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Serious Quotes

I think it’s harder to go from comedy to drama than from drama to comedy. Seeing you dramatic all the time, they crave to see you being silly or funny. But, seeing you in comedy all the time, it’s hard to see that person go be serious, for some reason Picture Quote #1

I love the idea of things being strict and things being uniform. That’s the reason why I surround each collection with humor or irony. I want to make sure that it’s not too serious and that there is some element that throws it off because otherwise that would make it really boring. There’s always a story that’s somewhat fantastical Picture Quote #1

As a child, I had a serious illness that lasted for two years or more. I have vague recollections of this illness and of my being carried about a great deal. I was known as the ‘sick one.’ Whether this illness gave me a twist away from ordinary paths, I don’t know; but it is possible Picture Quote #1

I write weird stories. I don’t know why I like weirdness so much ... But when I write, I write weird. That’s very strange. When I’m getting more and more serious, I’m getting more and more weird Picture Quote #1

I think it’s more honest, true to life, to write about serious matters. And also not to do something that’s gentle. I like to put, ideally, belly laughs on one side, and really serious moments on the other. So they kind of come up against each other Picture Quote #1

I think serious situations actually make for the best kind of belly laughs. But they’re also the hardest to convert into comedy at the outset Picture Quote #1

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There is not now, nor I suspect will there ever be, a le Carre novel with ninjas in it. Most serious novelists are wary of including ninjas in their writing. That’s a shame, because many much-admired works of modern fiction could benefit from a few Picture Quote #1

The best way to accomplish serious design ... is to be totally and completely unqualified for the job Picture Quote #1

If you were shopping for a father, you’d have to take out a serious loan to afford mine. He’s the best Picture Quote #1

Movie-making is serious business. The director and the crew are already under a lot of pressure to give their best to the audience. Therefore, the best part for me as an actor is to act well in the movies and make a jolly atmosphere with the co-stars on the sets Picture Quote #1

Excessively narrow reading is unhelpful, certainly. Reading only Serious Literature is no better than reading only trash in this respect Picture Quote #1

I’d love to do acting, but it’d definitely have to be comedy. I can’t do serious. It’s completely beyond me Picture Quote #1

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I’m dead serious about my craft and just really serious about making music in itself. I take pride in making songs and albums where no two songs sound alike. That’s the challenge and that’s what it’s all about, to keep it original and fresh and funky Picture Quote #1

I didn’t need to be speaker because I needed a fancy title or a big office. I wanted to be speaker so I could lead an effort to deal with the serious issues that are facing our country Picture Quote #1

I’m not a big fan of psychoanalysis: I think if you have mental problems what you need are good pills. But I do think that if you have thinks that bother you, things that are unresolved, the more that you talk about them, write about them, the less serious they become Picture Quote #1

People make a big fuss over you when you’re President. But I’m very serious about doing everything I can to make sure that it doesn’t go to my head Picture Quote #1

My show ‘The Big House’ was picked up; they flew me to New York. I’m about to step on stage to announce Kevin Hart’s ‘The Big House.’ And a hand grabs my shoulder, ‘Kevin no, they just decided to cancel it.’ It’s a serious smack-in-the-face business, and either you can take it, or you can’t Picture Quote #1

I’ve done a lot of serious roles, but they’re, like, independent, so it’s harder for them to come out. The big ones have been comedies, but I would love to get a big drama to let people see the other side of me, that I am a serious actress Picture Quote #1

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People forget that when you’re 16, you’re probably more serious than you’ll ever be again. You think seriously about the big questions Picture Quote #1

I’m not a big theory person. So when I get asked questions that demand serious statements, I just make it up Picture Quote #1

If you see a biker chick hanging out with a group of bikers and associated with them, stay away. You’ll know right away if a biker chick is free; if she’s with someone, she’s right by his side. Getting with somebody’s old lady is a big no-no. That’s more serious than anything in that world Picture Quote #1

Jobs would have ever have asserted that Bill Gates was not serious about technology. He was a huge pioneer in that world, albeit doing something quite different in approach from what Steve did. He was dismissive of Gates’ foundation work as something he did to make himself feel better Picture Quote #1

There is a very serious fiscal-policy question of, ‘Are we running our overall fiscal policy such that we as a government can pay our bills?’ Picture Quote #1

In the 70s, in Britain, if you were going to do serious photography, you were obliged to work in black-and-white. Color was the palette of commercial photography and snapshot photography Picture Quote #1

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We know what happens to little black boys that have no dads; we’ve heard that, we get it. But no one is really saying that young women who are born without fathers have real serious issues especially when their mother had no father and the mother has issues Picture Quote #1

There is a certain solipsism to serious illness which claims all of one’s attention as certainly as an astronomical black hole seizes anything unlucky enough to fall within its critical radius Picture Quote #1

My discovery that black holes emit radiation raised serious problems of consistency with the rest of physics. I have now resolved these problems, but the answer turned out to be not what I expected Picture Quote #1

I am a writer, a professional journalist with serious credentials in Crime, Craziness, and Politics. I have mingled with dangerous criminals and attended many trials . . . from Hell’s Angels, Black Panthers and Chicano street fighters to Roxanne Pulitzer and even Richard Nixon, back in the good old days before he was run out of the White House for fraud, perjury, graft, and criminal negligence Picture Quote #1

There is no doubt that the second President Bush inherited a very serious terrorist threat, though not such a threat as had been represented by the totalitarian Great Powers, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union Picture Quote #1

Had I but died an hour before this chance, I had liv’d a blessed time; for, from this instant, There’s nothing serious in mortality: All is but toys; renown, and grace is dead; The wine of life is drawn, and the mere lees Is left this vault to brag of Picture Quote #1

