Serious Quotes

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Serious or trivial, his daily behavior has instituted a canon which millions observe this day with conscious memory. No one regarded by any section of… — David George Hogarth
When I hear a person talking about political solutions, I know I am not listening to a serious person. — George Carlin
"Patience, grasshopper," I counseled. "You don't want to seem overeager." "Right, that's why I said tomorrow," he said. "I want to see you again tonight.… — John Green
The ordinary patient goes to his doctor because he is in pain or some other discomfort and wants to be comfortable again; he is not… — Wilfred Trotter
[Physicists] feel that the field of bacterial viruses is a fine playground for serious children who ask ambitious questions. — Max Delbruck
We can accomplish almost anything within our ability if we but think we can! Every great achievement in this world was first carefully thought out.… — George Matthew Adams
A serious person can never be innocent, and one who is innocent can never be serious. — Rajneesh
Don't be serious about seriousness. Laugh about it, be a little foolish. Don't condemn foolishness; it has its own beauties. — Rajneesh
We used to be a source of fuel; we are increasingly becoming a sink. These supplies of foreign liquid fuel are no doubt vital to… — Winston Churchill
I certainly don't object to [writers] trying to imagine the lives of other societies, but you have to do it with a certain amount of… — Michael Dorris
The Himalayan Glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau have been among the most affected by global warming. The Himalayas...provide more than half of the drinking water… — Al Gore
...the debate among the scientists if over. There is no more debate. We face a planetary emergency. There is no more scientific debate among serious… — Al Gore
If you look at all the serious scientists in the world, there is no big disagreement on the basics of this...it would be absolute lunacy… — Nicholas Stern
The misconception that there is serious disagreement among scientists about global warming is actually an illusion that has been deliberately fostered by a relatively small… — Al Gore
When we've finally gotten serious about global warming, when the impacts are really hitting us and we're in a full worldwide scramble to minimize the… — David Roberts
You'd see more floods like you've seen in Mozambique in 2000, you'd see more droughts like you saw in Kenya in the late 1990s, there… — Nicholas Stern
Serious development of the personality begins at the closet door. — William James
Nuclear terrorism is one of the most serious threats of our time. Even one such attack could inflict mass casualties and create immense suffering and… — Ban Ki-moon
One serious drawback about letters is that, in order to get them, one must send some out. When it comes to the mail, I feel… — Joseph Epstein
A poem is a serious joke, a truth that has learned jujitsu. — William Stafford
I think that the Bible as literature should be a compulsory part of the national curriculum.. you can't understand English literature and culture without it.… — Richard Dawkins
Acting is my true love. I would like to have been a serious actor, and I plan to in the next life. I'm gonna be… — Joan Rivers
And I would like current or future politicians to make sure every avenue of diplomacy, and what you have, are exhausted before sending young men… — Tomas Young
War is much too serious a thing to be left to military men. — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
In order to get inside their skin, I have to identify with them. That includes even the ones who are complete bastards, nasty, twisted, deeply… — George R. R. Martin

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