Serious Quotes

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One of the problems we have as writers is we don't take ourselves seriously while writing; being serious is setting aside a time and saying… — Maya Angelou
What's needed in this case is conscious and serious practice in hearing, and using, and being used by, other people's voices. — Ursula K. Le Guin
Most people use music as a couch; they want to be pillowed on it, relaxed and consoled for the stress of daily living. But serious… — Aaron Copland
One of the most serious human defects in all ages is procrastination, an unwillingness to accept personal responsibilities now. Men came to earth consciously to… — Spencer W. Kimball
This is a wonderful time to be living here on earth. Our opportunities are limitless. While there are some things wrong in the world today,… — Thomas S. Monson
The choice of euthanasia becomes more serious when it takes the form of a murder committed by others on a person who has in no… — Pope John Paul II
Chess continues to advance over time, so the players of the future will inevitably surpass me in the quality of their play, assuming the rules… — Garry Kasparov
For a game it is too serious, for seriousness too much of a game. — Moses Mendelssohn
Chess never has been and never can be aught but a recreation. It should not be indulged in to the detriment of other and more… — Paul Morphy
I see no difference between my pictures that people consider amusing and the rest. To me, it's all serious work - they're just a reaction… — Elliott Erwitt
On Saturday morning, one of the two teams still unbeaten in the Premiership occupied a modest seventh place. It is an illustration of the relentless… — Pete Gill
Photography has always reminded me of the second child.. trying to prove itself. The fact that it wasn't really considered an art.. that it was… — Richard Avedon
Whether the teacher is authoritarian, undisciplined, competent, incompetent, serious, irresponsible, involved, a lover of people and of life, cold, angry with the world, bureaucratic, excessively… — Paulo Freire
The problems of language here are really serious. We wish to speak in some way about the structure of the atoms. But we cannot speak… — Werner Heisenberg
He who aspires to be a serious wine drinker must drink claret. — Samuel Johnson
What all great teachers appear to have in common is love of their subject, an obvious satisfaction in rousing this love in their students, and… — Joseph Epstein
This is a very serious matter, because it is our children who are the prize for this community, they are specifically targeting our children. — Michele Bachmann
... I think Finance is the one that everybody aspires to, who's serious in politics, because that's where the real decisions are taken and I… — Lucinda Creighton
I am not a Tory moderniser for I believe marriage can only be between a man and a woman. I shall not surrender my principles.… — Unknown Author
I think the clearest manifestation for anyone who doubts that racism and classism exist in America, all one need do is take a real serious… — Tim McDonald
When life is suddenly more serious more of the time, there is also more need for it to be fun at least some of the… — Thomas Boswell
Americans of all ages, all stations in life, and all types of disposition are forever forming associations. There are not only commercial and industrial associations… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Democracy, in the United States rhetoric refers to a system of governance in which elite elements based in the business community control the state by… — Noam Chomsky
Some of the most serious fallacies of traditional economics have been due to confusion between optimum and equilibrium conditions; the apparent influence of Dr. Pangloss… — Sir John Richard Hicks
There have been people.. ever since I've had any kind of position in the world.. who have accused me of being ruler of the world.… — David Rockefeller

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