“I think technology has changed America, not any one organization. Technology is taking the power away from the few. There'll be a lot more choices, and good people who are doing serious stuff will survive and there'll be a lot more voices, and that is very healthy.” PeopleThinkingAmericaChoicesStuffVoiceTechnologyChangedSeriousHealthyOrganizationGood People Author:Brian Lamb
“I was always tinkering around with stuff but nothing serious at the time. I was doing animations and drawing like crazy, but I wasn't imagining that I'd be performing music for people, that's for sure.” PeopleStuffCrazySeriousDrawingPerformingAnimationTinkeringPerforming Music Author:Chad VanGaalen
“I'm definitely in the market for being uncool. There was some funny stuff, like the thing about making sure I show people that I have tattoos and cigarettes so that they know I'm badass. But really, I do have tattoos! And I do smoke cigarettes sometimes, and I can't change that. But I am not badass, by any means. I do some stuff that's tongue-in-cheek, and some stuff that's on the line. And it could be funny, it could be serious, and I never even know myself, because it could be funny that day, and the next day it's totally embarrassing.” PeopleKnowsMeanI CanSometimesShowsNextStuffLinesSeriousTongueSmokeCheeksCigaretteTattooNext DayEmbarrassingBadassCan't ChangeUncoolTongue In CheekFunny Stuff Author:Ryan Adams
“When I was younger, I used humour as a tool to avoid getting too serious with people - if there was deep emotional stuff going on, then I would crack a joke to defuse the situation.” PeopleIfsUsedStuffSituationEmotionalHumourSeriousJokesToolsCracksDeep Emotional Author:Matthew Perry
“It's part of the buzz of the city among Christians. It wouldn't surprise me that it got to George Bush. He reads, he picks stuff up, he talks to people. And he's pretty serious about his own Christian beliefs.” PeopleChristianBeliefStuffCitiesChristianitySeriousPicksSurpriseBuzzSurprise Me Author:Charles Colson
“I also found child's play - stuff that was not considered serious, but goofy - was the stuff I liked to do, so I still do it as an adult.” ChildrenStillsPlayFoundStuffSeriousAdultsGoofy Author:Matt Groening
“Most of the kids that I meet in the street are serious hardened criminals that I meet in the street, never had a mother and a father to love them, to protect them, to teach them right from wrong and lead them out of crime and gangs and stuff like that.” KidsMotherFatherStuffTeachStreetsCrimeSeriousProtectCriminalsGangHardened Author:Steven Seagal
“I like mixing things up, doing some silly stuff, along with serious stuff, up tempo, and some quiet things ... it keeps me interested.” StuffSeriousQuietSillyTempoMixingSilly Stuff Author:Tom Rush
“I know the Muslim psychology. It is all pomposity and bravado. I give you my word that if Islam is ridiculed publicly and systematically, it will be defeated. Shame is a great motivator as well as deterrent. Do not underestimate the power of ridicule. This is serious stuff not a laughing matter.” IfsKnowsGivingWellsMatterStuffLaughingPsychologySeriousShameIslamDefeatedUnderestimateRidiculeDeterrentBravadoPomposity Author:Ali Sina
“I love comedy. I suppose comedy is my first love, in a way. I did a lot of acting, funnily enough, unprofessionally, as a kid. From when I was 10 years old until I was about 19, I was always doing little sketches with my friends, and doing different accents and voices. Probably about 3/4 of those were comedic, in some way, and the other 1/4 was more serious stuff or more action or more dramatic little pieces that I would make. But, I tend to lean towards comedy.” WayYearsFirstsLittlesDifferentEnoughKidsActionStuffVoiceActingComedyPiecesSeriousMy FriendsDramaticAccentsFirst LoveComedic Author:Sharlto Copley
“I never thought I would end up being an actress. I thought I really was going to do serious stuff like law or politics.” EndsLawStuffSeriousActresses Author:Rebel Wilson
“This is pretty much the infrastructural stuff that comes along with large quantities of energy. Whichever technology we are looking at has serious hazardous issues.” EnergyStuffTechnologyIssuesSeriousQuantity Author:Stewart Brand
“Famous crime stories almost always lead to the passing of new laws. There's a great many intersections between this unseemly tabloid phenomena and serious social issues and we never get to that intersection because serious people don't like to talk about that unattractive stuff.” PeopleStoriesLawSocialStuffIssuesCrimeSeriousPassingPassingsGreat MenSocial IssuesTabloidsUnattractiveIntersections Author:Bill James
“I think there's a lack of quality roles for women in comedies. Most actresses get cast as the "eye-roller" or "the serious one," while men in comedies get to do all the fun, silly stuff and muck around. Sometimes you just have to search hard for a role or create one for yourself.” ThinkingMenSometimesHardEyeFunStuffQualityRolesComedySeriousCastsActressesSillySilly Stuff Author:Isla Fisher
