Many of the rites of passage, those rituals of growing up found in our society, are in the form of such comic,… — Ralph Ellison Copy Share Image
Divinity is not playful. The universe was not made in jest but in solemn incomprehensibl e earnest. By a power that is… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
The Christian is not superficial in any sense, but is fundamentally serious and fundamentally happy. You see, the joy of the Christian… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Don't think you have to be solemn to meditate. To meditate, well, you have to smile a lot. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Ask a scientist what he conceives the scientific method to be and he will adopt an expression that is at once solemn… — Peter Medawar Copy Share Image
Perhaps the mistake I made at the start of my mandate is not understanding the symbolic dimension of the president's role and… — Nicolas Sarkozy Copy Share Image
It is supposed by some that religion makes people solemn, takes the sunshine out of their life, the joy out of their… — J.R. Miller Copy Share Image
There may come a time in the career of every sociologist when it is his solemn duty to raise hell. — Edward Alsworth Ross Copy Share Image
Well, we know that eighteen years after that solemn declaration it was disregarded, and the Irish Parliament, which lasted for five hundred… — John Edward Redmond Copy Share Image
If I am asked what we are fighting for, I can reply in two sentences. In the first place, to fulfil a… — H. H. Asquith Copy Share Image
Social Security is a solemn promise to kupuna like my 88-year-old mother that they can rely on the retirement they've earned. While… — Mazie Hirono Copy Share Image
What is the work of a Master?" said a solemn-faced visitor. "To teach people to laugh ," said the Master gravely. — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
There is no constitutional or legal requirement that the President shall take the oath of office in the presence of the People… — Benjamin Harrison Copy Share Image
On eyes that watch as well as eyes that weep Descends the solemn mystery of sleep, Toiling and climbing to the very… — Abraham Coles Copy Share Image
I became an altar boy because of the solemn face, but I got thrown out at fourteen for laughing. Because the priest… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
It is human life. We are blown upon the world; we float buoyantly upon the summer air a little while, complacently showing… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
it is impossible for any mind of common honesty not to be revolted by the contradictions in their principles and practice. They… — Frances Trollope Copy Share Image
There is a beautiful spirit breathing now Its mellowed richness on the clustered trees, And, from a beaker full of richest dyes,… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
The things of God are of great import; and time, and experience,and careful, and ponderous, and solemn thoughts can only find them… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
When a government goes to war, particularly a democracy, it is the most solemn and awesome responsibility of our leaders - to… — Joe Wilson Copy Share Image
A wedding was a strange ceremony, she thought, with all those formal words, those solemn vows made by one to another; whereas… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
There is a good deal of solemn cant about the common interests of capital and labor. As matters stand, their only common… — Brooks Atkinson Copy Share Image
I can admire the solemn and stately language of worship that recognizes the greatness of God, but it will not warm my… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
