Serious Quotes · Page 26

In arguing one should meet serious pleading with humor, and humor with serious pleading.

— Oliver Goldsmith

A serious person can never be innocent, and one who is innocent can never be serious.

— Rajneesh

The DOJ has employed these investigations in communities across our nation to reform serious patterns and practices of force, biased policing and…

— Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

If women were in charge, abortion would be a sacrament, an occasion of deep and serious and sacred meaning.

— Carter Heyward

I've always been in serious relationships. I meet someone and date him for a long period. I don't sit there thinking, like,…

— Gisele Bundchen

When I have had a long day at work, I want something to watch that is funny, lighthearted and easy to get…

— Amy Childs

Americans thinking that America will continue to lead the world in innovation and quality of life without some quick and serious educational…

— Dean Kamen

Prince was my first crush, and my first love, but we didn't start to get serious until I turned 18. He was…

— Mayte Garcia

I think the whole policy of pre-emptive war is a serious, serious mistake.

— Walter Cronkite

There was still an element in acting, certainly for my dad, of like, "This is lunacy." But then once my parents could…

— Henry Lloyd-Hughes

But let me tell you, this gender thing is history. You're looking at a guy who sat down with Margaret Thatcher across…

— George H. W. Bush

I can be very serious, but if I'm being honest, I'm very happy with the way my life has turned out.

— Henrikh Mkhitaryan

As economists have often pointed out, we pay doctors for quantity, not quality. As they point out less often, we also pay…

— Atul Gawande

The fact that I am interrupting serious work to answer these questions proves that I am so stupid that I should be…

— Ernest Hemingway

Investing is not nearly as difficult as it looks. Successful investing involves doing a few things right and avoiding serious mistakes.

— John C. Bogle

I never had a serious injury that kept me out of a big competition. Now everyone has injuries - to their feet…

— Katarina Witt

Let me be serious: divorce is a sacred institution between a man and a woman who hate each other. God wanted Adam…

— Lewis Black

We often get pigeon-holed as a tough guy, or whatever else. I've been pigeon-holed as a heavy and serious, and almost a…

— John Noble

[The] vain and transitory scenes of human greatness are unworthy of a serious thought.

— Edward Gibbon

I work in the human rights field and there are serious conflicts between certain interpretations of Islamic law and human rights. That's…

— Sadakat Kadri

I have to have a meaning in my life. If I roam around without some meaning in my life, I'm in deep…

— Hubert Selby, Jr

I do have this reputation for being a serious person.

— Joni Mitchell

I went to drama school at NYU for serious acting. So I was doing Chekov and Sam Shepard plays.

— Casey Wilson

Sarina can be serious at times, but she's also funny. She makes us laugh a lot on the training ground with her…

— Alex Greenwood

Even though he lived on the beach in college, he didn't have a tan. Now that's a serious player!

— Bill Fitch