Famous Quotes & Sayings

Christine Lavin

I was a very, very serious child, ... I was valedictorian of my kindergarten and eighth-grade class.

One thing that's surprising is how serious this is. It's now my career.

Jane Austen

An annuity is a very serious business.

There are some pretty serious felonies on the list,

If all sides are serious about getting this done before the deadline, I think it can be done.

Michael Ballack

I am in serious negotiations with Chelsea. Nothing is signed yet, but I know what I want.

Al Franken

There's plenty of room for humor in politics, God knows, but it's a serious business.

Al Franken

Humor and seriousness are not in opposition to each other.

Al Gore

This is by far the most serious crisis civilisation has ever faced.

Barack Obama

Climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security.

Albert Camus

The only serious question in life is whether to kill yourself or not.

D. H. Lawrence

The only true aristocracy is that of consciousness.

Daniel Day-Lewis

I've got a serious-looking head.

Daniel Day-Lewis

Perhaps I'm particularly serious, because I'm not unaware of the potential absurdity of what I'm doing.

Don Herold

It is a good thing that life is not as serious as it seems to a waiter.

Douglas Kennedy

I want to be a popular novelist who's also serious, or a serious novelist who's also very accessible.

Andrew Denton

I've become a much more serious young insect.

Albert Oehlen

I'm not a big theory person. So when I get asked questions that demand serious statements, I just make it up.

Albert Schweitzer

Serious illness doesn't bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host.

Don DeLillo

Why is it so hard to be serious, so easy to be too serious?

Donald Wuerl

There are serious problems that have to do with the environment, that have to do with the way in which we live and consume.

Dalai Lama

If there were really serious consequences if I did not accept, then of course I would do whatever was necessary. But in general I really prefer some freedom.

Danny Boyle

I don't want to make pompous, serious films.

Danny Boyle

I don't want to make pompous, serious films; I like films that have a kind of vivacity about them.

Anthony Burgess

It'll be your own torture," he said, serious. "I hope to God it'll torture you to madness.

I was in serious cabin-fever trouble being out of football,

It can be taken as seriously as you want or as whimsically as you want.

Javier Solana

We are going tomorrow to get very serious on Sudan.

Had he been in the vehicle, he would have been seriously injured.

George Williams

He's got serious speed. He still has a lot of development to work on. I think he can get down in the 46's.

Ivan Rodriguez

He's got some serious talent. He'll make us better.

I think it should have been taken seriously then.

Jan Egeland

It could end tomorrow. It's as serious as that.