Quotes About Seriousness

There's that initial reticence for some athletes to take you seriously.

You manage your injuries if you're serious about fighting.

I think ballet has influenced my personality a lot in the sense that I am very disciplined in all of my endeavours. I am always on time; I take things very seriously. I've built up my inner strength and self-esteem over time as I've improved as a dancer.

I've become a much more serious young insect.

Basic Instinct 2' is camp, not because it takes itself too seriously, nor because it sends itself up, but because we are not sure quite how seriously it wants us to take it.

Some people will say about me, 'If he was more serious he would play much better tennis.' But I would be different. Maybe I would not have my instincts right. And if I'm too crazy, it's not good either. So the balance is never easy to find. I am as I am.

When you come from FTII, people take you seriously. The environment at the institute is very conducive to learning.

I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront to your intelligence.

I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would affront your intelligence.

I think I'm drawn to writing about something which feels intense and important.

I think it's fair to say I'm attracted to playing characters who are rather intense.

I know fashion can be intensely goofy, but it is something I've always taken pretty seriously.

Maybe I've just been incredibly fortunate, but there's a level of dedication, devotion, intensity and seriousness around me every day.

Go on, then, and let your intent be seriousness.

Joan Blondell] biographer, Matthew Kennedy, quotes her as admitting, "If I had taken myself more seriously . . . if I had fought for better roles as, say, Bette Davis did . . . I think I might have been a damned good dramatic actress. But it was just my way; I don't think I ever had the security of feeling confident in myself, really, ever. I used to think, 'I'm just lucky to be here!

A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values.

Things can be funny only when we are in fun. When we're 'dead earnest ' humor is the only thing that is dead.

Recette pour aller mieux. Répéter souvent ces trois phrases : le bonheur n'existe pas. L'amour est impossible. Rien n'est grave.

The cross shows the seriousness of our sin— but it also shows us the immeasurable love of God.

Sin then is not a toy with which to play but a terror to be shunned.

We laughed about a lot of things that we should have taken more seriously. But no matter how serious or dangerous the situation was, we always found something to laugh about later on. It always seemed better to laugh than to cry. We had to laugh to keep from crying.

In many ways, the cause of Christ is hurt most, not when it is vigorously denounced and fought against, but when it is laughed at and not taken seriously.

In my view, there is nothing more vicious and outrageous than the abuse, exploitation and harm of the most vulnerable members of our society, and I firmly believe that our nation's laws and resources need to reflect the seriousness of these terrible crimes.

Marriage is this grand madness, and I think if people knew that, they would perhaps take it more seriously.