Serious Quotes

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Exposure to some pesticides during infancy, even at very low levels, can lead to serious life-long consequences if the pesticides disrupt hormone-driven developmental processes. — Charles Benbrook
Rising oil prices have focused the world's attention on the depletion of oil reserves. But the depletion of underground water resources from overpumping is a… — Lester R. Brown
Many organic practices simply make sense, regardless of what overall agricultural system is used. Far from being a quaint throwback to an earlier time, organic… — David Suzuki
Mr. McCabe thinks that I am not serious but only funny, because Mr. McCabe thinks that funny is the opposite of serious. Funny is the… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
We are more connected than ever before, more able to spread our ideas and beliefs, our anger and fears. As we exercise the right to… — William J. Clinton
And that works for me. So that if this is it, you better take it at its right proportion. That there are serious things, but… — William Shatner
Zen's greatest contribution is to give you an alternative to the serious man. The serious man has made the world, the serious man has made… — Rajneesh
We are always afraid to start something that we want to make very good, true, and serious. — Brenda Ueland
There is something so far-fetched and so extravagant in the idea of danger to liberty from the militia that one is at a loss whether… — Alexander Hamilton
We may be assured by past experience, that such a practice [as some states charging high taxes on goods from other states] would be introduced… — James Madison
From the dim morning hours of history when the father was king and priest down to this modern time of history's high noon when nations… — Woodrow Wilson
Don't market yourself. Editors and readers don't know what they want until they see it. Scratch what itches. Write what you need to write, feed… — Donald Murray
I have never acknowledged the difference between serious music and light music. There is only good music and bad music. — Kurt Weill
The essence of my lyrics is the desire for peace and harmony. That's all anyone has ever wanted. How could it become outdated?...We are trying… — Robert Plant
There are no limitations with a song. To me a song is a little piece of art. It can be whatever you like it to… — Laura Nyro
Fifteen years ago, if you said business will help save the environment people would have laughed at you. Today, I believe this is a serious… — Tony Blair
The chief reason warfare is still with us is neither a secret death-wish of the human species, nor an irrepressible instinct of aggression, nor, finally… — Hannah Arendt
Why should a lobster be any more ridiculous than a dog? ... or a cat, or a gazelle, or a lion, or any other animal… — Gerard De Nerval
Most of the time, the songs have jokes in them, little sarcastic things, or purposely kitsch or something. So that's going along with a story,… — Paul Simon
All I know is when I start getting serious about songwriting... it's like a playground. All responsibilities slip away and you're with your essence. There… — Laura Nyro
I think of myself as a serious artist. Sometimes you can get in your head too much about that and forget that you have to… — Tim McGraw
There's something about comedy, funny things, that people want to pass them along. Serious things and personal things are much more privately enjoyed. That's why… — Jonathan Coulton
Be serious. Life hurts. Reflect what hurts. I don't mean that you can't also be funny, or have fun, but at the end of the… — John Irving
As a songwriter, you're allowed to write anything, and as a person, I am all colors in the rainbow. I've been through everything, you know,… — Dolly Parton
The evidence that at least one extraterrestrial civilization has visited Earth is extensive both in scope and detail. In its totality it comprises a body… — Steven M. Greer

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