Hate Quote by Julian Barnes

People say that I am always serious and depressing, but it seems to me that the English are never serious - they are flippant,…

— Anita Brookner

Humor is practically the only thing about which the English are utterly serious.

— Malcolm Muggeridge

People sometimes mistake being serious with being taken seriously.

— Patrick Dempsey

It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things.

— Robert M. Hutchins

I think it has something to do with being British. We don't take ourselves as seriously as some other countries do. I think a…

— Joan Collins

It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in joke.

— Plautus

I don't believe in being serious about anything. I think life is too serious to be taken seriously.

— Ray Bradbury

Being serious is serious business in fiction. It's commercial or hoi polloi in fiction to be funny. It's too accessible to the great unwashed.

— Joshua Ferris

You can't be serious all the time. You got to mix it up.

— PnB Rock

I don't take myself too seriously, I try to always encourage people when they come to see me that nothing is really serious.

— Bianca Del Rio

Actually, I think it's quite sensible not to take yourself too seriously.

— Charles Kennedy

Life is much too serious to be taken seriously.

— Vicki Lawrence