Taken Seriously Quotes

135 quotes by 119 authors

When I was 17, I worked in a mentoring program in Harlem designed to improve the community. That's when I first gained an appreciation of… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Human affairs are not serious, but they have to be taken seriously. — Iris Murdoch
Art is too serious to be taken seriously. — Ad Reinhardt
If the Tenth Amendment were still taken seriously, most of the federal government's present activities would not exist. That's why no one in Washington ever… — Thomas Woods
The assertion that 'culture' explains human variation will be taken seriously when there are reports of women war parties raiding villages to capture men as… — John Tooby
It is now 14 years since I first suggested that organic farming might have some benefits and ought to be taken seriously. I shall never… — Prince Charles
The civilized have created the wretched, quite coldly and deliberately, and do not intend to change the status quo; are responsible for their slaughter and… — James A. Baldwin
I think that the Bible as literature should be a compulsory part of the national curriculum.. you can't understand English literature and culture without it.… — Richard Dawkins
I don't have a burning desire to be taken seriously as an actor. I don't have a master plan in that way. — Ben Stiller
I don't think Hollywood per se is supposed to be taken seriously, otherwise, dear Lord, that would be frightening. — Brittany Murphy
There is no more terrible fate for a comedian than to be taken seriously. — Barry Humphries
Anyway, I went out and bought thousands of dollars worth of mature clothes so I'd look like a person to be taken seriously, instead of… — Shelley Duvall
The Miami Dolphins have to be taken seriously. Here's a team that seems to be jelling. — Al Michaels
Ten years ago, desalination was the crazy aunt in the attic. That's changed. It is now entering the mainstream and being taken seriously. — Barry Nelson
I've been messing around in the studio the last couple of years. But I don't want to worry about being taken seriously as a singer.… — Rebecca Romijn
The views of the Contact Group member-states must be taken seriously, as well as the guidelines set out in their document on Kosovo, which clearly… — Martti Ahtisaari
Sometimes doubting is not a lack of faith, but an expression of it. Sometimes to doubt is to merely insist that God be taken seriously… — Mark Buchanan
Children, after all, are not just adults-in-the-making. They are people whose current needs and rights and experiences must be taken seriously. — Alfie Kohn
It may not always feel wonderful. but you're out there doing it. You're running while others are just walking. Or sitting around. I mean, come… — Deborah Reber
Whenever the Christian idea of meditation is taken seriously, there are those who assume it is synonymous with the concept of meditation centered in Eastern… — Richard J. Foster

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