Serious Quotes - Page 23

• You know," he (Tweedledee) added very gravely, "it's one of the most serious things that can possibly happen to one in a battle--to get one's head cut off." pg. 199

  Lewis Carroll

  Cutting, Battle, Knows

  "Through the Looking-Glass". Book by Lewis Carroll, Chapter 4: Tweedledum And Tweedledee, 1871.

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• In my first publication I might have claimed that I had come to the conclusion, as a result of serious study of the literature and deep thought, that valuable antibacterial substances were made by moulds and that I set out to investigate the problem. That would have been untrue and I preferred to tell the truth that penicillin started as a chance observation. My only merit is that I did not neglect the observation and that I pursued the subject as a bacteriologist. My publication in 1929 was the starting-point of the work of others who developed penicillin especially in the chemical field.

  Alexander Fleming

  Science, Discovery, Deep Thought

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• There are many drugs that have many serious side effects and that are harmful to people. Marijuana is no different than that.

  Dana Rohrabacher

  Marijuana, People, Drug

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• Did I mention I've finally decided on a nickname for you?" "I didn't know you were looking." Well, I've given the matter some serious thought." "And what have you come up with?" "Cookie," I anounced proudly. Xavier scrunched up his face. "No way." "You don't like it? What about Bumblebee?" "Worse." "Snookie-Wookie?" "Do you have any cyanide?" "Well, some of us are just a bit hard to please.

  Alexandra Adornetto

  Cookies, Bumblebees, Nicknames

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• Can you be serious for two words?" "Not without effort.

  Steven Brust

  Two, Effort

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• A true Englishman doesn't joke when he is talking about so serious a thing as a wager.

  Jules Verne

  Talking, Wagers, Englishmen

  Jules Verne, Jules VERNE (2016). “Around the World in Eighty Days”, p.16, Jules Verne

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• This is something that I'm sure I'd have serious debates with my fellow Christians about. I think that the difficult thing about any religion, including Christianity, is that at some level there is a call to evangelize and prostelytize. There's the belief, certainly in some quarters, that people haven't embraced Jesus Christ as their personal savior that they're going to hell.

  Barack Obama

  Christian, Jesus, Thinking

  "Obama on faith". The Patheos Interview, www.patheos.com. March 27, 2004.

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• a father for whom everything is an unshakable duty, for whom there is a right way and a wrong way and nothing in between, a father whose compound of ambitions, biases, and beliefs is so unruffled by careful thinking that he isn’t as easy to escape from as he seems. Limited men with limitless energy; men quick to be friendly and quick to be fed up; men for whom the most serious thing in life is to keep going despite everything. And we were their sons. It was our job to love them.

  Philip Roth

  Jobs, Father, Ambition

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• There was Kir, red hair combed back and That Expression on his sharp face. Even his freckles looked serious. I'd given up wondering how a freckle-faced teenager could look so much like a disapproving granny.

  Lilith Saintcrow

  Teenager, Hair, Expression

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• Mass communication--wonder as it may be technologically and something to be appreciated and valued--presents us wit a serious daner, the danger of conformism, due to the fact that we all view the same things at the same time in all the cities of the country. (p. 73)

  Rollo May

  Country, Communication, Views

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• So, destroy?" Cal asked. Clearly, the conversation was giving his two brain cells a serious workout.

  Rick Riordan

  Workout, Cells, Two

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• Fine - I said huffily. - But I hope I'm at least allowed to fly around the corridors during lunch hour. Gabriel threw me a disapproving look. I waited for him to get my joke, but his eyes remained serious. I sighed. Much as I loved him, Gabriel could be totally lacking in any sense of humor.

  Alexandra Adornetto

  Eye, Lunch, Looks

  Alexandra Adornetto (2011). “Halo: Number 1 in series”, p.16, Hachette UK

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• Nuclear terrorism is one of the most serious threats of our time. Even one such attack could inflict mass casualties and create immense suffering and unwanted change in the world forever. This prospect should compel all of us to act to prevent such a catastrophe.

