Quotes About Seriousness

Do you think it's funny to be so serious when I'm not even out of high school?' she asked. 'I don't see how it could be any other way,' said Lee. 'Laughter comes later, like wisdom teeth, and laughter at yourself comes last of all in a mad race with death, and sometimes it isn't in time.

She was suspicious of fun whether it involved dancing or singing or even laughter. She felt that people having a good time were wide open to the

Dignitaries look alike, always dressed in mourning.

The creative writer does the same as the child at play; he creates a world of fantasy which he takes very seriously.

All real fantasy is serious. Only faked fantasy is not serious. That is why it is so wrong to impose faked fantasy on children.

My father described me as the oldest baby he'd ever seen. I apparently was very serious and reflective.

Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.

Fear born of that stern matron Responsibility.

Smile. Today would be a wonderful day not to take life so seriously. Today may end up the way you prefer, and it may not. Happiness is not about being a winner, it's about being gentle with life, being gentle with yourself. Let life be a dance, and choose the kind of dance you want for today,perhaps a gentle loving dance.

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh

Life isnt a joke, take it seriously, and love every moment that you do. You only get one chance to make it the best, and be happy that youre living life in peace.

Never live your life too serious, live as much as you can, laugh as loud as you want, dance as crazy as you feel, love with all your heart, and make the greatest memories out of everything.

His mistress had opened his mind to the invisible, had brought an element of seriousness into his life, of delicacy into his heart, but all this escaped his sorrowing family who repeated: "That creature will be the death of him, and meanwhile she's doing what she can to disgrace him.

If you are not extreme, then people will take shortcuts because they don't fear you.

In fact, some people use humour so habitually that it is hard for them to remain serious for any length of time.

Take your work seriously, but never yourself.

The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The first is imperative and the second is disastrous.

The most important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The first is imperative, and the second disastrous.

We need courage to take ourselves seriously, to look closely and without flinching, to regard the things that frighten us in life and art with wonder.

I can't stand people that do not take food seriously.

Forgiveness does not mean condoning what has been done. It means taking what happened seriously...drawing out the sting in the memory that threatens our entire existence.

The special trait making me an anarch is that I live in a world which I 'ultimately' do not take seriously. This increases my freedom; I serve as a temporary volunteer

A lot of my rhymes are just to get chuckles out of people. Anybody with half a brain is going to be able to tell when I'm joking and when I'm serious.