Fun Quotes
The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.James Thurber, in Edward R. Murrow television interview
It is funny about life: if you refuse to accept anything but the very best you will very often get it.W. Somerset Maugham
Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave.George Gurdjieff
Play is an essential function of the passage from immaturity to emotional maturity. Any individual without the opportunities for adequate play in early life will go on seeking them in the stuff of adult life.Margaret Lowenfeld
This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor to change the character of our thought.Lin Yutang
There is no such thing as fun for the whole family.Jerry Seinfeld
If you follow all the rules, you miss all the fun.Katherine Hepburn
Compassion and love are not mere luxuries. As the source of both inner and external peace, they are fundamental to the continued survival of our species.Dalai Lama, The Times (1999)
All schools, all colleges have two great functions to confer, and to conceal valuable knowledge. - Notebook, 1908.Mark Twain
Commencement speakers have a good deal in common with grandfather clocks Standing usually some six feet tall, typically ponderous in construction, more traditional than functional, their distinction is largely their noisy communication of essentially commonplace information.W, Willard Wirtz
The test of a first - Rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.F. Scott Fitzgerald
It is fun to be in the same decade with you.Franklin D. Roosevelt, in a letter to Winston Churchill
Congress is functioning the way the Founding Fathers intended - Not very well. They understood that if you move too quickly, our democracy will be less responsible to the majority.Barber B. Conable, J
The fundamental evil of the world arose from the fact that the good Lord has not created money enough.Heinrich Heine
I bet living in a nudist colony takes all the fun out of Halloween.Child Age 13
The saying Getting there is half the fun became obsolete with the advent of commercial airlines.Henry J. Tillman
When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.George Bernard Shaw
The fundamental qualities for good execution of a plan is first; intelligence; then discernment and judgment, which enable one to recognize the best method as to attain it; the singleness of purpose; and, lastly, what is most essential of all, will - Stubborn will.Ferdinand Foch
The fundamental error of their matrimonial union that of having based a permanent contract on a temporary feeling.Thomas Hardy
Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face.Dave Barry
If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.Katharine Hepburn
Today, a successful Congressman has the fundraising ability of a hooker trying to raise cab fare home....John L. Jackley, New York Times, 10/29/90, p. A15.
The most valuable function performed by the federal government is entertainment.Dave Barry
If Jesus Christ were to come today people would not even crucify him. They would ask him to dinner and hear what he had to say, and make fun of it.Thomas Carlyle
The wit makes fun of other persons the satirist makes fun of the world the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people - - That is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature.James Thurbe
The best weapons against the infamies of life are courage, wilfulness and patience. Courage strenthens, wilfulness is fun and patience provides tranquility.Hermann Hesse
Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear the better.George Santayana
Maybe most people were fundamentally contradictory. The real people at any rate.Tom Robbins
Everything is funny as long as it is happening to Somebody Else.Will Rogers, Illiterate Digest (1924), "Warning to Jokers: lay off the prince".
When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things.Joe Namath
Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God - The rest will be given.Mother Theresa
Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality.Albert Schweitze
Life was a funny thing that occured on the way to the grave.Quentin Crisp
The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there.Yasutani Roshi
Setting an example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favorable do nothing.William Faulkne
I did not attend his funeral, but I wrote a nice letter saying I approved it.Mark Twain
The average person living to age 70 has 613, 000 hours of life. This is too long a period not to have fun.Author Unknown
