Seriousness Quotes - Page 6

• No serious-minded man should have time for the mediocre in any phase of his living.

  James Cash Penney

  Men, Should Have, Phases

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• In all seriousness, people think that it's the ideas that are important. Well, everyone has ideas, all the time. I tend to write mine down and remember them, but at some point you have to apply the bum to the seat and knock out about sixty five thousand words - that's how long a novel is.

  Terry Pratchett

  Writing, Thinking, Ideas

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• So let's be honest with ourselves and not take ourselves too serious, and never condemn the other fellow for doing what we are doing every day, only in a different way.

  Will Rogers

  Being Different, Way, Serious

  Will Rogers (1977). “Letters of a self-made diplomat to his President”, Will Rogers Heritage Trust

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• I think Donald Trump should be delegitimized for many reasons. And his response to this hacking is also cause for delegitimization. But to say we should move on, when the bedrock of American democracy, the sanctity of our elections, has been messed with, just raises suspicions. His denial of it happening or its seriousness shows that there is something really amiss from his end of it.

  David Corn

  Moving, Thinking, Democracy

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Before the election, I reported on a story about a counterintelligence officer from another service sending reports to the FBI saying that his sources in Russia were saying that Moscow tried for years to cultivate and co-opt Donald Trump. I'm not saying that happened. I'm saying I hope the FBI took a strong look, because it is really hard to believe that a president-elect would be so callous in how he approaches this issue and so dismissive of the seriousness of it.

  David Corn

  Strong, Believe, Election

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I still am mystified about why Donald Trump is out there tweeting praise of Vladimir Putin, and still kind of denying and dismissing whether the hacking happened or the seriousness of it.

  David Corn

  Kind, Praise

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Know about the appeals process, especially in the case of the most serious crimes.

  Marilyn vos Savant

  Literature, Serious, Crime

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• The New York Times I think really is the gold standard of a certain type of journalism and in some ways it's the most important type of journalism, this chronicle of the biggest and most important stories of our time covered with a level of rigor and seriousness that is really unparalleled.

  Lydia Polgreen

  Thinking, Important, Gold

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

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• His name is Marcus: he is four and a half and possesses that deep gravity and seriousness that only small children and mountain gorillas have ever been able to master.

  Neil Gaiman

  Children, Names, Mountain

  Neil Gaiman (2005). “Anansi Boys”

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• I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

  Charles de Gaulle

  Life, Political, Politics

  Quoted in Clement Attlee, A Prime Minister Remembers (1961) See Briand 2; Clemenceau 4

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• I think almost every writer in the world would hope that books would be always talked about with respect and civility and depth and seriousness.

  Dave Eggers

  Book, Thinking, Depth

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• I believe Wall Street needs serious ongoing regulation.

  Andrew Cuomo

  Wall, Believe, Needs

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• Sampling out corruption is a very tough job, but I say so in all seriousness that we would be failing in our duty if we do not tackle this problem seriously and with determination.

  Lal Bahadur Shastri

  Determination, Jobs, Would Be

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• I'm worried that too many people, both in politics and out, don't appreciate the seriousness of the threat to American security and the evil of the enemy that faces us -more evil or as evil as Nazism and probably more dangerous than the Soviet communists we fought during the long Cold War.

  Joe Lieberman

  War, Long, People

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• I think when you see an aircraft fire, these angry, black puffs of smoke, knowing that one of them could kill you that you - you - you understand the seriousness of the mission. And you understand your own mortality.

  George H. W. Bush

  Thinking, Knowing, Fire

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• Playing and fun are not the same thing, though when we grow up we may forget that and find ourselves mixing up playing with happiness. There can be a kind of amnesia about the seriousness of playing, especially when we played by ourselves.

  Lynda Barry

  Growing Up, Fun, Mixing

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• You are nearing the land that is life; you will recognize it by its seriousness.

  Rainer Maria Rilke

  Land

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• I certainly don't see the humour in my work as something that detracts from its seriousness. It's just a way of making difficult messages more palatable.

  Patricia Piccinini

  Way, Messages, Humour

  "Interview with Patricia Piccinini and Peter Hennessey". Interview With Daniel Palmer, www.patriciapiccinini.net. 2001.

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• Even though I'm known as a pop musician, I have a seriousness about what I do.

  Brian Eno

  Musician, Pops, Known

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• Nourished people, people who love and care for themselves, are also more efficient and nicer to be around. When you give yourself permission to relax, people will feel more relaxed around you; your environment will become more harmonious. Balance - between work and pleasure, giving and receiving, seriousness and levity - creates a happy healthy life.

  Kathy Freston

  Giving, People, Healthy

  Kathy Freston (2012). “Quantum Wellness: A Step-by-Step Guide to Health and Happiness”, p.149, Random House

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• In all seriousness, the first book [The Andy Cohen Diaries: A Deep Look at a Shallow Year] was such a love letter to Wacha, that I think people will be interested and surprised to see that I had some challenges with him in year two.

  Andy Cohen

  Book, Thinking, Years

  Source: www.omnivoracious.com

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• [John] Hughes was well aware that to ignore the seriousness of young people is to encourage things like Columbine, so you might want to listen. And we were all pretty serious, a little bit, in high school. Some a little more than others.

  Judd Nelson

  School, People, Want

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Our generation had been told that life had seriousness, and we came in (to politics) with purpose. We were serving history.

  Newt Gingrich

  Our Generation, Generations, Purpose

  Source: patch.com

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• Let's not underestimate the seriousness of the challenge. We have a deeply divided party. We have a deeply divided country.

  Stephen Crabb

  Country, Party, Challenges

  "Brexit: Crabb and Fox out of Tory race after May wins first round of voting - As it happened" by Andrew Sparrow, Claire Phipps and Ben Quinn, www.theguardian.com. July 5, 2016.

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• Sheer Playfulness and Deadly Seriousness are my closest friends.

  Philip Roth

  Playfulness, Closest Friends, Sheer

  FaceBook post by Philip Roth from Aug 08, 2011

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