Quotes about Serious Life

Travel is the frivolous part of serious lives, and the serious part of frivolous ones. Votes: 4

Exposure to some pesticides during infancy, even at very low levels, can lead to serious life-long consequences if the pesticides disrupt hormone-driven developmental processes. Votes: 4

[A]ny notion of the serious life of leisure, as well as men's taste and capacity to live it, had disappeared. Leisure became entertainment. Votes: 4

Be serious. Life hurts. Reflect what hurts. I don't mean that you can't also be funny, or have fun, but at the end of the day, stories are about what you lose. Votes: 4

A serious life means being fully aware of the alternatives, thinking about them with all the intensity one brings to bear on life-and-death questions, in full recognition that every choice is a great risk with necessary consequences that are hard to bear. Votes: 4

... there hasn't been a serious life-style trend since the couch potato was sighted, in about 1986, on one of its rare forays to the video store. Cocooning remains a significant mass enterprise, encouraged by the availability of five hundred new cable channels and microwavable popcorn. Votes: 4

Various kinds of self-forgetting, usually accompanied by illusions and myths, make it possible to live without the intransigent facing of death-in the sense of always thinking about it and what it means for life and the things dear in life-which is characteristic of a serious life. Votes: 4

As Western nations became more prosperous, leisure, which had been put off for several centuries in favor of the pursuit of property, the means to leisure, finally began to be of primary concern. But, in the meantime, any notion of the serious life of leisure, as well as men's taste and capacity to live it, had disappeared. Votes: 4

It's hard to be serious in life. Votes: 2

To appreciate nonsense requires a serious interest in life. Votes: 2

Life is much too serious to be taken seriously. Votes: 2

Do the best you can, and don't take life too serious. Votes: 2

Comedy is great; you get to laugh! Life is so serious. Votes: 2

I'm very serious about no alcohol, no drugs. Life is too beautiful. Votes: 2

Maggie Smith is an amazing woman, and not as serious in real life. Votes: 2

People say funny things all the time during really serious moments in life. Votes: 2

The finite play for life is serious; the infinite play of life is joyous. Votes: 2

Tenure in any department is serious business, because it means, essentially, employment for life. Votes: 2

Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious. Votes: 2

Life is funny and it is interesting how we make it as serious as possible. Votes: 2

First, Resolve upon, and daily endeavour to practise, a life of seriousness and strict sobriety. Votes: 2

Life has become serious for me, although I do like to party every now and then. Votes: 2

My whole life, people have been like, 'I don't know if you're playing or serious.' Votes: 2

A sheltered life can be a daring life as well. For all serious daring starts from within. Votes: 2

I made the choice long ago to write about real life. And life is both serious and funny. Votes: 2

I am a writer who came of a sheltered life. A sheltered life can be a daring life as well. For all serious daring starts from within. Votes: 2

I'm not this callous clown walking around laughing at life all the time. I've had some serious, serious problems in my life. But I've come out with a smile. Votes: 2

My background was art school, documentary director and surfer with a keen interest in thrilling acts of life threatening stupidity. Votes: 2

Life's too mysterious to take too serious. Votes: 0

Life is too short to be serious Votes: 0

Life is serious but art is fun! Votes: 0

Life: Absolutely serious but simultaneously absolutely ridiculous. Votes: 0

Death is the only serious preoccupation in life. Votes: 0

Life is as serious a thing as death. Votes: 0

Life is too serious to be taken seriously. Votes: 0

Life is too serious to do farce comedy Votes: 0

Don't take life so serious. It ain't no-hows permanent. Votes: 0

A well-tied tie is the first serious step in life. Votes: 0

I have masturbated myself out of serious problems in my life. Votes: 0

The creative life [is] the only one for a serious man. Votes: 0

At some point you’ll have to get serious about life. Votes: 0

Life is too short to make an over-serious business out of it. Votes: 0

Life isn't as serious as the mind makes it out to be. Votes: 0

Serious literature does not exist to make life easy but to complicate it. Votes: 0

Still, life carries on. Exams to be examined. Serious things to be thingied. Votes: 0

It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious. Votes: 0

The only serious question in life is whether to kill yourself or not. Votes: 0

Life was never meant to be serious, it was meant to be a joy. Votes: 0

Many ordinary illnesses are nothing but the expression of a serious dissatisfaction with life. Votes: 0

Life is a very serious business for the simple reason that nobody dies laughing. Votes: 0

Neither is life long enough for friendship. That is a serious and majestic affair. Votes: 0

Having a baby is painful in order to show how serious a thing life is. Votes: 0

I don't think you should ever take life so serious that you forget to play. Votes: 0

Life is so short, so beautiful. Don't be so serious about work. Enjoy the lives. Votes: 0

Recreation and diversion are as necessary to our well-being as the more serious pursuits of life. Votes: 0

The more serious you are about spiritual life, the more you keep your mind in captivity. Votes: 0

The serious revolutionary, like the serious artist, can't afford to lead a sentimental or self-deceiving life. Votes: 0

Women are but the toys which amuse our lighter hours---ambition is the serious business of life. Votes: 0

Well, one must be serious about something, if one wants to have any amusement in life. Votes: 0

People find it hard to be both comic and serious, though life manages it easily enough. Votes: 0

You need to have a life. Have fun. Then ruin it by having a serious relationship Votes: 0

If you know me, you know I make every day count, I'm serious about my life. Votes: 0

Sex is the most respectable and holy thing in all creation, the most serious act in life. Votes: 0

Anybody who's serious about their passion in life gets doors slammed in their face, literally and figuratively. Votes: 0

Life never be serious with you it always make fun of you so learn to have fun. Votes: 0

It is a good thing that life is not as serious as it seems to a waiter. Votes: 0

There is nothing truly serious in life. All words sound hollow when one listens to them carefully. Votes: 0

Magic is not always serious or solemn. It is a joyous celebration and merging with the life-force. Votes: 0

I went through a pretty serious illness early in my life and I made a movie about that. Votes: 0

The hardest task in a girl's life is to prove to a man that his intentions are serious. Votes: 0

I'm 100 percent serious. I've been fighting for equality for women's issues my entire life, in the military included. Votes: 0

After we deal and heal...NOT A A SHRED OF EVIDENCE EXISTS THAT LIFE IS SERIOUS.....Jan Marshall Votes: 0

The most serious dangers for American freedom and the American way of life do not come from without. Votes: 0

I don't believe in being serious about anything. I think life is too serious to be taken seriously. Votes: 0

The hardest task of a girl's life, nowadays, is to prove to a man that his intentions are serious. Votes: 0

I've got my life. I'm very serious about my business. I've got my family. And I've got my game. Votes: 0

There is no longer serious doubt in my mind that human life exists from the very onset of pregnancy. Votes: 0

I could not sit down to write a serious romance under any other motive than to save my life. Votes: 0

Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that. Votes: 0

Life is serious, but I do think that God wants us to enjoy the things He's given us, like music. Votes: 0

I watch Jon Stewart because I need to laugh. Otherwise, life gets too serious. Besides that, I don't watch any news. Votes: 0

I think you should be serious about what you do because this is it. This is the only life you've got. Votes: 0

Yet compared with the serious things of life, fishing is after all rather trivial. The thoughtful angler must frankly confess this. Votes: 0

Most comedians I know are quite serious, anxious people who find life rather difficult. As a consequence, they make people laugh. Votes: 0

Global new money has houses everywhere, and serious helicopters, it doesn't aspire to the Miss Marple life of St. Mary Mead. Votes: 0

Once we truly understand that our waking experience is dreamlike, we no longer have to treat life as a serious problem. Votes: 0

Those who still believe the Brahmins should take a serious not of the changing times and start leading an awakened life. Votes: 0

I watch Jon Stewart because I need to laugh. Otherwise, life gets too serious. Besides that, I don't watch any news. Votes: 0

Ritual is the most primitive reflection of serious thought, a slow deposit, as it were, of people's imaginative insight into life. Votes: 0

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh. Votes: 0

The second album was emotionally exhausting and my life felt like it had become very serious at a very young age. Votes: 0

I've learned that no matter how serious your life requires you to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with. Votes: 0

Life is a game - sometimes serious, sometimes fun - but a game that must be played with true team spirit. Votes: 0

Can't you ever be serious?' I said, mortified.'It's difficult,' he said. 'There's so little in life that's worth it. Votes: 0

Those who commit suicide, pensive, lonely, philosophers, are awake in life, which is a serious crime. In life everybody must be asleep. Votes: 0

A person who is inherently and intuitively curious is often intellectually and distinctly very serious towards his roles and responsibilities in life. Votes: 0

Waking up is not serious. It is a gentle remembering and an honoring of the present moment as the truth of life. Votes: 0

Life is too hard to maintain a constantly serious outlook. You have to laugh at yourself and the world now and the Votes: 0

We should treat all the trivial things of life seriously, and all the serious things of life with sincere and studied triviality. Votes: 0

The transmission of human life is a most serious role in which married people collaborate freely and responsibly with God the Creator. Votes: 0

Spirituality does not have to be serious. You are spirituality. Fun laughter heal you faster than anything. Introduce fun back into your life. Votes: 0

Being spiritual does not mean being dead serious. If you allow life to happen within you exuberantly, unbridled, you will touch the spirit. Votes: 0

My friends, life is so serious that if you are not aware of whom you are, your "youniversity" will be prestigious but unknown! Votes: 0

To the Green movement in which infantilism is seen at its worst, authority is a far more serious evil than the destruction of life. Votes: 0

Remember that life is neither pain nor pleasure; it is serious business, to be entered upon with courage and in a spirit of self-sacrifice. Votes: 0

