Serious Quotes · Page 35

Was it serious? I don't know. It certainly had serious consequences.

— Anonymous

I don't need no peace. I need equal rights and justice.

— Peter Tosh

I guess I strike people as very serious, or very intense.

— Deidre Hall

To be silent is but a small virtue; but it is a serious fault to reveal secrets.

— Ovid

Very few [doctors] are men of science in any very serious sense; they're men of technique.

— Robertson Davies

I will never say I am committed to somebody unless I'm serious about that person.

— Estelle

I try to play serious scenes a little funny and the comedy a little serious.

— Uzo Aduba

There are very serious forms of, and reactions to, sibling victimization.

— David Finkelhor

The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way, you can break the ice. It's crazy, but…

— Adam McKay

I believe that - if you are serious about a life of writing, or indeed about any creative form of expression -…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

It is past time for Congress to get serious about our spending crisis and impose fiscal restraint.

— Ron Johnson

Everyone who gives up a serious childhood dream -- of becoming an artist, a doctor, an engineer, an athlete -- lives the…

— Glenn Kurtz

Aside from Joan Rivers and Roseanne, it's hard for me to think of any female comedian who's had kids and has a…

— Ali Wong

The most serious film can be the most fun. The one that's supposed to be fun can be the most serious.

— Eric Bana

You've got James Comey on camera on Capitol Hill saying, - no, it is not much less of an offense than Hillary…

— Andrea Mitchell

When I was a kid, my goodness, corporate America was a bunch of stolid white guys in gray suits trying to be…

— Emo Philips

I think it go serious in college when I found out I really enjoyed making people laugh. It makes me happy. I…

— Bill Bellamy

How to please the public - that's the test, But nowadays I find I'm in a fix; I know they're not accustomed…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

You go into a hospital now, it's dangerous. We can get diseases that can't be dealt with, that are moving around the…

— Noam Chomsky

I believe Picasso's success is just one small part of the broader modern phenomenon of artists themselves rejecting serious art- perhaps partly…

— Marilyn vos Savant

Many Americans have never owned a book. And others have never owned a non-fiction book. Providing them with a 300-page paperback would…

— James W. Loewen

My impression, having been in the Norwegian government for several years, is that taking a child into care is an extremely serious…

— Jonas Gahr Store

Alexia blinked stupidly at the Beta from around the earl’s upper arm. Her heart was doing crazy things, and she still could…

— Gail Carriger

I remember nearly having a fit of the giggles during the reading because dear Daniel was SO respectful and serious and I…

— Madeleine Stowe

Sanctions are a sign of irritation; they are not the instrument of serious policies.

— Sergei Lavrov

If you want to make people laugh, your face must remain serious.

— Giacomo Casanova

Dying is nothing, but pain is a very serious matter.

— Henry Jacob Bigelow

Oh, I fooled around with baseball, but I never really took it serious.

— Gene Autry

My favorite kind of film is serious comedy. Comedy with serious underpinning.

— Alan Arkin

Oh, do not ask, 'What is it?'/Let us go and make our visit.

— Anonymous

“Life was never meant to be serious, it was meant to be a joy.”

— steven redhead

You have to have a serious streak in you, or you can't see the funny side of the other fellow.

— Will Rogers

David Ayer is known for being a very serious filmmaker, but he has a very great sense of humor.

— Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Humor is serious work. But it keeps everybody at the table.

— Idra Novey

I am completely serious. When I decide to do something, I decide to really do it.

— Steve Lillywhite

We are serious about our music here in Philadelphia, and jazz has meant a lot to this city.

— Michael Nutter

I guess you can say I 'do the Twist.' I like playful dance moves that aren't too serious.

— Mitski

People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.

— Alan Kay

I didn't know how serious it is to a female that you lift the lid.

— Bill Cosby

“The first step towards true enlightenment is to lighten up on yourself.”

— Bashar