Human affairs are not serious, but they have to be taken seriously.
I talk about very serious human affairs but with a lightness of heart.
Though I am a Catholic, a professing one, I have serious doubts about the survival of the human personality after death.
Today we see a human population of over 6 billion people, many of whom have serious medical conditions, which either can't be treated or cannot be treated economically.
When I'm writing a lyric, things can only get so serious before they start becoming humorous.
In those days I was mortified, because I was a serious actor in my own mind, and then all of a sudden I'm this hunk.
Personally, I think I've got split personalities, and I may need a psychiatrist. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Seriously. I'm serious about this.
You can't get so serious as to not realize that what we do is entertainment, but when you have the chance to provoke thought or advance discussion on a topic, it's just the icing on the cake.
Identity theft is a serious crime that affects millions of Americans each year.
If a nation's security is only as strong as its weakest link, then America may be in serious trouble. Hawaii may be our weakest link and could have a serious impact on our nation's immigration policy.
A national legal organization is giving very serious thought to using The Betrayal of America as a legal basis for asking the House Judiciary Committee to institute impeachment proceedings against these five justices.
Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science can teach: skepticism.
I thought I was going to be a serious screenwriter and produce serious films. It was going to be 'American Beauty' and very important work.
Don't ask super goofy questions at the premiere of a very serious movie or try to have an in-depth political discussion at the opening of a new fashion boutique.
I think we need a very, very serious effort, primarily through tax policy to provide incentives and encouragement for people to save and invest and expand their businesses and to create more jobs. The kind of thing we did in the early Reagan years, 30 years ago. I think that's essential.
'The Dictator' - well, that was just a comedy, and I suppose the morality was incidental. It was just something to try and make people laugh rather than being a serious thing.
It seems incontrovertible to me that there is a global warming effect and that it is going to be serious, probably not in the amount of, say, six degrees warming, but it's likely that we'll get two to three degrees warming and that will be serious enough.
Indictments of any kind are serious. That being said, let's not forget that an indictment is not a conviction. We still have due process in this country.
I would love to do an indie film, as I've grown to have a more serious side.
In childhood I developed a serious throat infection, and my heart stopped beating. I recovered from that illness with a voice that boomed forth like Kate Smith's!