The average man cannot believe that an artist may be as serious and highminded an observer of life as the professed man of science. Votes: 0

Life is nothing to be very serious about. Life is a ball in your hands to play with. Don't hold on to the ball. Votes: 0

We must recognize that we're all part of a web of life around the world. Anytime you extinguish a species, the consequences are serious. Votes: 0

Spice is life. It depends upon what you like... have fun with it. Yes, food is serious, but you should have fun with it. Votes: 0

We must realize that we're all part of a web of life around the world. Anytime you extinguish a species, the consequences are serious. Votes: 0

In fact, there's an entire universe out there that's pretty much indifferent to struggles that big, no matter how serious they've been in your life. Votes: 0

There are more serious problems in life than financial ones, and I've had a lot of those. I've been broke before, and will be again. Votes: 0

Golf is a very serious part of my life, but when you stop having fun at it, that's when it's time to hang it up. Votes: 0

Writing a book is the most difficult, anxiety-prone aspect of my life because the words that I put on paper are very serious to me. Votes: 0

My philosophy of life is that I am deeply, deeply serious about my work and for the rest I like to have a few laughs. Votes: 0

You might encounter defeats but you must never be defeated... Love a lot. Laugh a lot at the silliest things and be very serious... love life. Votes: 0

I am only serious about 20% of the time; one of the great joys of my life is the fact that I alone know when that is. Votes: 0

Life is serious. (Valerius) No, life is an adventure. It's thrilling and scary. Sometimes it's even a bit boring, but it should never be serious. (Tabitha) Votes: 0

In life, always choose a serious rival even if you know you have no chance to win, because a good rival is always a good teacher! Votes: 0

Americans thinking that America will continue to lead the world in innovation and quality of life without some quick and serious educational improvements are dangerously delusional. Votes: 0

Any time you get serious about using your life the way God wants you to use it, there are going to be people who oppose it. Votes: 0

Revolution is a serious thing, the most serious thing about a revolutionarys life. When one commits oneself to the struggle, it must be for a lifetime. Votes: 0

I don't know anybody who walks through life all the time in the doldrums, constantly serious and morose. But that's become what we generalize as drama. Votes: 0

So often, I read scripts and am like, 'This would never happen in real life. It's not trying to be funny. It's trying to be serious. Votes: 0

Everyone should smile. Life really isn’t that serious. We make it hard. The sun rises. The sun sets. We just tend to complicate the process. Votes: 0

Living a life of service, rather than one of expression, is a serious mistake, because expressing who we really are is the greatest service we can perform. Votes: 0

So often, I read scripts and am like, 'This would never happen in real life. It's not trying to be funny. It's trying to be serious.' Votes: 0

At last, psychology gets serious about glee, fun, and happiness. Martin Seligman has given us a gift-a practical map for the perennial quest for a flourishing life. Votes: 0

I think the time is coming for struggle and uncertainty. It comes into every serious and beautiful life. I knew all along that it had to come. Votes: 0

Fashion is a little help in the life of a person. But very little. After all, if you have a serious drama, who cares about the clothes? Votes: 0

It is a truth universally acknowledged on Wall Street that original research is on life support. Serious research can be bad for business, as well as expensive. Votes: 0

Your most important tasks and priorities are those that can have the most serious consequences, positive or negative, on your life or work. Focus on these above all. Votes: 0

Reading and life are not separate but symbiotic. And for this serious task of imaginative discovery and self-discovery, there is and remains one perfect symbol: the printed book. Votes: 0

The perfect state, the summum bonum, is Play. In play, life expresses itself in its fullness. God's life is play. Adam fell when his play became serious business . Votes: 0

Acting is my true love. I would like to have been a serious actor, and I plan to in the next life. I'm gonna be Meryl Streep Rivers. Votes: 0

Some people think football [soccer] is a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that. Votes: 0

If we are faithful to God in little things, we shall gain experience and strength that will be helpful to us in the more serious trials of life. Votes: 0

I think I don't take myself too seriously. You know as far as, it's a fun life. I take my music serious, but I like to have fun. Votes: 0

Eliminating the death penalty...will not hinder the prosecutorial capacity to seek, or the court's ability to impose, 'life without parole' sentences for serious, heinous crimes and criminals. Votes: 0

Anybody who has ever been in business, anybody who has ever paid bills, anybody who has ever lived in a serious adult life knows that indebtedness is a killer. Votes: 0

The moment you start seeing life as non-serious, a playfulness, all the burden on your heart disappears. All the fear of death, of life, of love - everything disappears. Votes: 0

I have serious concerns about the potential risks of taking lots of fish oil capsules. So much fish oil can have paradoxical effects, reducing immune function in later life. Votes: 0

He made her play and she had almost forgotten how. Life had been so serious and so bitter. He knew how to play and swept her along with him. Votes: 0