Serious Quotes

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
- Attention
- Young
- Danger
I'm from a country where acting is taken very seriously; it's a very serious profession.

Malcolm McDowell
- Country
- Taken
- Acting

I think I have a reputation for being really serious. In interviews I use big words, but I'm just an emotional goofball. I play practical jokes all the time.

Darren Hayes Savage Garden
- Time
- Thinking
- Words
I've learned that no matter how serious your life requires you to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with.

Andy Rooney
- Life
- Friend
- I've Learned
I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got to be serious. When I get out on the field, nothing's a joke to me. I don't feel like I should walk around with a smile on my face.

Hank Aaron
- Smile
- Hands
- Walk
That beats any meat injection … that beats any fuckin cock in the world … Ali gasps, completely serious. It unnerves us tae the extent that ah feel ma ain genitals through ma troosers tae see if they're still thair.

Irvine Welsh
- World
- Serious
When conducted with proper preparation, and in a focused and professional manner, oversight of executive branch actions can reveal serious shortcomings by government officials and help prevent recurrence; the 'Waco hearings,' conducted over a two-week period in 1995, stand as an example of such an undertaking.

Bob Barr
- Help
- Period
- Professional
The idea of solving as huge and long-term a problem as inequality - which, for my money, is the biggest single problem we have here at home - just never gets serious concern from both sides.

George Packer
- Long
- Money
- Home