Inspirational Quotes

Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.

Seriousness Quotes

Coping Humor Joy Resilience Seriousness I'll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them. We laugh to keep from crying.

Kanye West

Rapper, Producer, Fashion Designer

Childhood Experience Growth Perception Seriousness Childhood is frequently a solemn business for those inside it.

George Will

Political Commentator

Motivation Responsibility Seriousness Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

George Bernard Shaw

Irish playwright and critic

Governance Leadership Politics Public Service Seriousness Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.

Winston Churchill

Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Conduct Professionalism Seriousness A civil servant doesn't make jokes.

Eugene Ionesco

Romanian and French playwright, theatrician, and essayist

Humor Perception Seriousness Understanding A lot of my rhymes are just to get chuckles out of people. Anybody with half a brain is going to be able to tell when I'm joking and when I'm serious.

Eminem

American rapper and songwriter

Ambition Identity Music Seriousness Obviously, I want to be taken seriously as a musician.

Morality Personality Professionalism Seriousness A lot of guys out here are very serious, and God bless them, that's their personality. It's not a sin to be business-like.

Chi Chi Rodriguez

Childhood Music Seriousness I took classical music very seriously as a kid.

Individuality Seriousness Solemnity Writing A serious writer is not to be confounded with a solemn writer. A serious writer may be a hawk or a buzzard or even a popinjay, but a solemn writer is always a bloody owl.

Ernest Hemingway

Action Consequence Responsibility Seriousness The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.

Henry David Thoreau

American naturalist and essayist

Art and Commerce Perception Popularity Seriousness People forget that Mozart wrote for commissions. There's a thing in psychology where they think if it's popular, it can't be serious.

Anthony Hopkins

Ambition Music Industry Perseverance Seriousness Uncertainty I want to keep making records as long as I can, but I don't know how long you can be taken seriously in rap.

Eminem

American rapper and songwriter