Serious Things Quotes

25 quotes by 23 authors

In every man there is a hidden child which is called the urge to create and he prefers as play things and serious things not… — Christian Morgenstern
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
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
I love acting, and that's my passion. So I would love to do more movies and some serious things — Selena
It is my belief, you cannot deal with the most serious things in the world unless you understand the most amusing. — Winston Churchill
You sharpen your ideas by reducing yourself to the level of the people you are with and a sense of humour and a complete relaxation,… — Nelson Mandela
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
I think that you have to seriously have fun, or taking serious things in a light way and obviously, for me, before all, music is… — Jean Michel Jarre
Still, life carries on. Exams to be examined. Serious things to be thingied. — Louise Rennison
Serious things cannot be understood without laughable things, nor opposites at all without opposites. — Plato
Putting a man in space is a stunt: the man can do no more than an instrument, in fact can do less. There are far… — Vannevar Bush
I think that comedy is one of the more serious things that you can do in our day, especially in the world that we're living… — Antonio Banderas
I always assumed I would leave drama school and do 'Lady Macbeth' and all sorts of serious things. It just didn't happen. — Olivia Colman
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end. — Henry David Thoreau
She knew that she belonged to this man, body and soul. Every trace of shame departed; it was burnt out by the fire that consumed… — Aleister Crowley
You know," he (Tweedledee) added very gravely, "it's one of the most serious things that can possibly happen to one in a battle--to get one's… — Lewis Carroll
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end, an… — Henry David Thoreau
We should treat all the trivial things of life seriously, and all the serious things of life with sincere and studied triviality. — Oscar Wilde
You who so plod amid serious things that you feel it shame to give yourself up even for a few short moments to mirth and… — Howard Pyle
I want to write about serious things, but I want to write about them in a way that makes them accessible to a large number… — Sebastian Faulks

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23 authors contributed a total of 25 Serious Things Quotes as follows: