You could have told me earlier. ” “You seemed so serious about the game. I didn’t want to bother you.
Let your countenance be pleasant, but in serious matters let it be somewhat grave.
My most serious character flaw is that I don't deny myself much.
Smiles, like humor, are the most serious and complex forms of communication used by human beings.
You can't win with some people. If you're not in government, you're criticised for being not serious. If you are in government, you're criticised for wanting power. That's the Labour party's line of attack, and it's a bit ridiculous.
The word 'leukemia' is a very frightening word. In many instances, it's a killer and it's something that you have to deal with in a very serious and determined way if you're going to beat it.
We were once told that the aeroplane had "abolished frontiers"; actually it is only since the aeroplane became a serious weapon that frontiers have become definitely impassable.
When the playful me shows up, I am ready to be a serious learner … a culture of playfulness is closely related to the capacity to learn.
In my experience, it's not just that serious books get a hearing on comedy shows. But serious books get a serious hearing, as well as a funny one, on comedy shows.
If you look at all the serious scientists in the world, there is no big disagreement on the basics of this. . . it would be absolute lunacy to act as if climate change is not occurring.
The Bush Administration claims there is a Social Security crisis only to distract Americans from its serious mismanagement of the federal budget.
I think quite often, being on the new set is not what you expect. The most serious film can be the most fun. The one that's supposed to be fun can be the most serious. I don't think there are any hard-and-fast rules. I just think it really depends on your director and what the general vibe is.
In real life I'm the type of girl who doesn't take herself too seriously. I'm very serious when it comes to work, but I like to make jokes and have a good laugh and make fun of myself.
He liked to play chess and do intelligent things, and I was a serious drinker and nonthinker.
A big book is like a serious relationship; it requires a commitment.
Let us settle down to the serious business of getting drunk.
Love a friend, love a wife, something, whatever you like, but one must love with a lofty and serious intimate sympathy, with strength, with intelligence, and one must always try to know deeper, better, and more.
I think that money is devoted to serious journalism, with analysis, interestingly presented, by good writers can still sell newspapers.
I've given my email address to all 3,000 T-Mobile stores. Serious customer escalations come directly to me. Customers get a kick out of me responding to them, and the employees do, too.
I do have a very conscious desire not to be academic. I'm antiacademic. I hate jargon. I hate that sort of pretension. I am a person who [commits] breaches of decorum - not in private life, but in my work. They are part of my mode of operation. That kind of playfulness is part of my nature in general. The paradox that, in a way, to take something very seriously, you can't always be serious about it.