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I think it’s harder to go from comedy to drama than from drama to comedy. Seeing you dramatic all the time, they crave to see you being silly or funny. But, seeing you in comedy all the time, it’s hard to see that person go be serious, for some reason. (Serious Quotes) I love the idea of things being strict and things being uniform. That’s the reason why I surround each collection with humor or irony. I want to make sure that it’s not too serious and that there is some element that throws it off because otherwise that would make it really boring. There’s always a story that’s somewhat fantastical. (Serious Quotes) As a child, I had a serious illness that lasted for two years or more. I have vague recollections of this illness and of my being carried about a great deal. I was known as the ‘sick one.’ Whether this illness gave me a twist away from ordinary paths, I don’t know; but it is possible. (Serious Quotes) I write weird stories. I don’t know why I like weirdness so much ... But when I write, I write weird. That’s very strange. When I’m getting more and more serious, I’m getting more and more weird. (Serious Quotes) I think it’s more honest, true to life, to write about serious matters. And also not to do something that’s gentle. I like to put, ideally, belly laughs on one side, and really serious moments on the other. So they kind of come up against each other. (Serious Quotes) I think serious situations actually make for the best kind of belly laughs. But they’re also the hardest to convert into comedy at the outset. (Serious Quotes) There is not now, nor I suspect will there ever be, a le Carre novel with ninjas in it. Most serious novelists are wary of including ninjas in their writing. That’s a shame, because many much-admired works of modern fiction could benefit from a few. (Serious Quotes) The best way to accomplish serious design ... is to be totally and completely unqualified for the job. (Serious Quotes) If you were shopping for a father, you’d have to take out a serious loan to afford mine. He’s the best. (Serious Quotes) Movie-making is serious business. The director and the crew are already under a lot of pressure to give their best to the audience. Therefore, the best part for me as an actor is to act well in the movies and make a jolly atmosphere with the co-stars on the sets. (Serious Quotes) Excessively narrow reading is unhelpful, certainly. Reading only Serious Literature is no better than reading only trash in this respect. (Serious Quotes) I’d love to do acting, but it’d definitely have to be comedy. I can’t do serious. It’s completely beyond me. (Serious Quotes) I’m dead serious about my craft and just really serious about making music in itself. I take pride in making songs and albums where no two songs sound alike. That’s the challenge and that’s what it’s all about, to keep it original and fresh and funky. (Serious Quotes) I didn’t need to be speaker because I needed a fancy title or a big office. I wanted to be speaker so I could lead an effort to deal with the serious issues that are facing our country. (Serious Quotes) I’m not a big fan of psychoanalysis: I think if you have mental problems what you need are good pills. But I do think that if you have thinks that bother you, things that are unresolved, the more that you talk about them, write about them, the less serious they become. (Serious Quotes) People make a big fuss over you when you’re President. But I’m very serious about doing everything I can to make sure that it doesn’t go to my head. (Serious Quotes) My show ‘The Big House’ was picked up; they flew me to New York. I’m about to step on stage to announce Kevin Hart’s ‘The Big House.’ And a hand grabs my shoulder, ‘Kevin no, they just decided to cancel it.’ It’s a serious smack-in-the-face business, and either you can take it, or you can’t. (Serious Quotes) I’ve done a lot of serious roles, but they’re, like, independent, so it’s harder for them to come out. The big ones have been comedies, but I would love to get a big drama to let people see the other side of me, that I am a serious actress. (Serious Quotes) People forget that when you’re 16, you’re probably more serious than you’ll ever be again. You think seriously about the big questions. (Serious Quotes) I’m not a big theory person. So when I get asked questions that demand serious statements, I just make it up. (Serious Quotes) If you see a biker chick hanging out with a group of bikers and associated with them, stay away. You’ll know right away if a biker chick is free; if she’s with someone, she’s right by his side. Getting with somebody’s old lady is a big no-no. That’s more serious than anything in that world. (Serious Quotes) Jobs would have ever have asserted that Bill Gates was not serious about technology. He was a huge pioneer in that world, albeit doing something quite different in approach from what Steve did. He was dismissive of Gates’ foundation work as something he did to make himself feel better. (Serious Quotes) There is a very serious fiscal-policy question of, ‘Are we running our overall fiscal policy such that we as a government can pay our bills?’ (Serious Quotes) In the 70s, in Britain, if you were going to do serious photography, you were obliged to work in black-and-white. Color was the palette of commercial photography and snapshot photography. (Serious Quotes) We know what happens to little black boys that have no dads; we’ve heard that, we get it. But no one is really saying that young women who are born without fathers have real serious issues especially when their mother had no father and the mother has issues. (Serious Quotes) There is a certain solipsism to serious illness which claims all of one’s attention as certainly as an astronomical black hole seizes anything unlucky enough to fall within its critical radius. (Serious Quotes) My discovery that black holes emit radiation raised serious problems of consistency with the rest of physics. I have now resolved these problems, but the answer turned out to be not what I expected. (Serious Quotes) I am a writer, a professional journalist with serious credentials in Crime, Craziness, and Politics. I have mingled with dangerous criminals and attended many trials . . . from Hell’s Angels, Black Panthers and Chicano street fighters to Roxanne Pulitzer and even Richard Nixon, back in the good old days before he was run out of the White House for fraud, perjury, graft, and criminal negligence. (Serious Quotes) There is no doubt that the second President Bush inherited a very serious terrorist threat, though not such a threat as had been represented by the totalitarian Great Powers, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. (Serious Quotes) Had I but died an hour before this chance, I had liv’d a blessed time; for, from this instant, There’s nothing serious in mortality: All is but toys; renown, and grace is dead; The wine of life is drawn, and the mere lees Is left this vault to brag of. (Serious Quotes)

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