Serious Quotes · Page 122

In the United States, one of the main topics of academic political science is the study of attitudes and policy and their…

— Noam Chomsky

I am just at that stage of wondering where I go from here. I came into this business almost by accident, but…

— Cameron Diaz

Ten years ago in Antarctica shooting "Encounters at the End of the World," I met a very fine volcanologist from Cambridge University…

— Werner Herzog

Even though 'Hemlock Grove' was a serious, supernatural mystery, it was pretty fun on set. It was a light mood.

— Kaniehtiio Horn

There's a lot of fun in life - and it's not about being serious all the time either. But it is about…

— Rhea Pillai

The President has a short time to let people know that he is serious about getting spending under control.

— Paul Weyrich

I've always been 'ethnic friend,' without any serious moments, all jokes.

— Al Madrigal

I support charters, but the right kind of charters. I support charters that support kids who have the highest needs. A charter…

— Diane Ravitch

There is no perception among the American people, nor their elected representatives, that there is a serious problem that needs fixing.

— Robert Reischauer

Joking apart, now let us be serious.

— Horace

I do stretches every morning and serious yoga. Not the hot, sweaty type - I don't believe yoga is calisthenics in fancy…

— Harry Shearer

Media reporters have pointed out that the paragraphs in my Time column this week bear close similarities to paragraphs in Jill Lepore's…

— Fareed Zakaria

There's big granite walls up toward the Argentine border, but the weather's serious, and a lot of the rock is mossy and…

— Douglas Tompkins

I am a writer, a professional journalist with serious credentials in Crime, Craziness, and Politics. I have mingled with dangerous criminals and…

— Hunter S. Thompson

Pen-bereavement is a serious matter.

— Anne Fadiman

If ingratitude be numbered among the serious sins, then gratitude takes its place among the noblest of virtues.

— Thomas S. Monson

I had a very good English teacher who said to me that she thought I ought to do it. She - I…

— Maggie Smith

I'm more afraid of falling than I am of flying high. I'm not as scared of dying as I am of growing…

— Ben Harper

To the degree that Mr. Trump is serious about pursuing policies that improve the lives of working families in America, I and…

— Bernie Sanders

Everybody's got a serious side and everybody's got a fun side.

— Donovan McNabb

I love running around trees as much as a serious role.

— Divya Dutta

I guess there are no real strict rules [in comedy], but I just learn to apply my philosophy about comedy which is,…

— Christoph Waltz

When a game comes around, that's the time to be serious. During the week, the training sessions are serious, but away from…

— Diego Costa

One aspect of politics too little acknowledged is that besides being jolly serious and all that, it is also a hugely enjoyable…

— Andrew Marr

Cosmetic surgery is not "cosmetic," and human flesh is not "plastic." Even the names trivialize what it is. It's not like ironing…

— Naomi Wolf

There's a big difference between being alone and being lonely. And I'm guessing that once you've discovered this distinction you can't go…

— Tiffanie DeBartolo

I would love to direct. Hopefully, I could probably direct an episode of 'Grown-ish,' but I have to show them that I'm…

— Deon Cole

Man is a luxury loving animal. Take away play, fancies, and luxuries, and you will turn man into a dull, sluggish creature,…

— Eric Hoffer

[ Jonathan] Edwards is the person who really made theological determinism a serious option for Reformed thinkers, and the influence his views…

— Oliver D. Crisp

Whenever serious art loses track of its roots in the vernacular, then it begins to atrophy.

— John Adams

Most of my popular movies have seen me cast in serious roles. But then I am mostly offered such roles.

— Atul Kulkarni

Forgiveness doesn't mean forget what happened. If something is serious and it is necessary to take counter-measures, you have to take counter-measures.

— Dalai Lama

Larry Schwarm's photographs of fire on the prairie are so compelling that I cannot imagine any later photographer trying to do better.…

— Robert Adams

If I buy a Fiat Uno, I'll read that, for a man like me, a Ferrari was more suitable. If instead I…

— Mario Balotelli

These are very serious times, and serious people need to be doing some serious thinking.

— Marianne Williamson

When my parents realized that what I liked was fashion, they gave me good advice. I remember my father telling me that…

— Nicolas Ghesquiere

I always assumed I would leave drama school and do 'Lady Macbeth' and all sorts of serious things. It just didn't happen.

— Olivia Colman

This Government has found occasion to express, in a friendly spirit, but with much earnestness, to the Government of the Czar, its…

— Benjamin Harrison

I suspect any serious reader has a first great book, just the way anybody has a first kiss.

— Michael Cunningham

It is so common in middle-class families to consider modelling and acting not serious.

— Anushka Sharma