“Indeed, so far from being humorous, the male American is the most abnormally serious creature who ever existed.. It is only fair to admit that he can exaggerate, but even his exaggeration has a rational basis. It is not founded on wit or fancy; it does not spring from any poetic imagination.” DoeImaginationSeriousCreaturesSpringHumorousFairsBasesMalesWitRationalFancyPoeticExaggerationAbnormal Author:Oscar Wilde
“Your discovery of the contradiction caused me the greatest surprise and, I would almost say, consternation, since it has shaken the basis on which I intended to build my arithmetic.” SeemsLossSeriousDiscoveryLogicBasesFoundationSurpriseContradictionSoleArithmeticConsternation Author:Gottlob Frege
“I think we need to ask serious questions about how we engage militarily, when we engage militarily, and on what basis we engage militarily. What kind of intelligence do we have to justify a military engagement?” ThinkingNeedsKindAsksMilitarySeriousBasesJustifyEngagement Author:Albert Wynn
“Comedy is the result of what's happening, not what people are doing. Because if people are doing comedy. It's embarrassing. The individual elements have to be straight-faced, serious, realistic with a firm basis. What makes it comedy is a somewhat shifted way to put it together.” PeopleIfsWayTogetherIndividualResultsComedySeriousElementsHappeningsBasesFirmRealisticEmbarrassing Author:Christoph Waltz
“Sexual passion is the cause of war and the end of peace, the basis of what is serious... and consequently the concentration of all desire” WarEndsDesirePassionCausesSeriousBasesConcentrationCauses Of War Book:The World as Will and Idea Source: The World as Will and Idea