“To me, most theatre looks ridiculous. I find it very difficult to do. Personally, if I ever try to do serious stuff, I always end up looking like an asshole, so I might as well try and do comedy, because I'm good at that.” IfsTryingWellsLooksEndsMightStuffDifficultComedySeriousTheatreRidiculous Author:Steve Coogan
“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
“Those who say that Serena isn't serious about tennis; she wants to go Hollywood. That's true, about Hollywood. I would love to get a lot of acting gigs. But you wouldn't believe the stuff I've turned down because of my tournament schedule...I would do well beside (comedian) Chris Tucker.” WantBelieveWellsStuffActingSeriousHollywoodComedianTennisSchedulesGigsTournamentsTurned Down Author:Serena Williams
“We [me and my husband] both had our things. Seth was the artist, I was the singer. We were like "You do your thing, I'll do my thing and never the two shall meet." I think we had a healthy competition going through our childhood. But I sort of left the funny stuff to him, I said "You're the comedian, you're the jokester, you do that I'll be the more serious one." You need that kind of balance in the family.” ThinkingNeedsKindSaidTwoArtistLeftStuffChildhoodSeriousLike YouBalanceHealthyHusbandOur ChildrenCompetitionSingersComedianMy HusbandFunny StuffHealthy Competition Author:Rachael MacFarlane
“I like all kinds of comedy. I like comedy that doesn't talk about real beliefs or serious thoughts, but then I also like the stuff that does. I think it just depends. It's a completely personal choice.” ThinkingKindDoeRealChoicesBeliefStuffComedySeriousDependsAll KindsPersonal Choice Author:Maria Bamford
“I'm serious. I've got to get people to realize that the government is full of it. Republicans and Democrats want to argue over stuff that's not important, like gay marriage or the war in Iraq or illegal immigration... When I run - if I run - we're going to talk about real issues like improving our schools, cleaning up our neighborhoods of drugs and crime and making Alabama a better place for all people.” PeopleIfsWantImportantWarRealGovernmentRunningSchoolStuffRealizingIssuesCrimeSeriousRepublicanGayDrugDemocratIraqArguingImmigrationNeighborhoodIllegalImprovingBetter PlaceCleaningGay MarriageAlabamaIllegal ImmigrationCleaning Up Author:Charles Barkley
“I've been writing songs since I was like six or seven. I've been writing poetry and short stories and stuff, but my first serious, serious song, I wrote when I was fourteen.” WritingFirstsStoriesSongStuffSeriousSixSevenShort StoryWriting SongsFourteenWriting Poetry Author:Gabrielle Aplin
“Kids are growing up and they don't know the difference between fact and fiction. The line is getting blurry. I can handle it, you know; I'm a big boy. And the entertainment industry has always been crazy. But the problem is, it spills over into some very serious issues, in politics and real newsworthy stuff.” KnowsI CanRealFactsProblemBigsKidsStuffDifferencesLinesFictionBoysGrowing UpIssuesGrowingCrazySeriousIndustryEntertainmentHandleSpillsEntertainment IndustryBlurrySerious IssuesNewsworthyFact And Fiction Author:Rob Lowe
“For me, I'm a fan of really dark, depressing stuff. Even something like The Wire, which can be hugely depressing and really serious, the bits I always remember are the jokes, you know?” KnowsRememberStuffBitsDarkFansSeriousJokesDepressingWireDark Depressing Author:Declan Shalvey
“I think this dichotomy or opposition between work and play, between leisure and serious stuff, is definitely a bad way of thinking about the useful insights that play provides.” ThinkingWayPlayStuffSeriousInsightOppositionLeisureWay Of ThinkingDichotomyWork And Play Author:Ian Bogost
“We can't have a Twitter president. This is serious stuff, this governing.” StuffPresidentSeriousGoverning Author:Charles Schumer
“There's this morbid side to the way many represent Christianity today, where you don't smile, because it's too serious, and you can't expect to see God - that kind of stuff. If there is God, we must see Him, and I don't believe in the idea you find in most churches, where they say, "No, you're not going to see Him. He's way up above you. Just believe what we tell you and shut up."” IfsWayBelieveKindIdeasTodayStuffSidesChurchChristianitySeriousDon't BelieveShut UpMorbidJust BelieveSmile Because Author:George Harrison
“When I talk about the chickification of either the news business or football or anything else, some people think I'm joking or making halfhearted fun, little swipes here at feminism, but some of it's really serious stuff. You never, ever, ever hear how women are at fault in anything, just like in this abuse business.” PeopleThinkingLittlesFunStuffFeminismFootballSeriousNewsAbuseFaults Author:Rush Limbaugh
“All my drawings always sort of looked funny even if I was trying to do serious stuff and express myself about grim situations. It was always cartoony.” IfsTryingStuffSituationSeriousDrawingGrim Author:Barry Blitt