“A serious writer is not to be confounded with a solemn writer. A serious writer may be a hawk or a buzzard or even a popinjay, but a solemn writer is always a bloody owl.” WritingMaySeriousBloodySolemnOwlHawksSolemnityBuzzards Book:The Hemingway Collection Source: The Hemingway Collection
“We always think we are right, and - search as I have - there is no evil under the sun that somebody somewhere won't argue is actually a good, no idiocy that hasn't got its perfectly serious defenders, and no tyrant, past or present - no matter how bloody - without some bunch of zealot schmucks to defend him or his reputation till the last breath in their bodies - or preferably somebody else's.” ThinkingMatterBodyLastsPastEvilSunSeriousBreathsArguingBunchReputationTyrantsBloodyDefendersIdiocyZealotSchmucks Author:Clive Barker
“If Boris [Johnson] backtracks on serious things there'll be another bloody revolt.” IfsSeriousBloodyJohnsonRevoltSerious Things Author:Rupert Murdoch
“I don't know whether I'll reach 40. I don't know whether I'll reach 35. I can't be sure about that. I am bloody serious. I am very, very serious. I didn't think I'd make 30.” ThinkingKnowsI CanSeriousBloody Author:Jimmy Page
“If you're serious about being an architect, you've got to learn how to take responsibility. It's not fluff. You have to do every detail on every bloody piece of the building. You have to know how the engineering works. You have to know how the fittings go together. You have to master the mechanical, electrical, acoustical - everything.” TogetherResponsibilityBuildingSeriousArchitectBloodyTaking ResponsibilityElectrical Author:Frank Gehry