Serious Quotes

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If anyone would have been paying serious attention to my puppet shows, I would have been sent to therapy very young. — Bob Balaban
A lot of times when I sit down with the other comics and try to talk theory, they say I'm being too serious. — Joel Hodgson
If the president is going to use so much language of theology and the Bible, then let's use that language for a serious discussion about… — Jim Wallis
Of course the other and more serious way in which it all happens is that one finds in poems and language some quality one appropriates… — Robert Fitzgerald
This is a serious, serious condition that is also called postpartum psychosis. And that's where, literally, you get so bad that you end up either… — Marie Osmond
He was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul. . . . He was naturally… — John Dryden
Nothing in this world is more inspiring than a soul up against crippling circumstances who carries it off with courage and faith and undefeated character-nothing!… — Harry Emerson Fosdick
My father described me as the oldest baby he'd ever seen. I apparently was very serious and reflective. — Tim Robbins
We don't need women. There are plenty other things in the world to have sex with, just go to a sexaholics meeting and take notes.… — Chuck Palahniuk
I know of no serious proposals that would change the way Social Security operates for today's seniors. — Mac Thornberry
Iran poses the most serious long-term threat to regional stability. — Ehud Barak
Every article I wrote in those days, every speech I made, is full of pleading for the recognition of lead poisoning as a real and… — Alice Hamilton
But my shift to the serious study of economics gradually weakened my belief in Major Douglas's A+B theorem, which was replaced in my thought by… — James Meade
There are so few strong roles for women, especially young women. And Veronica is very serious but also very likable. She's a lone wolf, and… — Kristen Bell
Being a funny person does an awful lot of things to you. You feel that you mustn't get serious with people. They don't expect it… — Fanny Brice
It would be a serious oversight to limit our understanding of the impact of theology to strictly religious art, and overlook its pervasive role in… — John Walford
To succeed at the level I want to you have to be focused and serious. — Unknown Author
One common behavior of late Stage 3 [in the process of a company's decline] is when those in power blame other people or external factors-… — Susan Collins
If your friend is already dead, and being eaten by vultures, I think it's okay to feed some bits of your friend to one of… — Jack Handey
Barring serious accidents, if you are not preoccupied with worry and you work hard, you can look forward to a reasonably lengthy existence.... Its not… — Thomas A. Edison
Anyone who doesn't love animals has a serious hole in the heart. — Laurence Overmire
Cancer Is an opportunity to sit down and look into yourself and find the answers. Yes, it's serious, but it's not the end-all. — Melissa Etheridge
"Solid wastes" are the discarded leftovers of our advanced consumer society. This growing mountain of garbage and trash represents not only an attitude of indifference… — Jimmy Carter
Hard work opens doors and shows the world that you are serious about being one of those rare - and special - human beings that… — Robin Sharma
....the globalization that characterizes today's economics goes beyond or eludes the sovereignty of individual states, and thus the power of their rulers. It is not… — Patricio Aylwin

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