As I have been continuing to work on my book about fun, I have been accumulating having fun quotes for potential consideration as chapter headers. I have noticed that some of you visiting this site have been looking for quotes about having fun too, so I have created this post as a living document to share what quotes I and others have found on the topic of having fun.
“A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.” ― Roald Dahl
“I would rather die of passion than of boredom.” ― Vincent van Gogh
“There was formerly a capacity for light-heartedness and play which has been to some extent inhibited by the cult of efficiency. The modern [person] thinks that everything ought to be done for the sake of something else, and never for its own sake.” ― Bertrand Russell
“As children, we all live in a world of imagination, of fantasy, and for some of us that world of make-believe continues into adulthood. Certainly I’ve lived my whole life through my imagination. But the world of imagination is there for all of us–a sense of play, of pretending, of wonder. It’s there with us as we live.” — Jim Henson
“Play awakens the sort of thinking that leads us to write novels, compose music, design buildings, and make scientific discoveries.” ― Susan Magsamen
“Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.” ― Michael Jordon
“If you want to live an exceptional and extraordinary life, you have to give up many of the things that are part of a normal one.” ― Srinivas Rao
“Over at our place, we’re sure of just one thing: everybody in the world was once a child. So in planning a new picture, we don’t think of grown-ups, and we don’t think of children, but just of that fine, clean, unspoiled spot down deep in every one of us that maybe the world has made us forget and that maybe our pictures can help recall.” — Walt Disney
“It’s a choice to approach any given moment playfully — with a joyful spirit.” ― Charlie Hoehn
“Play is often talked about as if it were relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.” ― Fred Rogers
“It’s the game of life. Do I win or do I lose? One day they’re gonna shut the game down. I gotta have as much fun and go around the board as many times as I can before it’s my turn to leave.” — Tupac
These are the having fun quotes I have come up with so far. If you have any favorites, please leave them in the comment section below.
