Earnest Quote by Piet Pieterszoon Hein

Joking decides great things, Stronger and better oft than earnest can.

— John Milton

Things can be funny only when we are in fun. When we're 'dead earnest,' humor is the only thing that is dead.

— Flip Wilson

The problem with fun is we really don't know what fun means at all.

— Ian Bogost

On the one hand you take life too seriously, and on the other, you do not take playful existence seriously enough.

— Seth

We come to recognize that playfulness, as a philosophical stance, can be very serious indeed; and moreover, that it possesses an unfailing capacity to…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

When you start recognising that you're having fun, life can be delightful.

— Jane Birkin

You cannot study Pleasure in the moment of the nuptial embrace, nor repentance while repenting, nor analyze the nature of humour while roaring with…

— C. S. Lewis

When we use this word fun, it sort of bangs up the ordinary and the extraordinary altogether.

— Ian Bogost

If you have fun doing something, you also take it seriously.

— Lukas Podolski

My Definition of Fun May Just Be Different Than Yours! :)

— Rayy

Surely there's a difference between cocky and lively and entertaining.

— Ruth Jones

Fun is just another word for learning.

— Raph Koster