“I finally decided one day, reading science fiction magazines of the time, I could do at least as well as some of these people are doing. So I finally made a serious effort.” PeopleWellsMadeReadingLiteratureEffortFictionSeriousOne DayDecidedScience FictionMagazines Author:Fred Saberhagen
“The idea of doing a children's film is different, but quite honestly I like doing anything - any genre. I've only made one Western, which was 'Three Amigos,' but I would love to make a serious Western. I'm just wide open.” ChildrenMadeIdeasDifferentFilmThreeSeriousWesternWideHonestlyGenre Author:John Landis
“Al Gore has made no serious attempt to level the playing field for U.S. agriculture exports, which have fallen 16 percent in the last three years. And Al Gore has opposed every serious proposal to provide American farmers with meaningful tax relief.” YearsMadeLastsThreeLevelsFieldsSeriousTaxesPercentMeaningfulFallenReliefAlsFarmersThree YearsAgricultureProposalGorePlaying Fields Author:Dan Quayle
“For better or worse, I take my acting seriously. I may not have been in the best movies ever made, but I take it deathly serious, and I love being an actor.” MayHas BeensMadeActorsLove IsActingSerious Author:Matthew Lillard
“My philosophy is that all stocks are bad. There are no good stocks unless they go up in price. If they go down instead, you have to cut your losses fast Letting losses run is the most serious mistake made by most investors.” IfsMadePhilosophyRunningLossMistakeCuttingSeriousEntrepreneurInvestmentInvestingFinancialFinanceInvestorsFoundersYour LossSerious Mistakes Author:William O'Neil
“We have a serious problem with incarceration in this country. It's destroying families, it's destroying communities and we're the most incarcerated country in the world, and when you look deeper and look at the reasons we got to this place, we as a society made some choices politically and legislatively, culturally to deal with poverty, deal with mental illness in a certain way and that way usually involves using incarceration.” WorldWayLooksMadeCountryReasonProblemCertainChoicesCommunityDealsPovertySeriousIllnessDeeperMental IllnessDestroyingIncarceration Author:John Legend
“As economists have often pointed out, we pay doctors for quantity, not quality. As they point out less often, we also pay them as individuals, rather than as members of a team working together for their patients. Both practices have made for serious problems.” MadeProblemTogetherIndividualPayQualityPracticeTeamSeriousMembersDoctorsPatientWorking TogetherQuantityEconomistTeam Working Author:Atul Gawande
“On the show, I do a very serious thing. And a lot of people have a hard time reconciling that with what I'm going to do after the show. They can't get it into their heads: "How can he be talking to Madeleine Albright one minute and then somebody half his age...." They're just jealous. But I never made any bones about it. I am a player. Always have been.” PeopleHas BeensMadeHardShowsAgeHalfTalkingPlayerMinutesSeriousBonesHard TimesJealousOne MinuteSerious ThingsMadeleines Author:Bill Maher