Quotes About Seriousness

This is hardly a time for gentler pursuits.

To by?a sprawa ?ycia i ?mierci, a ona jest osob? kompetentn?. Nie jakim? mazgajem, nie dzieciakiem, ale osob? kompetentn?.

I hated the company of other children. I wanted to be a grownup person, to be taken seriously. I hated the idea of childhood; I thought it was a moment of endless stupidity.

Sebastian never does anything just for fun." Jace took Clary's hand and pulled her toward him. "But I do.

Will's face turned grave. "Be careful with it, though. It's six hundred years old and the only copy of its kind. Losing or damaging it is punishable by death under the Law." Tessa thrust the book away from her as if it were on fire. "You can't be serious." "You're right. I'm not." Will leapt down from the ladder and landed lightly in front of her. "You do believe everything I say, though, don't you? Do I seem unusually trustworthy to you, or are you just a naive sort?

Raphael snapped, "This isn't funny." "That's why no one's laughing." Jace stood, hauling Raphael upright, jamming the tip of his knife between Raphael's shoulder blades.

Raphael snapped, "This isn't funny." "That's why no one's laughing." -Raphael & Jace, pg.272-

The trouble was, September didn't know what sort of story she was in. Was it a merry one or a serious one? How ought she to act? If it was merry, she might dash after a Spoon and it would all be a grand adventure, with funny rhymes and somersaults and a grand party at the end with red lanterns. But if it was a serious tale, she might have to do something important, something involving with snow and arrows and enemies.

Flowers are always more serious than they appear.

Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.

If you wish your audience to cry, you must shed tears yourself, but if you wish to make them laugh you must contrive to look as serious as a judge.

If you want to make people laugh, your face must remain serious.

Sabe como são os jovens, levam tudo terrivelmente a sério, é a maldição dessa idade.

The seriousness of madmen is one of the most exhausting realities.

Comedy, of course, lives for serious moments.

Speaking with John McWhorter] I take umbrage at the lionisation of lightweight, empty-suited, empty-headed motherfuckers like Ibram X. Kendi. Who couldn't carry my book bag. He hasn't read a fucking thing. If you ask him what Nietzsche said, he would have no idea. He's an unserious, superficial, empty-suited, lightweight - he's not our equal, not even close.

For sad if obvious reasons, women (especially white women who are seduced by access to the powerful) are the only discriminated-against group whose members seem to think that, if they don't take themselves seriously, someone else will.

The art of life is being extremely serious about it and not caring about it at all, both at the same time.

We've got to have a little humor in our lives. You had better take seriously that which should be taken seriously but, at the same time, we can bring in a touch of humor now and again. If the time ever comes when we can't smile at ourselves, it will be a sad time.

Sir Julian Hove was, to use the most comprehensive term, a martinet. He was likewise a man utterly without humor.

Feeling foolish, I scowled at her. "Does it amuse you to mock me, my lady?" "A little." Refreshed by sleep, her eyes sparkled unrepentantly. "You are so very serious, my shadow.

responsibility itself must cohabit with frivolity, this need not be cause for gloom.

Que la vida iba en serio uno lo empieza a comprender más tarde

John looked with a child's impenetrable gravity into the preacher's face, as though he were turning this question over in his mind and would answer when he had thought it