“As soon as I hear the word "competition" I get serious and start doing everything that I can do.” I CanCan DoSeriousCompetition Author:Maureen McCormick
“As an actor, I'm attracted to drama; as a director, it's humor - because it's the story of my life, and I can't be that serious about it. Being alone is a big theme in all my movies, both as a director and as an actress.” I CanStoriesBigsActorsSeriousDramaDirectorsActressesThemeStory Of My Life Author:Jodie Foster
“I can be quite serious sometimes so laughing is key.” I CanSometimesLaughingSeriousKeys Author:Emily VanCamp
“I'm definitely in the market for being uncool. There was some funny stuff, like the thing about making sure I show people that I have tattoos and cigarettes so that they know I'm badass. But really, I do have tattoos! And I do smoke cigarettes sometimes, and I can't change that. But I am not badass, by any means. I do some stuff that's tongue-in-cheek, and some stuff that's on the line. And it could be funny, it could be serious, and I never even know myself, because it could be funny that day, and the next day it's totally embarrassing.” PeopleKnowsMeanI CanSometimesShowsNextStuffLinesSeriousTongueSmokeCheeksCigaretteTattooNext DayEmbarrassingBadassCan't ChangeUncoolTongue In CheekFunny Stuff Author:Ryan Adams
“I've always tried to come up with funny dancing since I was young, to attract girls' attention for one thing. It's got to be funny. I can't pull it off with serious dances. That's not me.” I CanYoungGirlAttentionOne ThingSeriousDancingCome Up Author:PSY
“I am uniquely positioned and prepared to be president. I can assure you I am serious. I am committed” I CanPresidentSeriousPreparedCommittedUniqueness Author:Dan Quayle
“If I can be serious now, and I have the feeling I can.” IfsI CanFeelingsSerious Author:David Letterman
“Writing is a completely private act. It's in a way like play but very serious play, and sometimes I can escape into the fictional world that I'm creating so fully as to see hours go by without my noticing it. I think that kind of suspension of time and that mindfulness is a real gift.” ThinkingWorldWayWritingKindI CanRealSometimesPlayHoursSeriousMindfulnessCreatingNoticingSuspensionFictional Worlds Author:Antonya Nelson
“I view the major features of my own odyssey as a set of mostly fortunate contingencies. I was not destined by inherited mentality or family tradition to become a paleontologist. I can locate no tradition for scientific or intellectual careers anywhere on either side of my eastern European Jewish background. I view my serious and lifelong commitment to baseball in entirely the same manner: purely as a contingent circumstance of numerous, albeit not entirely capricious, accidents.” I CanSidesMy OwnViewsCareersSeriousCircumstancesMajorsIntellectualCommitmentTraditionBaseballAccidentsBackgroundsFortunateFeaturesMentalityEasternDestinedLifelongCapriciousOdysseyContingencyFamily Tradition Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“Though I'm a rogue in talking upon Painting & Love I can be serious and honest upon any subject thoroughly pleasing to me.” I CanTalkingSubjectsHonestPaintingSeriousRogues Author:Thomas Gainsborough
“I think I can only help to expose percussion to all sorts of people. The balance between the lighter and more serious side is important.” PeopleThinkingI CanImportantHelpingSidesSeriousBalanceLightersPercussion Author:Evelyn Glennie