Serious Quotes

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We must take away the government's credit card. With limits on both tax revenue and borrowing, the Federal government would finally be forced to get… — Alan Keyes
Women are but the toys which amuse our lighter hours---ambition is the serious business of life. — Walter Scott
When it becomes serious, you have to lie. — Jean-Claude Juncker
I'm ready to be insulted as being insufficiently democratic, but I want to be serious ... I am for secret, dark debates — Jean-Claude Juncker
I am now satisfied that the future music of this country must be founded upon what are called negro melodies. This must be the real… — Antonin Dvorak
What can be considered human emotions? Surely not only lyricism, sadness, tragedy? Doesn't laughter also have a claim to that lofty title? I want to… — Dmitri Shostakovich
I am not an angel and do not pretend to be. That is not one of my roles. But I am not a devil, either.… — Maria Callas
In the end, art is small beer. The really serious things are earning one's living so as not to be a parasite and loving one's… — Wystan Hugh Auden
The great political tragedy of our time is that conservative leaders in America have chosen to use their superior messaging and political skills to thwart… — Joseph J. Romm
In England it is enough for a man to try and produce any serious, beautiful work to lose all his rights as a citizen. — Oscar Wilde
You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. — Rahm Emanuel
It is not the fault of the entrepreneurs that the consumers,the people, the common man,prefer liquor to Bibles and detective stories to serious books, and… — Ludwig von Mises
Controversial daily radio host. Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by seeking to provoke others to serious criminal acts and fostering hatred which might… — Michael Savage
All serious art is being destroyed by commerce. Most people don't want art to be disturbing. They want it to be escapist. I don't think… — Edward Albee
In my opinion, the trombone is the true head of the family of wind instruments, which I have named the 'epic' one. It possesses nobility… — Hector Berlioz
Perhaps the most serious complaint you could make about Bach is that he has every quality of humanity except imperfection. — Jeremy Denk
Jesus and Paul were serious dudes. They had teeth missing. Jesus was a carpenter, Paul was in prison. These guys didn’t eat tofu dogs and… — Mark Driscoll
I realize that homosexuality is a serious problem for anyone who is - but then, of course, heterosexuality is a serious problem for anyone who… — Edward Gorey
The transmission of human life is a most serious role in which married people collaborate freely and responsibly with God the Creator. — Pope Paul VI
Even in the era of AIDS, sex raises no unique moral issues at all. Decisions about sex may involve considerations about honesty, concern for others,… — Peter Singer
Suppose I grant that pigs and dogs are self-aware to some degree, and do have thoughts about things in the future. That would provide some… — Peter Singer
Diet, injections, and injunctions will combine, from a very early age, to produce the sort of character and the sort of beliefs that the authorities… — Bertrand Russell
Life is too serious to be taken seriously. — Mike Leonard
He liked to play chess and do intelligent things, and I was a serious drinker and nonthinker. — Warren G. Harding
A lot of my rhymes are just to get chuckles out of people. Anybody with half a brain is going to be able to tell… — Eminem

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