“I believe that the purpose of life is, at least in part, to be happy. Based on this belief, Ruby is designed to make programming not only easy but also fun. It allows you to concentrate on the creative side of programming, with less stress.” BelieveLife IsPurposeBeliefFunI BelieveEasySidesCreativeStressProgrammingPurpose Of LifeRubiesLess Stress Author:Yukihiro Matsumoto
“Part of God's work in his people is synchronizing the heart and the mind thus providing freedom from the deceit of emotion-based beliefs. Emotions are changing while truth is absolute. They don't believe simply because it sounds good, or deep, beautiful, happy, fun, cool, simple, or intelligent to them; but because it's true.” PeopleMindBelieveHeartBeautifulBeliefFunSoundSimpleEmotionTruth IsAbsolutesIntelligentDon't BelieveDeceitProviding Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“The fact is that much of advertising's power comes from this belief that advertising does not affect us. The most effective kind of propaganda is that which is not recognized as propaganda. Because we think advertising is silly and trivial, we are less on guard, less critical, than we might otherwise be. It's all in fun, it's ridiculous. While we're laughing, sometimes sneering, the commercial does its work.” ThinkingKindDoeSometimesFactsMightBeliefFunLaughingCriticalRidiculousSillyAdvertisingPropaganda Book:Can't Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel Source: Can't Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel
“In this climate - with belief in guardian angels and creationism becoming commonplace - making fun of religion is as risky as burning a flag in an American Legion hall.” BeliefFunAtheismBecomingAngelClimatePositive AtheismBurningHallsFlagsGuardianCommonplaceLegionGuardian AngelCreationism Author:Wendy Kaminer
“Most of the great works of juvenile literature are subversive in one way or another: they express ideas and emotions not generally approved of or even recognized at the time; they make fun of honored figures and piously held beliefs; and they view social pretenses with clear-eyed directness, remarking - as in Andersen's famous tale - that the emperor has no clothes.” WayIdeasLiteratureBeliefFunSocialViewsEmotionClearFiguresClothesTalesOne WayHonoredGreat WorkEmperorPretenseApprovedSubversiveJuvenileChildren's Literature Author:Alison Lurie
“Even if the absence of evidence for a given god were not evidence of its absence, it would still be evidence that the belief in that god is unreasonable. That's the only proposition that any atheist of any kind has to demonstrate in order to win the argument. Because anything beyond that... is just having fun.” IfsKindStillsOrderWinningBeliefGivenFunEvidenceArgumentAtheistAbsenceHaving FunPropositionsUnreasonableJust Have Fun Author:Scott Clifton
“It is a challenge. When you do things that are comedy, you're having to look at the funnier side of life. Often I find Christians - but not just Christians, (any) people who have a certain core belief of things - don't like to have fun made of them at all.” PeopleLooksMadeChristianCertainBeliefFunSidesChallengesComedyCoreHaving FunCore Beliefs Author:Corbin Bernsen