  Ban Ki-moon

  Nuclear Terrorism, Forever, Suffering

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• I felt I was drawing close to that age, that place in life, where you realize one day what you'd told yourself was a Zen detachment turns out to be naked fear. You'd had one serious love relationship in your life and it had ended in tragedy, and the tragedy had broken something inside you. But instead of trying to repair the broken place, or at least really stop and look at it, you skated and joked. You had friends, you were a decent citizen. You hurt no one. And your life was somehow just about half of what it could be.

  Roland Merullo

  Hurt, Drawing, Broken

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• I suspect that there is no serious scholar who doesn’t like to watch television. I’m just the only one who confesses.

  Umberto Eco

  Watches, Television, Scholar

  "Umberto Eco, 1932-2016". Obituary by Marvin Olasky, world.wng.org. February 20, 2016.

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• My ambition is to not embarrass myself--which, if you know me, is a pretty serious ambition.

  David Lipsky

  Ambition, Know Me, Knows

  David Lipsky (2010). “Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace”, p.118, Broadway Books

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• If I could not smile, I think my situation would be even more serious.

  Chris Cleave

  Thinking, Would Be, Little Bee

  Chris Cleave (2012). “Chris Cleave Ebook Boxed Set: Little Bee, Incendiary, Gold”, p.302, Simon and Schuster

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• He gave her a quick, casual kiss on the cheek first. Then came the hug, and it was the hug that always made Laurel’s heart mush. Serious grip, cheek to the hair, eyes closed, just a little sway. Del’s hugs mattered, she thought, and made him impossible to resist.

  Nora Roberts

  Heart, Eye, Kissing

  Nora Roberts (2011). “Nora Roberts' Bride Quartet”, p.483, Penguin

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• I'm getting a girlfriend soon," said Michael in a serious tone, and everyone laughed. "You've got plenty of time for that, kiddo," said his father. "No need to rush." "Well, I don't want a boyfriend, Daddy," said Madeline. "Boys are dirty, and they make a mess when they eat." "I'd imagine the six-year-old ones would." Xavier chuckled. "But don't worry, they get better at it.

  Alexandra Adornetto

  Girlfriend, Father, Dirty

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• How does this whole guardian angel business work? Am I the only person who can see you? I mean, are you invisible to everyone else?" Patch stared at me like he hoped I wasn't serious.    "You're not invisible?" I squeaked. "You have to get out of here!" I made a movement to push Patch off the bed but was cut short by a searing jab in my ribs. "She'll kill me if she finds you in here. Can you climb trees? Tell me you can climb a tree!"    Patch grinned. "I can fly."    Oh. Right. Well, okay.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Mean, Angel, Cutting

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.271, Simon and Schuster

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• All the troubles of the Church, all the evils in the world, flow from this source: that men do not by clear and sound knowledge and serious consideration penetrate into the truths of Sacred Scripture.

  Teresa of Avila

  Faith, Inspiration, Men

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• Your problem, it is not here' - he pointed the pen at Max-Ernest's throat - 'it is here' - he pointed the pen at Max-Ernest's chest. 'My heart is heavy, too. But you must be strong. This situation, it is very serious. It is not only Cass's life that is at stake. If she dies, the Secret, it will die too.

  Pseudonymous Bosch

  Strong, Heart, Secret

  Pseudonymous Bosch (2012). “This Isn't What It Looks Like: The Secret Series”, p.34, Usborne Publishing Ltd

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• That memory made a lump form in my throat as I remembered his face, serious and gorgeous, those brown eyes intense and passionate as he spoke up for me and convinced the others of my value.

  Richelle Mead

  Memories, Eye, Passionate

  Richelle Mead (2010). “Spirit Bound: A Vampire Academy Novel”, p.104, Penguin

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• An interval of meditation, serious and grateful, was the best corrective of everything dangerous.

  Jane Austen

  Grateful, Meditation, Dangerous

  Jane Austen (2012). “The Complete Novels of Jane Austen, Volume 2: Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion”, p.707, Modern Library

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• Japanese-owned cargo ship Tsimtsum, flying Panamanian flag, sank July 2nd, 1977, in Pacific, four days out of Manila. Am in lifeboat. Pi Patel my name. Have some food, some water, but Bengal tiger a serious problem. Please advise family in Winnepeg, Canada. Any help very much appreciated. Thank you.

  Yann Martel

  July, Names, Water

  Yann Martel (2015). “Life of Pi - CANCELED”, p.246, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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