We’re facing serious issues. We can either complain about it or try to step in and solve it. – James Lankford
The most serious charge which can be brought against New England is not Puritanism but February. – Joseph Wood Krutch
We write not only for children but also for their parents. They, too, are serious children. – Isaac Bashevis Singer
I hate the way the English have of not being serious about being serious, I really hate it. – Julian Barnes
Being an artist means ceasing to take seriously that very serious person we are when we are not an artist. – Jose Ortega y Gasset
There is but one nation on the globe from which we have anything serious to apprehend, but that is the most powerful that now exists or ever did exist. I refer to Great Britain. – John C. Calhoun
There’s a tradition in American fiction that is deadly serious and earnest – like the Steinbeckian social novel. – John Hodgman
Republicans must stop putting tax increases on the fiscal cliff negotiating table and start demanding that Democrats put forth serious proposals to reduce spending. – John Fleming
Bill Murray is a wonderful actor, and he’s very funny, and I’ve seen him be serious and terrific. – Geoffrey Ward
Of all the biennials, triennials, quadrennials, internationals, and massive group shows, Documenta, established in 1955 and held once every five years in Kassel, Germany, is seen as the most serious. A statement show. – Jerry Saltz
If you read about the astronauts who went to the moon – the 12 who walked on it, and the others who orbited – all suffered serious mental trauma of one kind or another. – James Gray
I’m a Gemini and I have a lot of different moods. Sometimes I’m very serious and introspective and pensive, but other times I’m completely goofy and girlie. So, I like my songs to cover all my moods. – Jewel
We’ve got to make sure that the young, violent, serious juvenile offender is punished, that it’s fair punishment, that it’s punishment that fits the crime and that is understood and that is anticipated and expected. – Janet Reno
Every time there is a recession, consumers will typically be more cautious, more conservative, take more time, and make more serious price-performance trade-offs. – John Quelch
Policy makers should be compelled to take action given the serious costs of long-term unemployment when overall unemployment is already high. A week of unemployment is worse when it is experienced as part of a longer spell. – Janet Yellen
The real problem is deflation. That is the opposite of inflation but equally serious to the borrower. – Jack Kemp
I don’t think anyone would argue with the notion that there have been serious abuses on Wall Street. – Andrew Cuomo
I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution. – Andrew Carnegie
Politics is much too serious to be taken too seriously; equally, there are many aspects of it so laughable as to be lamentable. – Charles Kennedy