Jeff Dunham

I'll come up with an idea for a character, and I'll write some jokes and make sure that that character is going to have some legs to it - that it's really going to work. If I can come up with jokes and material that I think will work, then I make a cheap version of the doll. Achmed started out just being this little plastic toy from the store.

American Comedian

Rashad Evans

True wealth is not measured by how much money you've got in the bank or how many toys you've got. Some of the happiest people in the world don't have a crying quarter, but they've got all the things that mean a lot to them.

American Athlete

Lee Unkrich

When you think about it, the most important thing to a toy is to be played with by a child, and anything that keeps them from being played with gives them stress - things like getting lost, getting broken.

American Director

Malachi Kirby

I was the shiest person you could think of. I didn't really speak. I was an only child, so most of my life I spent in my bedroom playing with toys by myself, speaking through them.

English Actor

Trixie Mattel

My look and my character come from my experiences as a child. I wasn't allowed to have girl toys, and I grew up poor. I also had a rough relationship with my stepdad.

American Entertainer

Rithy Panh

As children, we did not have toys. We invented characters and animals; we invented stories.

Cambodian Director

Sharon Needles

I've always toyed around with creating over-the-top lady characters in my head.

Isaac Brock

I toy around with the whole Biblical thing, just as amazing characters.

American Musician

Ray Bradbury

I've been afraid of people playing their life away with too many toys.

American Writer

Howard Cosell

Sports is the toy department of human life.

American Lawyer

The word 'toy' often conveys fun and childhood memories, used when reminiscing or for nostalgia.

Childhood Associations

'Toy' doesn't only refer to physical objects, but it can include digital games or apps designed for children.

Not Just Physical

Adults might use 'toy' to describe items in their hobbies or collections in a playful or affectionate manner.

Adult Usage

When used as an adjective, 'toy' implies something is small or a simplified version of the real thing.

Diminutive Nature

Items described as 'toy' often look real but can't perform the function of the item they resemble.

Not Real Function

Adult collectors might refer to miniature models or replicas as 'toy', even though these are often highly detailed.

Collectibles

Using 'toy' as a verb means to think about something casually, without serious intention.

Casual Consideration

When someone is 'toying' with a person, they might be teasing or leading them on playfully, sometimes cruelly.

Teasing

To 'toy' with something shows a lack of seriousness or depth of interest, often temporary or for amusement.

Lack of Seriousness

 and he'd be in tears. And I'd buy him an ice-cream cone, or a toy truck, and he'd forget about it." She said, "Now he's in high school. He comes home from school, I can see the pain, the anguish in his eyes. He walks in, he walks right past me, goes up to his room, slams the door, and I don't see him until the next day.

Rick Guidotti: From...

 when so many things tell us we are not. I want to live in a world where my son will not be presumed guilty the moment he is born, where a toy in his hand isn't mistaken for anything other than a toy. And I refuse to accept that we can't build this world into something new, some place where a child's name

How to raise a Black son...

 The thing to notice about these characters is they're really complicated. Those shapes are really complicated. In fact, the toy cleaner, I have an example, the toy cleaner there in the middle, here's his hand. You can imagine how fun it was to bring this through airport security.

Pixar: The math behind...

 Now, we don't do that -- conveniently reduce something to a set of numbers that you can play with like Lego toys -- we don't do that in our individual life. We don't treat somebody or value them based on their monthly income or their credit score, but we have this double standard

Paul Tudor Jones II: Why...

 So, I think we got it there, but it is very, very quick. John's trying to observe the cat's whiskers as they move forward into the attack position. Let's just take the toy away for a second and let's Can we have a look at what we've just taken?

How Do Cats Use Their...

 toy I imagine a world where air power never evolved and tanks did getting bigger and bigger eventually any of like fortresses walking over the battlefield guns point in all directions I guess a toy with a violin theme is not the best

How I made the ultimate...

 longevity tell you what though i prefer to live life in the fast lane now these hatchlings have emerged we can't keep up with them they're they're everywhere they're like tiny little clockwork toys that are wound up to the

Filming Galapagos Giant...

 toys aren't just about fun and games you note they're crucial to a child's development they help with movement coordination strength and communication skills I'll mate some I go now no come

Toy Testing PIPE I Didn't...

 the natural world but also some of the tougher moments so that we've got a much better understanding of the animal world the seal seems to be toying with this penguin but safety is in sight

The Antarctic's...

 but it's very very very quick John's trying to observe the cat's whiskers as they move forward into the attack position let's just take the toy away