Serious Quotes · Page 180

Psychology lures even most serious people into romancing, and quite unconsciously.

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

It's a dangerous sport, you can get really hurt. God helped me, protected me so I wouldn't have any damage, any serious…

— Wanderlei Silva

I'd never intended to write a Christmas hit - I was a serious musician!

— Chris Rea

“At moments of departure and a change of life, people capable of reflecting on their actions usually get into a serious state…

— Leo Tolstoy

I think the presidency is much too serious a thing to just play politics with.

— Chris Christie

There are really no serious arguments for communion in the hand. But there are the most gravely serious kinds of arguments against…

— Dietrich von Hildebrand

Sarah Palin, who with 17 months remaining in her single term as Alaska's governor quit the only serious office she has ever…

— George Will

I think there's always room for humor, especially when you're talking about really serious issues.

— Jay Asher

The Church, in her wisdom, maintains the distinction between engaged and married couples -- they are not the same, today's culture and…

— Pope Francis

All pleasantry should be short; and it might even be as well were the serious short also.

— Voltaire

Having a very serious thematic element in the lyrics and then juxtaposing with something really triumphant and just a big beat to…

— Brendon Urie

I love doing comedy, and I don't get a chance to much. I get to play lots of serious people and killers…

— William Sadler

I really like this trend of songwriting that is honest and intelligent and serious and longing.

— Parker Posey

There is a part of football I would describe as 'serious' and one part I would describe as more 'playful,' i.e. more…

— Frank Rijkaard

Palin, Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and others have made an art form of convincing far too many Americans to suspend their disbelief, and…

— John Yarmuth

Mr. Obama needs to make a phone call to Ankara and have a serious conversation about why the current government in Turkey…

— Vijay Prashad

If you want to write serious books, you must be ready to break the forms, break the forms.

— V. S. Naipaul

Some of [Donald Trump] comments can be interpreted as potentially reducing the threat of nuclear war. The major threat right now is…

— Noam Chomsky

Socrates.- If all goes well, the time will come when one will take up the memorabilia of Socrates rather than the Bible…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

I am a serious businesswoman. I don't enjoy being out there on TV; it's not what I do well. But I love…

— Jennifer Flavin

In the end, art is small beer. The really serious things are earning one's living so as not to be a parasite…

— W. H. Auden

The scientific evidence of how serious this climate crisis is becoming continues to amass week after week after week.

— Al Gore

When a candidate walks away from a reality show, that's when you know they're serious about being president of the United States.

— Jay Leno

If we are really serious about protecting the environment, the discharge pipes and stacks of industry would all plug directly into their…

— Wes Jackson

When you're a comedic actor and you're used to just getting laughs, it's kind of scary to go serious, even for a…

— Megyn Price