Quotes about Serious Things

I never intended to only do dark, serious things. Votes: 4

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end. Votes: 4

Every museum is full of nice things. That's the opposite of before. It was important things or serious things. Now we have interesting things. Votes: 4

I'd say Jon Stewart has remained funny the entire time. Jon always makes it funny first. And he's just, he's talking about serious things, but in a funny way. Other comedians will talk about serious things in a serious way, and then you don't know what's going on. Votes: 4

One must speak about serious things seriously. Votes: 3

If [Boris Johnson] backtracks on serious things there'll be another bloody revolt. Votes: 3

Irritation. I'm too old to get angry. Anger, that's an emotion for more serious things Votes: 3

Everything can be made fun of. The most serious things are ripe for making fun of them. Votes: 3

I love acting, and that's my passion. So I would love to do more movies and some serious things Votes: 3

Yet compared with the serious things of life, fishing is after all rather trivial. The thoughtful angler must frankly confess this. Votes: 3

It is my belief, you cannot deal with the most serious things in the world unless you understand the most amusing. Votes: 3

We should treat all the trivial things of life seriously, and all the serious things of life with sincere and studied triviality. Votes: 3

I always assumed I would leave drama school and do 'Lady Macbeth' and all sorts of serious things. It just didn't happen. Votes: 3

I think that comedy is one of the more serious things that you can do in our day, especially in the world that we're living in. Votes: 3

In the end, art is small beer. The really serious things are earning one's living so as not to be a parasite and loving one's neighbor. Votes: 3

You know," he (Tweedledee) added very gravely, "it's one of the most serious things that can possibly happen to one in a battle--to get one's head cut off." pg. 199 Votes: 3

I think that you have to seriously have fun, or taking serious things in a light way and obviously, for me, before all, music is made of fun and pleasure and excitement. Votes: 3

I've not really had a bad Christmas. Apart from serious things, like when my father died. He rather spoiled the party and I've never forgiven him for falling off the twig on Christmas Day. Votes: 3

The City seems so much more in earnest: its business, its rush, its roar are such serious things, sights and sounds. The City is getting its living - the West-End but enjoying its pleasure. Votes: 3

Anybody is qualified, according to everybody, for giving opinions upon poetry. It is not so in chemistry and mathematics. Nor is it so, I believe, in whist and the polka. But then these are more serious things. Votes: 3

People are complex, and I think it's a huge element of what I do, because you have to balance out the fact that you talk about quite serious things with a sense of irony and tongue-in-cheek humor. That's my personality as well. Votes: 3

You sharpen your ideas by reducing yourself to the level of the people you are with and a sense of humour and a complete relaxation, even when you're discussing serious things, does help to mobilise friends around you. And I love that. Votes: 3

I think the serious things really are the things that make for happiness--people and things that are compatible, love.... So many people are content just to sit around and talk about them instead of getting out and attaining them. As if life were a joke of some kind. Votes: 3

There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them. Votes: 2

Comedy tends to come out of things which are quite painful and serious. Votes: 2

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

I'd like to think I'm a serious legislator and trying to get things done. Votes: 2

I laugh all the time - at things, people, stuff, whatever. But, I don't laugh onstage because then it's serious business. Votes: 2

There's only so far you can take a relationship before you got to get into things that are too serious or over the top. Votes: 2

I'll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them. We laugh to keep from crying. Votes: 2

If everything gets too serious for me on the album, I get kinda bored. I've got to have some kind of jovial things in there. Votes: 2

There are things done under the name of science which are ridiculous. But there is also stuff done which sounds funny but is really serious. Votes: 2

You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before. Votes: 2

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: 2

I think my dad is this great, wonderful... man with a lot of integrity, who is fighting for things he believes in and is serious in what he wants to see happen and serious in helping people. Votes: 2

It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things. The monkey wears an expression of seriousness which would do credit to any college student, but the monkey is serious because he itches. Votes: 2

I realize that homosexuality is a serious problem for anyone who is - but then, of course, heterosexuality is a serious problem for anyone who is, too. And being a man is a serious problem and being a woman is, too. Lots of things are problems. Votes: 2

