Real seriousness in regard to writing being one of the two…

Real seriousness in regard to writing is one of two absolute necessities. The other, unfortunately, is talent.

— Ernest Hemingway

I regard writing not as an investigation of character but as an exercise in the use of language, and with this I am obsessed.

— Evelyn Waugh

“Every novel which is truly written contributes to the total of knowledge which is there at the disposal of the next writer who comes,…

— Ernest Hemingway

Frankly, we doubt the veracity and seriousness of the United States in regard to achieving results that would be acceptable to both sides in…

— Dmitriy Ustinov

Every age and degree of understanding should have its proper measure of discipline. With regard to boys and adolescents, therefore, or those who cannot…

— Benedict of Nursia

But why should a religious person be interested in a work like Heidegger's that many regard as the epitome of nihilism? For a start,…

— George Pattison

The world of ideas which it [mathematics] discloses or illuminates, the contemplation of divine beauty and order which it induces, the harmonious connexion of…

— James Joseph Sylvester

I wish to speak a word for Nature, for absolute Freedom and Wildness, as contrasted with a Freedom and Culture merely civil, - to…

— Henry David Thoreau

The true Vedantic spirit does not start out with a system of preconceived ideas. It possesses absolute liberty and unrivalled courage among religions with…

— Romain Rolland

As regards the Liberal doctrines, the attitude of Fascism is one of absolute opposition both in the political and in the economical field.

— Benito Mussolini

It is important that Miers not be confirmed unless, in her 61st year, she suddenly and unexpectedly is found to have hitherto undisclosed interests…

— George Will

The problem is that rap is so often a caricature of its own image. Nobody comes to the table with the seriousness of the…

— K'naan

“Despite the seriousness of the subject,”

— Anonymous

We have this idea that seriousness is of higher value. But surely there is more human pleasure and delight in time spent with humour…

— Grayson Perry

Of Course God does not consider you hopeless. If He did, He would not be moving you to seek Him (and He obviously is)...…

— Anonymous