What, in all very seriousness, the hell was going on?
Jeff LindsayTags: hell seriousness
I’ve only been to jail a few times, but in several different countries, at that. No, I've only been to jail a few times. But I still claim the ability to write a "serious" novel.
Roman PayneTags: experience learning prison literature growth seriousness novels hardship hard-times serious jail roman-payne jailbird
I don't believe in being serious about anything. I think life is too serious to be taken seriously."
[Writer’s Digest Interview (Robert Jacobs, Writer’s Digest, February 1976)]
Tags: life seriousness
And where," Socrates smiled, "is the universe?"
"The universe is well, there are theories about how it's shaped..."
"That's not what I asked. Where is it?"
"I don't know - how can I answer that?"
"That is the point. You cannot answer it, and you never will. There is no knowing about it. You are ignorant of where the universe is, and thus, where you are. In fact, you have no knowledge of where anything is or of What anything is or how is came to be. Life is a mystery.
"My ignorance is based on this understanding. Your understanding is based on ignorance. This is why I am a humorous fool, and you are a serious jackass.
Tags: humour ignorance understanding seriousness
Seriousness is for fools and poor destitute families who have lived their entire lives on spam.
Jason KrumbineTags: humor seriousness
It's a lovely answer and takes me entirely by surprise. I hadn't realized we were having a serious conversation, or I think I would've given a better reply when he asked me.
Maggie StiefvaterTags: seriousness answer surprise reply
She couldn't avoid being serious about things she cared for, and happiness made her grave at the thought of all the things which might destroy it.
Graham GreeneTags: happiness seriousness
[Lev Beniov:] "The imminence of death did not frighten me as much as it should have. I had been too afraid for too long; I was too exhausted, too hungry, too feel anything with proper intensity. But if my fear had diminished, it was not because my courage had increased. My body was so weak, so spent, that my legs trembled from the effort of standing upright. I could summon no great concern for anything, including the fate of Lev Beniov.
David BenioffTags: seriousness
Take a step back. Draw in a deep breath. Now ask yourself 'so what?' Then, after answering, ask yourself again 'so what?' And then a third time—'so what?' Chances are you'll come to realize that the issue at hand is not as dire, detrimental, or important as you first thought.
Richelle E. GoodrichTags: seriousness problems importance stress problem-solving concern gravity richelle detrimental richelle-goodrich so-what
Let me give you a wonderful Zen practice. Wake up in the morning...look in the mirror, and laugh at yourself.
Bernie GlassmanTags: humor buddhism zen seriousness lightness
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