Australians don't have a preconceived notion of what things have to be... we can go on a fantastic journey. Votes: 2

The American formula things are out there but they don't have any stories to tell - we have all the stories to tell - but they're all formula. Votes: 2

Taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time. Votes: 0

Some things are so serious, they can only be joked about. Votes: 0

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

Serious things cannot be understood without laughable things, nor opposites at all without opposites. Votes: 0

There are things that are so serious that you can only joke about them. Votes: 0

In Berlin, things are serious but not hopeless. In Vienna, they are hopeless but not serious. Votes: 0

He liked to play chess and do intelligent things, and I was a serious drinker and nonthinker. Votes: 0

It's your eyes. They're ... more serious than they used to be. Like they've seen things they shouldn't have. Votes: 0

It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things. Votes: 0

Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side. 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

Bashar Assad has said many things. We will see in the near term whether he is serious about a political process. Votes: 0

It's hard to be serious about so many things. [Look at the whole emphasis] on the charts, if you're a songwriter. Votes: 0

Investing is not nearly as difficult as it looks. Successful investing involves doing a few things right and avoiding serious mistakes. Votes: 0

The Internet provides very serious challenges to our ability to keep from children the kinds of things that are destructive to them. Votes: 0

I am a reflection of what I sing. Sometimes I have to get serious because the things Ive been through are serious. Votes: 0

The Internet provides very serious challenges to our ability to keep from children the kinds of things that are destructive to them Votes: 0

Those things which now seem frivolous and slight, Will be of serious consequence to you, When they have made you once ridiculous. Votes: 0

I like mixing things up, doing some silly stuff, along with serious stuff, up tempo, and some quiet things ... it keeps me interested. Votes: 0

As far as I can tell, comedians are pretty serious people, and that's why they make fun of things all of the time. Votes: 0

With the development of the Christian Lacroix house in Paris and my work notably for the theater, it wasn't serious doing things by half. Votes: 0

Whenever serious and competent people need to get things done in the real world, all considerations of tradition and protocol fly out the window. Votes: 0

The first things to study are form and values. For me, these are the things that are the basics of what is serious in art. Votes: 0

I am totally superficial, I know. But I believe superficiality can be very serious, a defense against the gravity of things, a manner of discretion. Votes: 0

Most serious writers refuse to make themselves available to the things that technology is doing. I've never been able to understand this sort of fear. Votes: 0

I love scrapes. They are the only things that are never serious." "Oh, that's nonsense, Algy. You never talk anything but nonsense." "Nobody ever does. Votes: 0

Just to get serious about this thing, you know. One has to be compassionate. It's true that people are up against things, economically and emotionally. Votes: 0

She couldn't avoid being serious about things she cared for, and happiness made her grave at the thought of all the things which might destroy it. Votes: 0

I like dramatic stuff, and I have a goofball side, too. I like to do comedy and off-beat things as much as something really, really serious. 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

Serious harm, I am afraid, has been wrought to our generation by fostering the idea that they would live secure in a permanent order of things. Votes: 0

The difficulty of accurate recognition constitutes one of the most serious sources of friction in war, by making things appear entirely different from what one had expected. Votes: 0

Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith. Patient endurance attends to all things. Votes: 0

Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith. Patient endurance attends to all things. Votes: 0

I grew up doing martial arts, and it's one of these things where I always kind of liked acting, but I was never real serious about it. Votes: 0

If we are serious about our discipleship, Jesus will eventually request each of us to do those very things which are most difficult for us to do. Votes: 0

A dirty joke is not, of course, a serious attack on morality, but it is a sort of mental rebellion, a momentary wish that things were otherwise. Votes: 0

Journalists aren't supposed to praise things. It's a violation of work rules almost as serious as buying drinks with our own money or absolving the CIA of something. Votes: 0

My dad is a chemical engineer, and my mom was a teacher. They were pretty serious about education, but I always thought about things a little bit differently. Votes: 0

There's something about comedy, funny things, that people want to pass them along. Serious things and personal things are much more privately enjoyed. That's why there are not a lot of sad viral videos. Votes: 0