Serious Quotes

In the old days we were probably educated in cricket in a far more serious way than now.

Let's not kid ourselves. You pick up 'The Washington Post' and find O.J. Simpson on the front page; 'serious journalists' covered Anna Nicole Smith.

I do think that some bands seem to be dabbling in the rock-hip-hop world and are not necessarily serious about it.

In the restaurant it's much more serious.

One serious drawback about letters is that, in order to get them, one must send some out. When it comes to the mail, I feel it is better to receive than to give.

My wife Mary and I have been married for forty-seven years and not once have we had an argument serious enough to consider divorce; murder, yes, but divorce, never.

I would love to do a serious period drama. Oh, absolutely. I mean, you'll find most comedians want to do more serious stuff, most musicians want to be comedians, and most serious actors want to be musicians.

Men love war because it allows them to look serious. Because it is the one thing that stops women laughing at them.

If you sit in a position where decisions that you take would have a serious effect on people, you can't ignore a lot of experience around the world which says this drug has these negative effects.

I'm reteaming with the producers of 'Twilight' on an awesome script. It's very serious, dramatic and different for me. I'm excited to see what's next. I love all aspects of film and all genres.

The crime problem in New York is getting really serious. The other day the Statue of Liberty had both hands up.

One of the things you learn being in the public eye is that you have the ability to raise awareness about serious issues, and, in the process, really help people.

It takes application, a fine sense of value, and a powerful community-spirit for a people to have serious leisure, and this has not been the genius of the Americans.

When you are seventeen you aren't really serious.

Too many of these writers in the music papers, they are misunderstanding everything. The disco sound is not art or anything so serious.

If the world market believed that we were serious about energy independence and we were going to utilize all of our own existing resources, the speculators would stop speculating up they start speculating down as we get our own oil out of the ground.

I think it was that we were really seasoned musicians. We had serious roots that spanned different cultures, obviously the blues.

I consider Bush's decision to call for a war against terrorism a serious mistake. He is elevating these criminals to the status of war enemies, and one cannot lead a war against a network if the term war is to retain any definite meaning.

A pregnant woman facing the most dire circumstances must be able to count on her doctor to do what is medically necessary to protect her from serious physical harm.

There seems to be this impression that if I really am a psychotherapist, I can't be serious about it. They think there must be something fishy going on.

If you are truly serious abut preparing your child for the future, don't teach him to subtract teach him to deduct.

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.

As a brunette, I had previously been this serious actress. Then I became a blonde and got to play a completely different, comic role.

We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.

I have never acknowledged the difference between serious music and light music. There is only good music and bad music.

Unauthorized access to computer systems is already a serious crime in a few states and is currently being addressed in many more state legislatures as well as Congress.

It's mainly about working hard and proving to people you're serious about it, and stretching yourself and learning. The mistake a lot of actors make, particularly young ones, is allowing themselves to feel that they're the finished articles, the bee's knees, and it's not true.

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

I think all phases of one's career are serious if you take it seriously no matter if you are doing high profile dramatic pieces or not.

Many soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from serious, long-term, physical and mental health problems, due to their service. It is unconscionable to cut the already limited health care benefits available to these brave men and women.