“I think to the degree writers are serious, there is a greater tendency for them to write to themselves, because they're trying to compose their own thoughts. They are trying to find out what is in their minds, which is the great mystery. Finding out who you are, what is in your head, and what kind of companion you are to yourself in the course of life. I do think people have very profound lives of which they say virtually nothing.” PeopleThinkingWritingTryingMindKindCoursesGreaterMysterySeriousDegreesFindingsWho You AreProfoundTendenciesCompanionCourse Of Life Author:Marilynne Robinson
“You become a serious programmer by going through a stage where you are fully aware of the degree to which you know the specification, meaning both the explicit and the tacit specification of your language and of your problem. "Hey, it works most of the time" is the very antithesis of a serious programmer, and certain languages can only support code like that.” KnowsProblemCertainLanguageSupportStageSeriousDegreesHeyCodeWhere You AreProgrammersExplicitAntithesisTacitSpecifications Author:Erik Naggum
“Friendship is a serious affection; the most sublime of all affections, because it is founded on principle, and cemented by time. The very reverse may be said of love. In a great degree, love and friendship cannot subsist in the same bosom; even when inspired by different objects they weaken or destroy each other, and for the same object can only be felt in succession. The vain fears and fond jealousies, the winds which fan the flame of love, when judiciously or artfully tempered, are both incompatible with the tender confidence and sincere respect of friendship.” MaySaidDifferentFeltFriendshipPrinciplesFansObjectsSeriousWindFriendsDegreesInspiredAffectionVainFlamesSincereReverseSublimeBosomsSuccessionLove And Friendship Book:A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Source: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
“What finally emerges from the 'clear and present danger' cases is a working principle that the substantive evil must be extremely serious and the degree of imminence extremely high before utterances can be punished...It must be taken as a command of the broadest scope that explicit language, read in the context of a liberty-loving society, will allow.” EvilLanguageJusticeLibertyPrinciplesCasesTakenClearDangerSeriousDegreesConstitutionCommandScopeUtteranceExplicit Author:Hugo Black
“Comparatively there is a much more awareness about energy resources in other countries and especially in the US and European countries. Also people there are much more serious about what they do. Here, people are more concerned about getting a 'degree' rather than this.” PeopleCountryEnergyAwarenessSeriousDegreesResourcesConcernedOther CountriesEuropean Countries Author:Ramon Magsaysay
“I was very interested in politics in college and was heading to be a lawyer. I have a degree in economics and I was interested in it. I hadn't really gotten super serious about it and I'd done a lot of student politics in high school. I really think it would be interesting and fun and challenging to go into politics.” ThinkingDoneWould BeSchoolFunChallengesInterestingStudentsCollegeSeriousDegreesHigh SchoolEconomicsLawyerHeadings Author:Jay Roach
“I don't believe, in a show like ours, that you really want to see character growth. That's just my opinion. Maybe to a small degree, but nothing serious. To that end, it doesn't have the same importance that it would have, if you were on an hour-long show. I think an audience gets really hungry for a character to grow and change on an hour-long show, and I think I would be more antsy.” IfsThinkingWantBelieveLongEndsCharacterShowsWould BeGrowsGrowthHoursOpinionAudienceSeriousDegreesImportanceDon't BelieveHungryGet Real Author:Ty Burrell
“A couple degrees warmer would be good for humanity and planet, especially with more plant-fertilizing carbon dioxide in the air. [...] But a couple degrees colder would bring serious adverse consequences for habitats, wildlife, agriculture and humanity."” Would BeHumanityAirPlanetsSeriousCoupleDegreesConsequencePlantBe GoodAgricultureCarbonWildlifeAdverseHabitatCarbon Dioxide Author:Paul Driessen
“I’m not only a lawyer, I have a post-doctorate degree in federal tax law from William and Mary. I’ve worked in serious scholarship ... my husband and I have raised five kids, we’ve raised 23 foster children. We’ve applied ourselves to education reform. We started a charter school for at-risk kids.” ChildrenStatesKidsSchoolLawUnitedUnited StatesFiveRiskSeriousHusbandTaxesDegreesCourtRaisedLawyerReformPostsMy HusbandMaryScholarshipFoster ChildrenCharterEducation ReformDoctoratesCharter SchoolsFederal Taxes Author:Michele Bachmann
“A constitutional democracy is in serious trouble if its citizenry does not have a certain degree of education and civic virtue.” IfsDoeCertainVirtueDemocracyTroubleSeriousDegreesCivicsCitizenryCivic Virtue Author:Phillip E. Johnson
“I talk about folding it in often with Althea, my girlfriend. She's getting her doctoral degree at Berkeley and she talks about how even when writing these very academic, and, for the most part, serious papers there's just so much going on in her head and heart, and it's a reminder that there's a reason that she's studying these things.” WritingHeartReasonStudySeriousDegreesPaperGirlfriendAcademicPapersRemindersMy GirlfriendBerkeleyHead And HeartFolding Author:Paul Beatty
“To the degree that Mr. Trump is serious about pursuing policies that improve the lives of working families in America, I and other progressives are prepared to work with him. To the degree that he pursues racist, sexist, xenophobic and anti-environment policies, we will vigorously oppose him.” AmericaEnvironmentPolicySeriousTrumpDegreesPreparedPursueRacistSexist Author:Bernie Sanders