#serious

The man who has begun to live more seriously within begins to live more simply without. ↗

— Phillips Brooks

#begun #live #man #more #seriously

With Portlandia, I don't think our intention is always to find something funny. Sometimes the humor comes from taking something really seriously. We're okay with making somebody feel uncomfortable or uneasy. ↗

— Carrie Brownstein

#comes #feel #find #funny #humor

There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them. ↗

— Niels Bohr

#serious #some #some things #them #things

It is only the inadequacy of the criminal code that saves the hackers from very serious prosecution. ↗

— Ken Thompson

#criminal #hackers #inadequacy #only #prosecution

Humorists can never start to take themselves seriously. It's literary suicide. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#literary #never #seriously #start #suicide

Bankers cannot afford to be concerned with only the economic aspects of projects. There may be serious implications on the natural environment, the urban environment, on human culture. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#aspects #bankers #cannot #concerned #culture

You can get through very serious and sometimes horrible and sometimes embarrassing and very awkward situations with humor. It gives us a way out. ↗

— Janet Evanovich

#embarrassing #get #gives #horrible #humor

I attribute my success to my mental approach to the game. I have always been a serious student of umpiring. I enjoy studying rules, situations, and positioning. ↗

— Jim Evans

#approach #attribute #been #enjoy #game

I'm not a party animal; I took my job as Miss USA very seriously... Sometimes, of course, I want to let it all go. Even though I'm a beauty queen, you're also an unofficial ambassador, and there's a lot of pressure. ↗

— Rima Fakih

#ambassador #animal #beauty #course #even

If nothing is serious anymore, then there's nothing to satirize. ↗

— Berkeley Breathed

#nothing #serious #then