Serious Quotes

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The importation and sale of marijuana is condemned and punished as a serious crime, but we accept as legitimate the manufacture and sale of an… — Jimmy Carter
So long as large sums of money are involved - and they are bound to be if drugs are illegal - it is literally impossible… — Milton Friedman
I was in college, it was my first year of college when I got the show, so I've been kinda' partying a lot and drinking… — Topher Grace
Moral stimulation is good but moral complacency is the most dangerous habit of mind we can develop, and that danger is serious and ever-present. — Joseph Grew
Every serious-minded person knows that a large part of the effort required in moral discipline consists in the courage needed to acknowledge the unpleasant consequences… — John Dewey
A short term view will lead to a partial and perhaps twisted view of the whole picture. A crucial element may be missing. We may… — Max De Pree
Our popular economics writers, however, are not in the business of giving their readers a ringside seat on the research action; with no exception I… — Paul Krugman
One cannot overstate the childishness of the ideas that feed and stir the masses. Real ideas must as a rule be simplified to the level… — Sebastian Haffner
At George Mason University I saw Hoppe present a lecture in which he claimed that Ludwig von Mises had set the intellectual foundation for not… — Tom G. Palmer
The moment you start seeing life as non-serious, a playfulness, all the burden on your heart disappears. All the fear of death, of life, of… — Rajneesh
My dreams for the future are simple: work, a happy, healthy family, a lovely long motorcycle ride, and continuing the struggle to awaken people to… — Mike Farrell
No serious sociologist any longer believes that the voice of the people expresses any divine or specially wise and lofty idea. The voice of the… — Edward Bernays
You never feel good when you lie. It doesn't matter how much you want something, if you lie to somebody you love, and they actually,… — Randa Abdel-Fattah
When you deal with a man, deal with his most valuable possession, his life. There's play and there's the deep flow. I like to take… — Huey Newton
Being overweight and obesity are major risk factors for many chronic diseases for South Dakotans of all ages. When people are overweight or obese, they… — Mike Rounds
All suggested accounts of the origin of the solar system are subject to serious objections. The conclusion in the present state of the subject would… — Harold Jeffreys
I'm not a big theory person. So when I get asked questions that demand serious statements, I just make it up. — Albert Oehlen
The notebooks of Paul Brunton represent the acme of wisdom on the nature of human spirituality. Every serious student of this subject will profit enormously… — Unknown Author
Janet's a serious racer with some good race-car stuff. She can get the job done. I respect her as a racer. — Neil Bonnett
One of the most serious errors, if not the most serious error, committed by colonial powers in Africa, may have been to ignore or underestimate… — Amilcar Cabral
We are in the realm not of logic but of wistfulness, and I must maintain that wistfulness is a respectable, serious condition. How, otherwise, to… — Joseph O'Neill
Most social acts have to be understood in their setting, and lose meaning if isolated. No error in thinking about social facts is more serious… — Solomon Asch
Most of our country's serious problems can be laid at the feet of Congress and the White House and not at capitalism. — Walter E. Williams
Now is the time to get serious about living your ideals. Once you have determined the spiritual principles you wish to exemplify, abide by these… — Epictetus
I am only serious about 20% of the time; one of the great joys of my life is the fact that I alone know when… — Mark Richards

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