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Quotes About Seriousness

'Rubberneck' has nothing to do with comedy, nor does it follow comedic people.
~ Alex Karpovsky
I'm not interested in entertainment.
~ Howard Barker
I was always humorous by nature but, maybe, no one noticed it. Or, maybe, I looked just too intense or serious to others.
~ Abhinav Bindra
Zidane is a respectful person, he knows what he wants and we are there to obey and to the best we can. He has his sense of humor, but in the training sessions we must be serious.
~ Keylor Navas
I do not take my obligations as a senator lightly.
~ Tom Cotton
We are obsessed with image. I don't think we should take it that seriously.
~ Geri Halliwell
I do not think that obsession is funny or that not being able to stop one's intensity is funny.
~ Jim Dine
There have been occasions when some people have taken me very seriously.
~ Limmy
Very serious, very serious. You can't get in without a reason.
~ Norton Juster
She was beginning to fear she had married a man whom she could not take seriously.
~ Olivia Manning
Hayati ciddiye almayi, gencligimde romanlari ciddiye alarak ogrendim. Edebi romanlar bize hayati ciddiye almayi, her seyin elimizde oldugunu, kisisel kararlarimizin hayatimizi sekillendirdigini gostererek ogretir.
~ Orhan Pamuk
El talento de un ilustrador se basa en estar absolutamente atento a la belleza del instante presente y tomárselo todo en serio, hasta el menor detalle, mientras al mismo tiempo es capaz de retirarse un paso y, como si lo observara en un espejo, introducir entre él y el mundo, que tan en serio se toma a sí mismo, su habilidad y la distancia que le proporciona la ironía.
~ Orhan Pamuk
Si può giocare tutto il giorno, ma sentirsi molto più seri di chiunque altro. Prendere sul serio l'essenza e l'immediatezza della vita con un'ingenuità propria solo dei bambini.
~ Orhan Pamuk
Si può giocare tutto il giorno, ma sentirsi molto più seri di chiunque altro.
~ Orhan Pamuk
Ferhat came in one evening with a book called Examples of Beautiful Love Letters and How to Write Them. To make sure they took it seriously, he read a selection of possible forms of address out loud, but Mevlut always found reason to object. He couldn't address Rayiha as "Ma'am." Both "Dear Ma'am" and "Little Lady" sounded equally strange. (Still, the word "little" definitely worked.)
~ Orhan Pamuk
He toyed with the idea of trying to be like the other boys. But he couldn't think of any jokes, and none of theirs seemed funny. Wherever their laughter came from, Ender couldn't find such a place in himself. He was afraid, and fear made him serious.
~ Orson Scott Card
It was funny. The adults taking all this so seriously, and the children playing along, playing along, believing it too until suddenly the adults went too far, tried too hard, and the children could see through their game.
~ Orson Scott Card
Tenía miedo, y el miedo le ponía serio.
~ Orson Scott Card
He was always just mad enough to take treaties seriously. Honor, you know. I don't have any.
~ Orson Scott Card
Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.
~ Oscar Wilde
Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.
~ Oscar Wilde
I hate people who are not serious about meals. It is so shallow of them.
~ Oscar Wilde
If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.
~ Oscar Wilde
I've now realised for the first time in my life the vital Importance of Being Earnest.
~ Oscar Wilde