George Washington Quotes

Too many people confuse being serious with being solemn.

Venting your anger on anyone - especially complete strangers - is not a winning tactic. Be especially sweet to bartenders and people serving you food.

I'm good at not laughing. It's not that I don't want to. I'm too old and experienced.

Sometimes I am screwing around, and sometimes I get way too serious, but I am a pretty sincere person.

You have not fulfilled every duty unless you have fulfilled that of being pleasant.

A serious person can never be innocent, and one who is innocent can never be serious.

I think that I probably break on set more than I make other people break. I've realized recently that, in my everyday social life, I'm a very easygoing person, but when it comes to work, I'm pretty type - A. I'm very focused and I take it maybe too seriously sometimes. So, when I'm on set, even when there are really funny people that I'm in the scenes with, I'm generally good at not breaking too often.

No man can be merry unless he is serious.

Why is it so hard to be serious, so easy to be too serious?

I do not often laugh, sir, as you may perceive by the air of my countenance; but nevertheless, I retain the privilege of laughing when I please.

Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.

Obstinacy and heat in argument are surest proofs of folly. Is there anything so stubborn, obstinate, disdainful, contemplative, grave, or serious, as an ass?

People give out compliments because it's polite.

So, they have the same vibe of like that fun kind of spirit, but this one's a lot more serious. It's like, get it done, get it done right, you know? It's got to be perfect. We definitely do lots of takes on this.

It is terribly rude to tell people that their troubles are boring.

To be comic is merely to be playful, but wit is a serious matter. To laugh at it is to confess that you do not understand.

I'd been raised by my parents to believe barfing your feelings on other people was the height of impoliteness.

Obama is looking good because he kept his nerve and retained his restraint. That's a tough combo: nerve and restraint. It takes a cold-bloodedness to pull this off, and there are times when ice seems to run through the man's veins.

Naturally Shirley had known, as they slid stock words and phrases back and forth between them like beads on an abacus, that Howard must be as brimful of ecstasy as she was; but to express these feelings out loud, when the news of death was still fresh in the air, would have been tantamount to dancing naked and shrieking obscenities, and Howard and Shirley were clothed, always, in an invisible layer of decorum that they never laid aside.

Words used carelessly, as if they did not matter in any serious way, often allowed otherwise well-guarded truths to seep through.

Well, one must be serious about something, if one wants to have any amusement in life.

Observe with both friend and foe the ordinary rules of courtesy.

Gentleness is strength under control. It is the ability to stay calm, no matter what happens.

I'm a serious person by nature - sometimes too serious.

Is there anything so grave and serious as an ass?