“...I have never known a movement in the theater that did not work direct and serious harm. Indeed, I have sometimes felt that the very people associated with various uplifting activities in the theater are people who are astoundingly lacking in idealism.” PeopleSometimesFeltKnownMovementSeriousActivityDirectTheaterVariousHarmUpliftingLackingIdealism Book:Mrs. Fiske: Her Views on Actors, Acting, and the Problems of Production Source: Mrs. Fiske: Her Views on Actors, Acting, and the Problems of Production
“Socrates.- If all goes well, the time will come when one will take up the memorabilia of Socrates rather than the Bible as a guide to morals and reason... The pathways of the most various philosophical modes of life lead back to him... Socrates excels the founder of Christianity in being able to be serious cheerfully and in possessing that wisdom full of roguishness that constitutes the finest state of the human soul. And he also possessed the finer intellect.” IfsHumansWellsSoulStatesReasonPhilosophyAbleMoralChristianitySeriousPhilosophicalVariousIntellectGuidesPossessedFoundersFinestHuman SoulPathwaysPossessingMemorabilia Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“I do not mean to impugn the social justice and social expediency of the redistribution of incomes aimed at by N.I.R.A. and by the various schemes for agricultural restriction. The latter, in particular, I should strongly support in principle. But too much emphasis on the remedial value of a higher price-level as an object in itself may lead to serious misapprehension as to the part which prices can play in the technique of recovery. The stimulation of output by increasing aggregate purchasing power is the right way to get prices up; and not the other way round.” WayShouldMayMeanPlayValuesSocialJusticeLevelsPrinciplesSupportToo MuchObjectsParticularSeriousHigherSocial JusticeRoundsInvestingVariousTechniqueIncomeRecoveryLatterSchemesRight WayEmphasisRestrictionOutputStimulationPurchasingExpediencyPurchasing Power Author:John Maynard Keynes
“Various kinds of self-forgetting, usually accompanied by illusions and myths, make it possible to live without the intransigent facing of death-in the sense of always thinking about it and what it means for life and the things dear in life-which is characteristic of a serious life.” ThinkingKindMeanSelfForgetSeriousIllusionDearVariousMythCharacteristicsAlways ThinkingSerious Life Book:Closing of the American Mind Source: Closing of the American Mind
“Whatever expectations I had for myself, none of them have come to pass. I grew up thinking I was going to be an actor, which I am. But I thought I'd be a very serious sort of Shakespearean guy going from town to town having sex with various Juliets all over the country.” ThinkingCountryGuyActorsSexSeriousGrewGrew UpExpectationsTownsVariousJulietHaving Sex Author:Michael Ian Black
“I discovered several never-failing signs by which one might know when a man wished to take another wife. He would suddenly 'awaken to a sense of his duties'; he would have serious misgiving as to whether the Lord would pardon his neglect in not living up to his privileges; he would become very religious, and would attend to his meetings ... which seemed just then to be very numerous, and in various other ways he would show his anxiety to live up to his religion.” KnowsMenWayShowsMightReligiousLordWifeFailingSeriousDutyAnxietyMeetingsPrivilegeVariousNeglectPardonMisgivings Author:T. B. H. Stenhouse
“I was told that Federalist Society conventions were intellectually serious, courteous, and open to various points of view, and that has certainly been my experience.” ViewsSeriousVariousPoint Of ViewConventionsFederalistCourteous Author:Sanford Levinson
“With regard to testimony from various experts, there was pro and con. The argument was very articulately made that many provinces allow mature minors - minors capable of making the decision - to make decisions on their own treatment in very serious cases, including cancer. They are given the right to ask for medical treatment to be withheld, so long as they understand.” LongMadeAsksGivenDecisionCasesSeriousCapableArgumentRegardIncludingCancerVariousMedicalExpertsTreatmentMatureMinorsTestimonyProvincesMedical TreatmentPros And Cons Author:Kelvin Ogilvie
“There are abusive practices that have been used in connection with various mental attitudes or feelings. Over-medication in respect to depression is an example that comes to mind. The aversive therapies that have been used in connection with same-sex attraction have contained some serious abuses that have been recognized over time within the professions.” MindHas BeensFeelingsUsedSexAttitudePracticeExampleSeriousConnectionsAbuseVariousAttractionProfessionTherapyMedicationAbusiveMental Attitude Author:Dallin H. Oaks
“Some of [Donald Trump] comments can be interpreted as potentially reducing the threat of nuclear war. The major threat right now is right on the Russian border. Notice, not the Mexican border, the Russian border. And it's serious. He has made various statements moving towards reducing the tensions, accommodating Russian concerns and so on.” MadeWarMovingSeriousTrumpRight NowMajorsConcernThreatVariousNuclearStatementsBordersTensionCommentMexicanReducingNuclear WarMexican Border Author:Noam Chomsky