#seriousness

The men who made the joke saw something deep which they could not express except by something silly and emphatic. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#humor #humour #language #seriousness #men

When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him.. ↗

— Thomas Stephen Szasz

#seriousness #perception

I think when you see an aircraft fire, these angry, black puffs of smoke, knowing that one of them could kill you that you - you - you understand the seriousness of the mission. And you understand your own mortality. ↗

— George H. W. Bush

#angry #black #could #fire #i

Run a home like you would a small business and treat it with the same seriousness. ↗

— Anthea Turner

#business #like #run #same #seriousness

Advertising treats all products with the reverence and the seriousness due to sacraments. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#due #products #reverence #sacraments #seriousness

In my view, there is nothing more vicious and outrageous than the abuse, exploitation and harm of the most vulnerable members of our society, and I firmly believe that our nation's laws and resources need to reflect the seriousness of these terrible crimes. ↗

— Bob Ney

#believe #crimes #exploitation #firmly #harm

If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you've created a special little thing, and that's what I'm looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything. ↗

— Paul Simon

#created #everything #get #humor #i

The President is not squaring with the American people as to the seriousness of our nation's fiscal condition. It is time for people to stand up and tell the truth. ↗

— Kent Conrad

#american people #condition #fiscal #nation #our

Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If the cave-man had known how to laugh, History would have been different. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#seriousness #humor

Go on, then, and let your intent be seriousness. ↗

— Donald Cargill

#intent #seriousness #then #your