“The seriousness or otherwise of the subject matter is often irrelevent to the question of whether a book is any good. F Scott Fitzgerald wrote a great and beautiful novel which mainly involved shallow people going to parties in a rich guy's house. By contrast, all sorts of terrible books are published every month about men slaughtering people for no reason - a serious matter which, in itself, does not make the author worthy of serious consideration.” PeopleMenDoeBookMatterReasonBeautifulGuyHouseLanguagePartyNovelRichSubjectsSeriousMonthsInvolvedTerribleWorthyConsiderationNo ReasonContrastShallowSeriousnessSubject MatterScott Fitzgerald Author:Declan Lynch
“Dave Stark has taken the best of recent marketplace management concepts and married them to timeless biblical principles of leadership, translating business jargon into ministry language. The combination is an encouraging and practical guide to Christ-centered ministry leadership. This book will be helpful to anyone involved in leading a church or serious about modeling servant leadership.” BookLanguageChristChurchPrinciplesTakenSeriousInvolvedMarriedConceptsManagementGuidesPracticalsCombinationServantHelpfulMinistryTranslateBiblicalTimelessModelingMarketplaceStarksDaveJargonServant Leadership Author:Jonathan Reckford
“People who are meditating every day and involved in a serious spiritual practice don't usually wake up in the morning and want to rush out to eat a bunch of junk food.” PeopleWantSpiritualPracticeMorningSeriousInvolvedWake UpBunchJunkMeditatingSpiritual PracticeJunk Food Author:Marianne Williamson
“Curiously, the most serious religious people, or the most concerned scholars, those who constantly read the Bible as a matter of professional or pious duty, can often manage to evade a radically involved dialogue with the book they are questioning.” PeopleBookMatterReligiousSeriousDutyInvolvedConcernedDialogueManageScholarQuestioningPious Author:Thomas Merton
“We understand that ISIS is a group that's growing in its governance of territory. It's not just Iraq and Syria. They are now a predominant group in Libya. They are beginning to pop up in Afghanistan. They are increasingly involved now in attacks in Yemen. They have Jordan in their sights. This group needs to be confronted with serious proposals.” NeedsGrowingGroupsSeriousInvolvedSightIraqPopsTerritoryAfghanistanSyriaGovernanceProposalIsisJordanLibyaYemen Author:Marco Rubio
“Information is Power. Think For Yourself. CAUTION: proper use of the brain is not endorsed by federal governments nor huge corporations involved in serious financial profit from a brainwashed and enslaved population. Mild discomfort may occur as confusing independent thought challenges popular views of the world.” ThinkingWorldMayUseGovernmentChallengesViewsBrainInformationSeriousHugeInvolvedIndependentFinancialPopulationProfitCorporationsFederal GovernmentConfusingCautionDiscomfortBrainwashedIndependent ThoughtThink For YourselfInformation Is Power Author:Timothy Leary
“I'm not involved in light, frivolous matters. I'm not involved in fringe or side issues. I'm involved in serious issues.” MatterLightSidesIssuesSeriousInvolvedFringeFrivolousSerious Issues Author:Michele Bachmann
“I got into my first serious relationship with a man when I was twenty-three. I had, before that, sort of a typical, sad history of relatively promiscuous sexual encounters with men I didn't know, because I felt that if I were involved with people I did know, other people would know that I was gay, and it was something that I needed to keep so secret.” PeopleIfsKnowsMenFirstsThreeFeltSecretSeriousNeededInvolvedGayTwentiesEncountersTypicalPromiscuousSerious Relationship Author:Andrew Solomon
“It is true that veganism is a serious issue, but there should be fun involved. Why do anything if it doesn't bring some joy at the end of the day?” IfsShouldEndsJoyFunIssuesSeriousInvolvedThe End Of The DayVeganismSerious Issues Author:Sharon Gannon
“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
“Cara [Delevingne] I wanted to be sure that she would be involved. 'Cause she didn't do a lot of films before I met her, so I didn't know if she was serious and so I push her a bit.” IfsKnowsWould BeWantedFilmCausesBitsSeriousInvolvedMets Author:Luc Besson
“We've got to temper anything we say with that. On the other hand, you've got to be serious about what you do. And you've got to understand the price you pay for frivolity or just for greed - it's a very high price, especially if you're involved in this sacred material, which is about the human heart and human desire and human tragedy.” IfsHumansHeartHandsDesirePaySeriousMaterialsInvolvedTragedySacredGreedTemperHuman HeartHigh PricesFrivolity Author:Leonard Cohen