Serious Quotes

3122 Serious quotes by 2259 unique authors

I don't want to make pompous, serious films; I like films that have a kind of vivacity about them. — Danny Boyle
Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech… — Louis D. Brandeis
I've played with IVs before, during and after games. I've played with a broken hand, a sprained ankle, a torn shoulder, a fractured tooth, a… — Kobe Bryant
I am quite serious when I say that I do not believe there are, on the whole earth besides, so many intensified bores as in… — Warren Buffett
I've always been in serious relationships. I meet someone and date him for a long period. I don't sit there thinking, like, 'I wonder if… — Gisele Bundchen
You think that the heads of state only have serious conversations, but they actually often begin really with the weather or, 'I really like your… — Madeleine Albright
Most serious writers refuse to make themselves available to the things that technology is doing. I've never been able to understand this sort of fear. — William S. Burroughs
Bob Altman had this relaxed but serious attitude. Everybody loved him. I wanted him to adopt me. — Steve Buscemi
I didn't think I'd ever be able to do movies. That was for serious actors. — Steve Buscemi
But let me tell you, this gender thing is history. You're looking at a guy who sat down with Margaret Thatcher across the table and… — George H. W. Bush
The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously. — Samuel Butler
If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death. — Samuel Butler
If the world market believed that we were serious about energy independence and we were going to utilize all of our own existing resources, the… — Herman Cain
And we've got to ask ourselves some very serious questions as to whether or not certain religious leaders, in terms of raising money - I… — Tony Campolo
There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide. — Albert Camus
The Republicans have put together serious detailed counter-proposals when we have objected to this administration's agenda. And so, I want to tell the President and… — Eric Cantor
I got this idea of doing a really serious big work-it would be precisely like a novel, with a single difference: Every word of it… — Truman Capote
I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution. — Andrew Carnegie
I could definitely see myself making a serious movie or a drama in the future. — Adam Carolla
It's a very good time for horror. This business certainly has changed, but there's still room for serious horror films. Look at 28 Days Later,… — John Carpenter
I'm very serious about no alcohol, no drugs. Life is too beautiful. — Jim Carrey
My idea, as the whole world knows, is that the capitalist system now doesn't work either for the United States or the world, driving it… — Fidel Castro
People often can't separate, or can't understand, that to be funny is to be serious; it's a way of pulling people in and not scaring… — Nick Cave
The word 'leukemia' is a very frightening word. In many instances, it's a killer and it's something that you have to deal with in a… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
All my pictures are built around the idea of getting in trouble and so giving me the chance to be desperately serious in my attempt… — Charlie Chaplin

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