The game of golf would lose a great deal if croquet mallets and billiard cues were allowed on the putting green.

Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness... and so frivolous is he that, though full of a thousand reasons for weariness, the least thing, such as playing billiards or hitting a ball, is sufficient enough to amuse him.

Things on a very small scale behave like nothing that you have any direct experience about. They do not behave like waves, they do not behave like particles, they do not behave like clouds, or billiard balls, or weights on springs, or like anything that you have ever seen.

I love various sports including basketball tennis and billiards.

Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness... and so frivolous is he that though full of a thousand reasons for weariness the least thing such as playing billiards or hitting a ball is sufficient enough to amuse him.

The game of golf would lose a great deal if croquet mallets and billiard cues were allowed on the putting green.

It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf.