We can’t get serious about immigration reform until we stop people from crossing the border illegally. – Blake Farenthold
This Government has found occasion to express, in a friendly spirit, but with much earnestness, to the Government of the Czar, its serious concern because of the harsh measures now being enforced against the Hebrews in Russia. – Benjamin Harrison
If anyone would have been paying serious attention to my puppet shows, I would have been sent to therapy very young. – Bob Balaban
If an American audience is given a serious musical theater piece that is well produced, dramatically gripping and wonderfully acted, they’ll respond to it. – Carlisle Floyd
I had only one idea before me throughout the trial, i.e. to show complete indifference towards the trial in spite of serious nature of the charges against us. – Bhagat Singh
I’ve always enjoyed making up stories, especially when I was bored and just sitting around. It got really serious after the children came along. – Ann Leckie
I’m a comic nerd. I’m a former serious collector for much of my childhood and early teen years I wanted to draw underground comics. – Anthony Bourdain
For a young person, it is almost a sin, or at least a danger, to be too preoccupied with himself; but for the ageing person, it is a duty and a necessity to devote serious attention to himself. – Carl Jung
I’ve certainly played games that provoked a real emotional response or serious thought processes. – Bryan Lee O’Malley
It’s been very hard for the guitar as a serious synthesizer to compete with keyboards. – Andy Summers
Every article I wrote in those days, every speech I made, is full of pleading for the recognition of lead poisoning as a real and serious medical problem. – Alice Hamilton
Serious poetry deals with the fundamental conflicts that cannot be logically resolved: we can state the conflicts rationally, but reason does not relieve us of them. – Allen Tate
‘The New Yorker’ was really my first experience with serious editing. Previously, I’d more or less just had copyediting with a few suggestions – not much. – Alice Munro
If police officers routinely issue tickets for the most serious traffic offenses, they’ll be treating drivers of all races, sexes, and ages equally. – Bill Dedman