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Quotes About Serious

There are those who say I'm impatient, impetuous, uppity, rude, profane, brash and overbearing…. But whatever I am—and this ought to be made very clear at the outset—I am a very serious woman.
~ Bella Abzug
but these guys were also so pitiful—I pictured them sitting in their La-Z-Boys, working up the courage to make their obscene call, maybe jacking off after from all the excitement, if not during—I couldn't really take them seriously, or only took them seriously as specimens of the ugly fragility of masculinity.
~ Ben Lerner
All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world.
~ Benjamin Franklin
I will take a serious approach to a subject usually treated lightly, which is a nerdy thing to do.
~ Benjamin Nugent
The word 'socialism' on my poster has not lost me a single vote. People will support you if you're serious. My complaint about the Labour movement is that it hasn't done any teaching for 40 years; it has always been on the defensive. Thatcher was successful because she was a teacher. Her values, of course, were rotten.
~ benn tony iii
For a thinking person, the most serious mental illness is not being sure of who you are.
~ Benoît B. Mandelbrot
Everywhere, you have a fatigue for reform... that's very serious.
~ Jose Angel Gurria
Despite reforms in steroid control, serious problems still occur in and out of baseball.
~ Jim Sensenbrenner
Unless there is a strong movement of citizens, who are the consumers of justice, we are hardly likely to see any serious judicial reforms in this country.
~ Prashant Bhushan
If we refuse to accept as inevitable the irresponsibility and educational unconcern of the adolescent culture, then this poses a serious challenge.
~ James S. Coleman
The Senate should refuse to confirm nominees who do not take Congressional power seriously.
~ Adam Cohen
We have a serious problem in this country, and that is securing this country and making sure that the rule of law's upheld. And I applaud Arizona in regards to this.
~ Paul Gosar
We are going to learn how to relate to the Earth and our own natural environment here by looking seriously at space colony ecologies.
~ Rusty Schweickart
Issues related to investor-state disputes are a matter of serious concern. It is something which we have to apply our minds to.
~ Nirmala Sitharaman
The advancement of democracy and human rights is as serious a business as anything we do in our foreign policy and cannot be treated as an afterthought in our relations with great powers.
~ Tom Malinowski
When that second airplane hit the building, we all changed. We need to get back to some serious thinking.
~ Steven Tyler
Honestly, self-care is not fluffy - it's something we should take seriously.
~ Kris Carr
Leading the SMU men's basketball program is an honor and a responsibility that I take very seriously.
~ Larry Brown
Apparently, I have such a serious race face, even when I'm doing a bit of work, at first everybody wasn't sure if I was enjoying it or not. But it's absolutely exhilarating. It feels like you're one with your horse and you're flying.
~ Victoria Pendleton
When I'm doing a drama, I wish I was doing something funny. When I'm doing something funny, I wish I was doing something more serious. I think it's just human nature.
~ Alan Ruck
My position is that serious and good art has always existed to help, to serve, humanity. Not to indict. I don't see how art can be called art if its purpose is to frustrate humanity.
~ Chinua Achebe
I find any sort of acting that doesn't have any humor in it is mind-numbingly boring. 'Serious acting' is the kind of acting that I don't ever respond to.
~ Andrew Scott
Comedy has a way of dealing with serious issues and finding humour in it.
~ Eddie Griffin
I don't think that 'No Man's Land' is a comedy. I think that it's a serious film with a good sense of humour.
~ Danis Tanovic