“In regards to being a fashion aficionado, there's a certain amount of taking yourself seriously in the professional world. The self-effacing person can't completely go down the serious road. But I design, and love when things are beautiful.” WorldPersonsSelfBeautifulCertainFashionDesignSeriousAmountAnd LoveRegard Author:St. Vincent
“When you look at February's (2011) deficit spending alone, and the fact that it was larger than what our total deficit spending was in 2007, the proposals that the Senate is sending us simply are ridiculous, because it's not even a solution. It doesn't address the amount of spending that we have in a week's time. We need to get serious.” NeedsLooksFactsWeekSeriousAmountSolutionsSpendingRidiculousAddressesSenateDeficitProposalFebruaryDeficit Spending Author:Kristi Noem
“Comedy is serious - deadly serious. Never, never try to be funny! The actors must be serious. Only the situation must be absurd. Funny is in the writing, not in the performing. If the situation isn't absurd, no amount of joke will help.” IfsWritingTryingHelpingActorsSituationComedySeriousAmountJokesAbsurdPerforming Author:Mel Brooks
“Most television shows are going to require an actor sign up from four to six years, but an anthology show really amounts to five or six months at the most. I thought serious actors might be attracted to that.” YearsShowsMightActorsFiveFourTelevisionSeriousMonthsAmountSixSix MonthsTelevision ShowsAnthology Author:Nic Pizzolatto
“[The child] takes his play very seriously and he expends large amounts of emotion on it. The opposite of play is not what is serious but what is real.” ChildrenRealPlayEmotionSeriousAmountOppositesPsychoanalysis Book:Art and literature: Jensen's Gradiva, Leonardo da Vinci and other works Source: Art and literature: Jensen's Gradiva, Leonardo da Vinci and other works
“In the past, in order to continue as a candidate, a serious candidate, you had to be in the top three finishes in Iowa. You had to be in the top two out of New Hampshire. All our presidents elected in the past half-century finished either first or second in New Hampshire and in the top three in Iowa. That changed with the Citizens United, when we gave unlimited amounts of money.” FirstsTwoPastOrderThreePresidentUnitedHalfCenturyChangedSeriousAmountCitizensFinishedCandidatesUnlimitedIowaHampshireNew HampshireCitizens United Author:Mark Shields
“Where there is no belief in the soul, there is very little drama . . . . Either one is serious about salvation or one is not. And it is well to realize that the maximum amount of seriousness admits the maximum amount of comedy. Only if we are secure in our beliefs can we see the comical side of the universe.” IfsWellsLittlesSoulUniverseBeliefSidesRealizingComedySeriousAmountDramaSalvationSecureMaximumSeriousnessComical Book:Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose Source: Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
“If you spent a proper amount of time with me, you would probably wonder if I was on drugs - I'm not. I'm just incredibly hyperactive and manic. I can be quiet and serious at the same time.” IfsI CanWonderSeriousAmountDrugQuietManic Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“I was never like, "collect, collect," like people who go to auctions. I never spent a serious amount of time because I don't have any time!” PeopleSeriousAmountAuctions Author:Mikhail Baryshnikov