Best 1031 quotes in «serious quotes» category

The President has a short time to let people know that he is serious about getting spending under control.

The problem for me is that reading is, I won't say a sacred, but nevertheless a pretty serious act.

The problems raised by a conscious direction of economic affairs on a national scale inevitably assume even greater dimensions when the same is attempted internationally. The conflict between planning and freedom cannot but become more serious as the similarity of standards and values among those submitted to a unitary plan diminishes.

The problem with having so many people call me by nicknames was that when someone called me by my actual name, it usually meant something serious was happening.

The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction also represents a serious danger. If these weapons were to fall into the hands of terrorists, and they pursue this aim, the consequences would be simply disastrous.

The really authentic thing about humor is that anyone can pretend to be serious. Anyone who's ever had a job - in fact, we're pretending to be serious now, more or less.

The real problem is deflation. That is the opposite of inflation but equally serious to the borrower.

There are many serious and knotty issues that I must face each day, but the Pope Francis reminds me by his example and his words that Christ has already redeemed creation and we are saved, even when that might not be so obvious because of the world's many problems and our own grievous sinfulness.

There are more than enough people with serious mental issues who really do need professional help without all the other Toms, Dicks and Harriets rushing to the therapist's couch.

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

There are times I go out and meet people and flirt, but it's not really appropriate to have anything serious.

There are very serious forms of, and reactions to, sibling victimization.

There is more action in some other countries. In Germany, they've called for a very serious inquiry that's discovering more and more. They've just discovered a significant violation of the German Constitution that had been concealed from the Parliament.

There has at least been a serious effort on the Turkish side to prevent people from setting off for Europe. Recently, only about 100 people have been arriving in Greece per day. Last year, it was several thousand daily at times. This effort can, however, also very quickly dwindle.

There is a serious tendency toward capitalism among the well-to-do peasants.

There is a lot of relief for daters who are serious about wanting to be in a relationship. This comes in the form of what appears to be dramatic changes like speed dating and Internet dating.

There is little doubt that a significant part of any serious solution will require advances of technology, but that can only be part of the solution. Other major changes are necessary.

There is nothing more serious than the sacrilege of schism because there is no just cause for severing the unity of the Church.

There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination. Living there, you'll be free if you truly wish to be.

There is no room for play in Islam... It is deadly serious about everything.

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

There is no such thing as closure, and it wouldn't be worth having if it were available, because all it would mean is that something that was quite an important part of you had gone numb.

There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious. If glad, it must not grin or snicker; if sad, it must not scream or curse.

There is only one serious question. And that is: Who knows how to make love stay?  Answer me that and I will tell you whether or not to kill yourself.

There is this false perception that comedians can never be serious. It's like from like the era of court jesters.

There really isn't a time to pause and have a celebration. I feel so serious about the whole thing.

There's a large strain of irony in our human affairs... Interwoven with our affairs is this wonderful spirit of irony which prevents us from ever being utterly and irretrievably serious, from being unaware of the mysterious nature of our existence.

There's a side of my personality that goes completely against the educated & serious woman. The side who wants to be a pin-up girl in garages all across America!

There will be a quick rash of hairy American filth, but it shouldn't threaten the existence of decent, serious British filth.

There's a tradition in American fiction that is deadly serious and earnest - like the Steinbeckian social novel.

There's nothing in the American dream about character. It's a serious flaw.

There was never a really serious, thought-out process for delivering arms appropriately.

There's a reason every book, even one that isn't very serious, is shaped like a suitcase

There was always something immensely comic to her in the thought of living elsewhere than New York. She could not regard as serious proposals that she share a western residence.

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

The scientific evidence of how serious this climate crisis is becoming continues to amass week after week after week.

These are serious matters, and we can never let up on these sanctions [against Russia].

The secular elites are so terrified of telling the truth about radical Islam. When you talk about the radical Islamists, we have got to get straight and get serious and talk about it in the right way.

the sex even in serious pornography has less singularity than the mating of squirrels.

The serious crimes by the Sudanese government and the government-supported militias must be met with serious consequences. We must work for tough international economic sanctions on the Sudanese government.

These trifles will lead to serious mischief. [Lat., Hae nugae seria ducent In mala.]

The term 'serious actor' is kind of an oxymoron, isn't it? Like 'Republican party' or 'airplane food.'

The small town smart set is deadly serious about its smartness.

The studios don't seem to foster good writing. They're not so interested in that, but they're more interested in what worked most recently. They're definitely very serious about making money, and that's not a wrong thing, but you don't have to make money the same way all the time.

The superficial distinctions of Fascism, Bolshevism, Hitlerism, are the concern of journalists and publicists; the serious student sees in them only one root-idea of a complete conversion of social power into State power.

The thing I loved about this movie [Waitress] when I read the script was that it was exactly the kind of film that I love to watch. It's not just funny, it's serious, just when you need it to be and true to life in a way.

The trouble with Nixon is that he's a serious politics junkie. He's totally hooked and like any other junkie, he's a bummer to have around, especially as President.

The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.

The Who had a great sense of humor. And they were also very serious when it came down to making music.

The United States of America is the leading power in the world. Our friends and our adversaries respect us in large measure because they know that we are steady. We are fact-based. We are serious.