Riddles

People take me on walks and I run and have fun. What am I?

People walk in and out of me. They push and I follow. When they walk out on me, I close up and I stay waiting for the next person to walk into my life when I have a more open mind. What am I?

People want it, and when they have it, they use it by giving it

Perhaps the most important adjective for ballerinas and princesses.

Physicists have built devices to make me move quickly. My last eight letters can be commonly found in newspapers, magazines, and journals. What am I?

Physicists have built devices to move me very fast. My last seven letters can be commonly found in newspapers, magazines, and journals. What am I?

Pirates put their booty in it.

Place three matches on a table. Tell a friend to add two more matches to make eight.

Placed above it makes greater things small. Placed beside it makes small things greater. In matters that counts it always comes first. Where others increase it keeps all things the same. What is it?

Plant whose name sounds like a dish full of dairy spread.

Plow and hoe, reap and sow, What soon does every farmer grow?

Pointing North, South, East, and West it saves the lost and helps the rest. What is it?

Poke your fingers in my eyes and I will open wide my jaws. Linen cloth, quills, or paper, my greedy lust devours them all. What am I?

Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you die. What is it?