PLAYING in Classic Quotes

1  It was playing it very jazzy and funny.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 25

2  Ernie's a big fat colored guy that plays the piano.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 11

3  I started playing golf when I was only ten years old.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 5

4  It was pretty quiet, though, because Ernie was playing the piano.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 12

5  I don't even think he knows any more when he's playing right or not.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 12

6  On account of it was Sunday, there were only about three shows playing.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 16

7  But you could hear the band playing in the Lavender Room, and so I went in there.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 10

8  You both have to stay right in position and wait for the orchestra to start playing again.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 23

9  Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 22

10  I still had to get those damn theater tickets, so I bought a paper and looked up to see what shows were playing.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 16

11  There were a few kids around, skating and all, and two boys were playing Flys Up with a soft ball, but no Phoebe.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 16

12  But then, one day, some kids are playing cricket on the lawn and he gets smacked in the head with a cricket ball.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 18

13  Buddy Singer and his stinking band was playing "Just One of Those Things" and even they couldn't ruin it entirely.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 10

14  I'm not too sure what the name of the song was that he was playing when I came in, but whatever it was, he was really stinking it up.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 12

15  It had these very funny, crazy plays in it, and then it had this one story about a traffic cop that falls in love with this very cute girl that's always speeding.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 3

16  Brossard and Ackley both had seen the picture that was playing, so all we did, we just had a couple of hamburgers and played the pinball machine for a little while, then took the bus back to Pencey.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 5

17  And I'd be working in some office, making a lot of dough, and riding to work in cabs and Madison Avenue buses, and reading newspapers, and playing bridge all the time, and going to the movies and seeing a lot of stupid shorts and coming attractions and newsreels.

The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Context   In 17