“I am one of the writers who wish to create serious works of literature which dissociate themselves from those novels which are mere reflections of the vast consumer cultures of Tokyo and the subcultures of the world at large.” WorldCultureLiteratureWishNovelSeriousReflectionMereConsumersTokyoSubcultureConsumer CultureSerious Work Author:Kenzaburo Oe
“Life is serious all the time, but living cannot be. You may have all the solemnity you wish in your neckties, but in anything important (such as sex, death, and religion), you must have mirth or you will have madness.” MayImportantLife IsWishSexSeriousMadnessBe YouMirthSolemnityNeckties Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“It seems to me that today if the artist wishes to be serious... he must once more sink himself in solitude.” IfsSeemsTodayArtistWishSeriousSolitude Book:Edgar Degas Source: Edgar Degas
“I want to do drawings which touch some people... In either figure or landscape I wish to express, not sentimental melancholy, but serious sorrow.” PeopleWantWishSadnessFiguresSeriousSorrowDrawingLandscapeMelancholySentimental Book:Van Gogh's Source: Van Gogh's
“[Malipiero's advice to Casanova.] If you wish your audience to cry, you must shed tears yourself, but if you wish to make them laugh you must contrive to look as serious as a judge.” IfsLooksWishAudienceLaughingAdviceCryTearsSeriousJudgingShedCasanova Author:Giacomo Casanova
“Mutability is the badge of infirmity. It is seldom that a man continues to wish and design the same thing two days alike. Now he is for marrying; and now a mistress is preferred to a wife. Now he is ambitious and aspiring; presently the meanest servant is not more humble than he. This hour he squanders his money away; the next he turns miser. Sometimes he is frugal and serious; at other times profuse, airy, and gay.” MenTwoSometimesTurnsNextWishHoursWifeDesignSeriousGayHumbleServantAmbitiousMistressTwo DaysMarryingBadgesInfirmityMisersAiryFrugalMutability Author:Pierre Charron
“When a man's eyes are sore his friends do not let him finger them, however much he wishes to, nor do they themselves touch the inflammation: But a man sunk in grief suffers every chance comer to stir and augment his affliction like a running sore; and by reason of the fingering and consequent irritation it hardens into a serious and intractable evil.” MenReasonEyeRunningSufferingEvilWishChanceGriefSeriousFingersAfflictionIrritation Author:Plutarch
“As long as you've got serious investors who wish to put money into football, I applaud. It proves that football is attractive. What upsets me, what I find scandalous is when clubs accept fools.” LongWishAcceptingFootballSeriousFoolProveClubsUpsetAttractiveInvestorsScandalous Author:Sepp Blatter
“Perfect is boring and dreams are not real. Just... do. So you think, "I wish I could travel." Great. Sell your crappy car, buy a ticket to Bangkok, and go. Right now. I'm serious.” ThinkingRealDreamWishPerfectCarSeriousRight NowSellsBoringTicketsBangkok Author:Shonda Rhimes