Real seriousness in regard to writing is one of two…

Real seriousness in regard to writing being one of the 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

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

I used to play cello. My mother kept me out of school a whole year to study music and counterpoint. She thought I had…

— Ernest Hemingway

Don't take life too seriously.

— RuPaul

When I ran for the U.S. Senate the assumption was that anyone's name that was close to "Osama" doesn't stand a chance. So if…

— Barack Obama

I approach every game with the same level of seriousness.

— Keylor Navas

The "seriousness" of a mathematical theorem lies, not in its practical consequences, which are usually negligible, but in the significance of the mathematical ideas…

— G. H. Hardy

Maybe I've just been incredibly fortunate, but there's a level of dedication, devotion, intensity and seriousness around me every day.

— Andrea Riseborough

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

— Oscar Wilde

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