Serious Quotes

And as in men's bodies, so in government, that disease is most serious which proceeds from the head.

Because we're not as serious about terrorism as we can be, people all across the globe feel like they can just murder innocent people.

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.

You can be serious without a suit

Trying to change social, national, or global realities without working on human consciousness means there is no serious intention.

On the very instant that we know that our assailant intends us serious physical harm, we must work just as fast as we can.

The disco sound, you must see, is not art or anything so serious.

In a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time.

I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution.

Just because I've got blonde hair and haven't been to Bosnia doesn't mean I'm a bimbo. I am still a serious journalist.

I wish to begin again on a daily basis. To be born again every day is something that I try to do. And I'm deadly serious about that.

When you are seventeen you aren't really serious.

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

If we are serious about peace, then we must work for it as ardently, seriously, continuously, carefully, and bravely as we have ever prepared for war.

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

This is a very serious matter, because it is our children who are the prize for this community, they are specifically targeting our children.

You concentrate on what you are doing, to do the best job you can, to stay out of a serious situation. That’s the way the X-1 was.

I take the point of view that missing an important trade is a much more serious error than making a bad trade.

The whole Universe is a large joke. Everything in the Universe are just subdivisions of this joke. So why take anything too serious.

I would much rather be found guilty of making a serious mistake in judgment, than to be accused of being even a little bit insincere.

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

We need to get serious about combating gang violence on Long Island, and the entire nation.

A game played with serious problems. That's what art is.

The best way to make the most serious point in the world is to be as unserious as possible.

Any serious shift towards more sustainable societies has to include gender equality.

Free people have a serious problem with place, being in a place, using up a place, deciding which new place to rotate to. Americans ricochet around the United States like billiard balls.

I think what we've learned is that the terrorist threat is serious, but it shifts. You cannot make a single person the sole focus of your counterterrorism.

If our country is serious about reducing our dependency on foreign oil, we need to get serious about mobilizing the infrastructure necessary to distribute and dispense the next generation of fuels.

If we are serious about loving someone, we have to surrender all the desires within us to manipulate the relationship.

In all my years one thing has never changed; You win with serious, tough-minded players. That never changes

As far as the execution is concerned ... the most frequent and most serious mistake is to follow the music instead of preceding it.

Any serious attempt to try to do something worthwhile is ritualistic.

In the spring and summer of 1989, a serious political disturbance took place in China.

Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.

Being a public servant, this is a serious job, not like a boxer, you're entertaining people.

It is very doubtful whether man is enough of a political animal to produce a good, sensible, serious and efficient constitution. All the evidence is against it.

There is no secret to a long marriage - it's hard work...It's serious business, and certainly not for cowards.

You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.

There are really no serious arguments for communion in the hand. But there are the most gravely serious kinds of arguments against it.

I never could get my hair to do what I wanted it to do, so I started wearing the wigs. It all came from a very serious place. I wanted to look a certain way.

In our well-policed society we recognize that an illness is serious from the fact that we don't dare speak of it directly.

We're living on the Planet of the Apes. Is that funny or serious?

Once you don't vote your ideals ... that has serious undermining affects. It erodes the moral basis of our democracy.

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

Worry over what has not occurred is a serious malady.

Energy is in America. And if we can tap into that safely and appropriately, I guarantee that is something that President Trump will certainly look into in a very serious way.

I'm serious when I do my work. I'm not serious when I'm home with my kids.

It is not necessary for the public to know whether I am joking or whether I am serious, just as it is not necessary for me to know it myself.

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.

It's difficult to talk to people who whisper even at home, afraid of Americans eavesdropping on them. It's not a figure of speech, not a joke, I'm serious.