“The honest and serious student of American history will recall that our Founding Fathers managed to write both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution without using the term 'democracy' even once. No part of any of the existing state Constitutions contains any reference to the word. [The men] who were most influential in the institution and formulation of our government refer to 'democracy' only to distinguish it sharply from the republican form of our American Constitutional system.” MenWritingStatesGovernmentFormFatherTermDemocracyHonestStudentsHe ManSeriousRepublicanConstitutionIndependenceInstitutionsHistoricalRecallsAmerican HistoryDeclarationFoundingInfluentialOur Founding FathersDeclaration Of Independence Author:Clarence Manion
“I'm not sure that I want my life to consist of Hollywood franchises, to be honest. There are other types of work that I'm interested in, like theater and just more serious drama and I just don't know.” KnowsWantHonestSeriousTypeDramaHollywoodTheaterBeing HonestNot Sure Author:Taron Egerton
“I'm working at trying to be a Christian and that's serious business. It's like trying to be a good Jew, a good Muslim, a good Buddhist, a good Shintoist, a good Zoroastrian, a good friend, a good lover, a good mother, a good buddyit's serious business. It's not something where you think, Oh, I've got it done. I did it all day, hotdiggety. The truth is, all day long you try to do it, try to be it, and then in the evening if you're honest and have a little courage you look at yourself and say, Hmm. I only blew it eighty-six times. Not bad.” IfsThinkingTryingLooksLittlesLongDoneChristianMotherChristianityHonestSeriousLoversTruth IsSixJewBuddhistEveningGood FriendEightyBuddyLook At YourselfGood MotherHmmGood LoveSerious BusinessGood LoversGood Buddhist Author:Maya Angelou
“Though I'm a rogue in talking upon Painting & Love I can be serious and honest upon any subject thoroughly pleasing to me.” I CanTalkingSubjectsHonestPaintingSeriousRogues Author:Thomas Gainsborough
“To chart a course, one must have a direction. In reality, the eye is no better than the philosophy behind it. The photographer creates, evolves a better, more selective, more acute eye by looking ever more sharply at what is going on in the world. Like every other means of expression, photography, if it is to be utterly honest and direct, should be related to the life of the times-the pulse of today. The photograph may be presented as finely and artistically as you will, but to merit serious consideration, must be directly connected with the world we live in.” IfsWorldShouldMayMeanPhilosophyRealityEyeTodayCoursesBehindsHonestSeriousExpressionPhotographyDirectPhotographerPhotographConnectedEvolveMeritRelatedConsiderationPulseSelective Author:Berenice Abbott
“If you're serious about improving your play, be brutally honest with yourself.” IfsPlayHonestSeriousImprovingHonest With YourselfBrutally Honest Author:Greg Norman
“There is more to American politics than fat cats and their political friends. There are serious-minded liberals who fight the good fight on many issues, ecologically oriented politicians who remain true to their cause, and honest people of every political stripe who are not beholden to any wealthy people. But there are not enough of them, and they are often worn down by the constant pressure from lobbyists, lawyers and conventional politicians.” PeopleEnoughPoliticalFightingCausesIssuesHonestHonestySeriousPoliticianCatPressureConstantLawyerFatsWealthyConventionalWornAmerican PoliticsStripesLobbyistsGood FightHonest PeopleFight The Good Fight Author:G. William Domhoff
“I'm pretty goofy and I make a lot of dumb jokes - life is too short to be serious, so I guess that's how I flirt. To be honest, I think I'm too shy and reserved to be a proper old fashioned flirt.” ThinkingLife IsHonestSeriousJokesDumbBeing HonestShyOld FashionedFlirtingToo ShortReservedLife Is Too ShortGoofy Author:Cory Monteith
“I think it's more honest, true to life, to write about serious matters. And also not to do something that's gentle. I like to put, ideally, belly laughs on one side, and really serious moments on the other. So they kind of come up against each other.” ThinkingWritingKindMatterMomentsSidesLaughingHonestSeriousCome UpGentleBellyTrue LifeBelly Laughs Author:Guy Jenkin
“There's a long-standing (50 year old) flame war within the field over whether it's "sci-fi" or "SF".SF has traditionally been looked down on by the literary establishment because, to be honest, much early SF was execrably badly written - but these days the significance of the pigeon hole is fading; we have serious mainstream authors writing stuff that is I-can't-believe-it's-not-SF, and SF authors breaking into the mainstream. If you view them as tags that point to shelves in bricks-and-mortar bookshops, how long are these genre categories going to survive in the age of the internet?” IfsWritingYearsBelieveLongI CanWarAgeStuffViewsWrittenHonestFieldsSeriousInternetStandingHolesBeing HonestThese DaysGenreFlamesSignificanceCategoriesSci FiEstablishmentMainstreamShelvesBricksTagFadingPigeonsBookshopsMortarBricks And Mortar Author:Charles Stross
“Mostly you don't want to make people feel bad because they carry that with them for the rest of their lives. I've found that. I hurt people on Celebrity Fit Club by being too honest. People loved it, but I was serious. I just hate phony baloneys. I can't do it anymore. I told them no. My tongue is too sharp. It was brutal.” PeopleWantFeelsI CanHateFoundHurtHonestSeriousFitClubsTongueBrutalPhonyHonest PeopleBaloney Author:Jackee Harry
“Let's be honest. We don't take rap serious the way other cultures take rock-n-roll, they take country. They artists are being loved.” WayCountryArtistCultureRocksHonestSeriousRapBeing HonestRock N RollBeing LovedOther Cultures Author:Master P
“A lot of the people involved in the media are very serious, honest people, and they will tell you, and I think they are right, that they are not being forced to write anything... What they don't tell you, and are maybe unaware of, is that they are allowed to write freely because their beliefs conform to the... standard doctrinal system, and then, yes, they are allowed to write freely and are not coerced.” PeopleThinkingWritingBeliefHonestMediaSeriousInvolvedStandardsConformHonest People Author:Noam Chomsky
“A lot of the people involved in the media are very serious, honest people, and they will tell you, and I think they are right, that they are not being forced to write anything.” PeopleThinkingWritingHonestMediaSeriousInvolvedHonest People Author:Noam Chomsky
“Trump has not masked who he is. Trump has not behaved like the Democrats do. He does not go out and camouflage. He doesn't present a side of him that isn't real. He doesn't lie to people about what he believes. Although he has broken a serious promise. And he's got some immigration people that voted for him that are a little angry about that. That must be mentioned. But other than that, Trump voters know Trump is who he is. He doesn't act, he doesn't put on a front, he doesn't make up things - as opposed to the Democrats who can't be honest about who they are.” PeopleBelieveRealLyingHonestSeriousBrokenPromiseDemocratImmigrationBeing Honest Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Number one, we have to talk about mental illnesses. Number two, you can actually address things from a purer and honest direct line to what's been going on in your life and how you've been feeling and why you think the way you think. I do think there is a genetic predisposition for mental illness, for depression, for suicide, but I also think that lifestyle can change things. If you're an addict, if you drink and you're putting a depressant into your body, it's going to cause serious problems.” ThinkingFeelingsProblemHonestSeriousDrinkDirectSuicideIllnessLifestyleMental IllnessAddict Author:Mariel Hemingway