Quotes About Seriousness

Sometimes, I think the best kind of poem is one in which there is an acute balance between what is humorous and that which is very serious. That balance is very hard to strike. But it can be done.

My mother was - and is - a very strong woman; very strict. She was a serious mum; a feared parent.

I will take every match seriously and respect every opponent.

You are there to score goals, and doing so shows respect for your opponent, it demonstrates that you are taking him seriously.

I can be very difficult if people are not professional, or lazy - or the opposite, which is take themselves too seriously.

Humor and seriousness are not in opposition to each other.

I was a real serious kid, real intense, and there were a lot of things that I was doing by myself I took seriously, like organizing little pieces of paper, cutting out things from magazines, and filing them away.

I took the Oscars very seriously as a child.

I was definitely different from the other kids... I was more ambitious. I knew what I liked and what I wanted, and I worked really hard. I was a very serious kid.

I don't take myself too seriously, but I take the job very seriously, and I expect people to do the job that they're given because this is about all our people, young and old, and it's an enormous responsibility.

When I'd watch myself coaching, I'd say, 'Man, I look bad,' but I never felt I didn't have a sense of humor with the team. Maybe I was too over-the-top serious.

I was a serious kid to an absurd degree. I was overwhelmed with responsibility. You know, trying to play grown up. I overdid it.

The unhappy person resents it when you try to cheer him up, because that means he has to stop dwelling on himself and start paying attention to the universe. Unhappiness is the ultimate form of self-indulgence. When you're unhappy, you get to pay a lot of attention to yourself. You get to take yourself oh so very seriously.

I don't want to say never, but I hope I don't become that 'take me seriously now' guy.

You'll never know why you exist, but you'll always allow yourselves to be easily persuaded to take life seriously.

Well sir ... some of the officers are sweet on Mrs Oakes.' 'I dare say they are - a very amiable young woman.' 'No, sir. I mean serious - bloody serious - cut-your-throat serious - fucking serious ... 'Oh.' Jack Aubrey was taken aback entirely. 'But you surely do not mean that last word literally? 'No, sir. It is just my coarse way of speaking: I beg pardon.

Calling fishing a hobby is like calling brain surgery a job.

Toda la vida te voy a agradecer esa pregunta. Es como si me estuvieras pidiendo la mano. Ella rió al decir esto, y enseguida agregó con demacrada seriedad: No juegues conmigo niño, mira que me lo puedo tomar en serio.

I just remember that whenever I got really mad or passionate, like in an argument, people would laugh, and I'd be dead serious. It would happen a lot. So it was like, Gee, I've got something here.

In arguing one should meet serious pleading with humor, and humor with serious pleading.

Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.

I wanted to do dance with the same seriousness as art was done and acknowledged, not with the entertainment factor that is always connected to theater and film.

I try to really take my art serious, and pay attention to detail.

I attended the Columbus College Of Art & Design for a little while, until I realized they didn't take cartooning very seriously.