Famous Quotes & Sayings

Robert K. Greenleaf

The most serious failure of leadership is the failure to foresee

Vladimir Lenin

Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin.

Werner Herzog

Ten years ago in Antarctica shooting "Encounters at the End of the World," I met a very fine volcanologist from Cambridge University [Clive Oppenheimer] and we kept talking about doing a film and all of a sudden it became serious when he hinted at the possibility to film in North Korea.

Salvador Dali

Whatever happens, my audience mustn't know whether I am spoofing or being serious; and likewise I mustn't know either. I am in a constant interrogation; when does the deep and philosophically valid Dali begin, and where does the looney and preposterous Dali end?

Vijay Mallya

Any serious airline has to look at a worldwide network.

Jeff Vandermeer

You can be deeply non-serious and still focused, disciplined, and on task.

Jennifer Lopez

It's not that serious I never put that much thought into us It wasn't that I loved you I was curious

Jaden Smith

I feel like a serious revolution needs to take place in order for human beings to evolve in a way where we can truly exist as a society.

Jeannette Walls

I always wanted to be a serious journalist.

Jeff Cooper

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

Eminem

It's not a contest, and I ain't on no conquest for no mate.

Horace

Joking apart, now let us be serious.

Horace

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

Friedrich Nietzsche

The most serious parody I have ever heard was this: In the beginning was nonsense, and the nonsense was with God, and the nonsense was God.

George Bernard Shaw

A serious illness or a death advertises the doctor exactly as a hanging advertises the barrister who defended the person hanged.

George Bernard Shaw

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

George Carlin

When I hear a person talking about political solutions, I know I am not listening to a serious person.

Eve Arnold

I realize that I had the best of serious picture journalism.

James Dolan

Everybody's gossiping about it, but no one sounds serious about buying.

Jon Gruden

It is right now a sprained knee. Whether it's more serious than that, we'll find out.

Shelden Williams

It wasn't serious basketball. We just put on a show for the fans.

Slade Gorton

All 10 of us are seriously disappointed in the F.B.I..

Jane McGonigal

Scientists have demonstrated that dramatic, positive changes can occur in our lives as a direct result of facing an extreme challenge - whether it's coping with a serious illness, daring to quit smoking, or dealing with depression. Researchers call this 'post-traumatic growth.'

Jane Pauley

I had had some months of depression. Not serious enough to keep me from work. So, I guess you'd call that a mild depression.

Ewan McGregor

Of course I voted for him. He wasn't a politician; he was a craze.

Eva Herzigova

I'm very serious; I don't waste my earnings.

Molly Ivins

I've always found it easier to be funny than to be serious.

J. M. Coetzee

Was it serious? I don't know. It certainly had serious consequences.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Preserving the serious health condition is usually painful.

Melissa Sue Anderson

I don't want what Shaun Cassidy gets. I am a serious actress.

Lindy Ruff

He's not well. I'd put him in the serious category. He wasn't doing well, even at the end of the game.

Jay Wright

He's got a serious injury, but he's doing OK. He's being evaluated right now. That's really all we can say.

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