The man who has begun to live more seriously within begins to live more simply without. – Phillips Brooks
I was studious and bookish. Not just as a child but also as a teenager. I took myself too seriously. – Nicola Sturgeon
No sooner than I did take it seriously, I had million-selling hits and movies with John Wayne. – Frankie Avalon
I seriously started drinking probably when I was about twelve. Kids are doing a lot of stuff very early. – David Arquette
Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn’t even get out of committee. – F. Lee Bailey
I jumped into acting because it was fun. It was tougher when I had to take my fun seriously. – Chris Noth
My iPod’s unbelievable. Seriously. The kids have put most of the music on it, but there’s a complete mix of ’80s rubbish and current day stuff. – Mark Lawrenson
Before ‘Homeland,’ I had รด?80 in the bank and no idea what I was going to do. I seriously considered giving it all up and getting a job as a lorry driver. – David Harewood
I’m always amazed that people take what I say seriously. I don’t even take what I am seriously. – David Bowie
We take our international responsibilities very seriously and will not withdraw our troops from Iraq… Otherwise, the victims of terror in Madrid will have died in vain. – Marek Belka
I was emotional. I wanted to be taken seriously. I was pretty emo. I was reciting Shakespeare monologues when I was 10. I still know the whole ‘To be, or not to be…’ monologue, because I knew it when I was 10. – Constance Wu
It’s an embarrassment that we don’t have a broad enough consensus among political leaders that true reform should take place. I could count the members of Congress on one hand that took these issues seriously. – DeForest Soaries
Those who invalidate reason ought seriously to consider whether they argue against reason with or without reason. – Ethan Allen
We didn’t take the words of Vladimir Lenin seriously until Communism spread across the globe. And unfortunately, the president didn’t take the words of groups like ISIS seriously until they established a sweeping self-proclaimed Islamic Caliphate. – Mike McCaul
I wouldn’t take the Pope too seriously. He’s a Pole first, a pope second, and maybe a Christian third. – Muriel Spark
