aesthetic exultation in fascinatingly different and complex materials. The anthropologist has also been considered less socially dangerous by the conservative because he was "a gentleman" and preoccupied with the long ago and the far away.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
To the average (and you will look long and hard before finding anyone so aptly described) CB aficionado his radio is his hobby. A ...hobby is, of course, an abomination, as are all consuming interests and passions that do not lead directly to large, personal gain.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
When a man gives himself up to the government of a ruling passion,--or, in other words, when his HOBBY-HORSE grows head- strong,--...farewell cool reason and fair discretion.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
De gustibus non est disputandum;Mthat is, there is no disputing against HOBBY-HORSES; and, for my part, I seldom do ... for ... I ...keep a couple of pads myself, upon which, in their turns ... I frequently ride out and take the air.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
So long as a man rides his Hobby-Horse peaceably and quietly along the King's highway, and neither compels you or me to get up beh...ind him--pray, Sir, what have either you or I to do with it?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »