Serious Quotes

Almost all serious stories in the world are stories of failure with a death in it. But there is more lost paradise in them than defeat.

Humour is not a postscript or an incidental afterthought - rather it is a serious and weighty part of the world's economy.

I love scrapes. They are the only things that are never serious." "Oh, that's nonsense, Algy. You never talk anything but nonsense." "Nobody ever does.

In England it is enough for a man to try and produce any serious, beautiful work to lose all his rights as a citizen.

We should treat all the trivial things of life seriously, and all the serious things of life with sincere and studied triviality.

The more serious you are about spiritual life, the more you keep your mind in captivity.

Zen is non-serious. Zen has a tremendous sense of humor. No other religion has evolved so much that it can have that sense of humor.

Don't be serious about seriousness. Laugh about it, be a little foolish. Don't condemn foolishness; it has its own beauties.

Serious writers write, inspired or not. Over time they discover that routine is a better friend than inspiration.

Cities of mortals woe-begone Fantastic care derides, But in the serious landscape lone Stern benefit abides.

I was having serious issues with becoming a diabetic.

I played a lot of other sports at school and just one day the golf bug bit me and I started playing serious golf from when I was ten years old.

We need to do whatever we can, legally and within our power, to remove Donald Trump from office as fast as possible before something serious happens in this country.

That memory made a lump form in my throat as I remembered his face, serious and gorgeous, those brown eyes intense and passionate as he spoke up for me and convinced the others of my value.

I always love it whenever Rose delivers one of her witty one-liners—particularly when it’s a completely serious situation. The contrast always amuses me, but then, I’m biased.

Seth and I had broken up twice and while I usually accepted that he had moved on, I knew that I would love him forever. For me, forever was a serious matter" - Georgina about

I nodded. "Yup. What I did was tantamount to treason in their eyes." "I don't know what 'tantamount' means, but it sounds pretty serious.

The problem with having so many people call me by nicknames was that when someone called me by my actual name, it usually meant something serious was happening.

I think Adrian really likes you. Like, in a wanting-to-be-serious way." "Nope. He likes me in a wanting-to-get-the-clothes-off-the-cute-dhampir way.

That's pretty weird—and when I say something's weird, you know it's serious.

But... you're still getting married?" Grover sounded hurt. "Who's the bride?" Ploypemus looked toward the boiling pot. Clarisse made a strangled sound. "Oh, no! You can't be serious. I'm not-

So, destroy?" Cal asked. Clearly, the conversation was giving his two brain cells a serious workout.

Any time you get serious about using your life the way God wants you to use it, there are going to be people who oppose it.

I'm about to read Scott Turow's 'Innocent.' I've been hungry for this book since he first told me it was in the works. I'm a serious Turow fan.

Our effort was a serious effort, genuine effort, to open the door for peace, unfortunately, the Security Council is not ready to listen to that message.

I want to be fair here. If we're going to be talking about transparency and disclosure, Donald Trump has not released a single piece of serious information about his health.

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 for oneself and wishes to reproduce.

[Boxer is] the ultimate tool for the serious pro' that can't afford the time and patience to mess around with lesser products.

I got interested in the question of literacy because writers are always moaning about why more people don't read books. They long for the good old days when people read serious novels.

Environmental regulation looked like it was going to be under serious attack, and they were giving all of those speeches about getting government off people's backs.

I think Donald Trump has gotten China's attention to a degree that his predecessors have not that this is a very serious matter for the United States.

A nation's wealth is too serious a matter to be left to the wealthy. The riches of a nation belong to all, to be shared among all for the general welfare.

There is no perception among the American people, nor their elected representatives, that there is a serious problem that needs fixing.

There's a problem of terrorism in the world. There's always been terrorism. There will be terrorism. You have to deal with it surgically. You have to deal with it in a serious way.

Any serious effort to reform the media system would have to necessarily be part of a revolutionary program to overthrow the capitalist system itself.

Very few [doctors] are men of science in any very serious sense; they're men of technique.

All real fantasy is serious. Only faked fantasy is not serious. That is why it is so wrong to impose faked fantasy on children.

Most comedians I know are quite serious, anxious people who find life rather difficult. As a consequence, they make people laugh.

I think if I was ever really going to be more serious about writing I'd have to try and find some way to do it with other people. I do find the silence kind of eerie.

If I'm in something funny, I like to try and find some kind of serious line in it that people can relate to.

I think I've inspired a lot of people, and I'm one, if I get a letter and someone's in serious shape, I'll call them. I relate to these people.

Sports Illustrated is very serious about their covers. They'll never say, like, 'Oh you got it.'

They think I'm depressed because I look serious in photos. It's usually because I'm just nervous. But I've stopped dressing for other people. If I think I look good, that's the most important thing.

I often do very serious roles, but really I am a big clown.

The gossip is like chocolate - a small indulgence in an otherwise serious diet.

Without a serious study of journalism, there can be no understanding of citizenship, democracy, or community.

Man-made global warming was a potential serious threat, and NASA wanted Congress to fund new satellites to study the problem. It was a team effort to get that accomplished.

I want to carve out a serious period of time to focus on the next opera without any distractions. And to do that you need money.

The reality is that we've seen the last of any serious price wars for a long time. I don't think any of the others could afford it, certainly not on a long-term basis.

If Boris [Johnson] backtracks on serious things there'll be another bloody revolt.