Serious-Minded Quotes

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

People who know me would not say that, at my core, I'm silly.

If there's anything I hate it's the word humorist-I feel like countering with the word seriousist.

I suppose I was much more serious-minded in the '70s and '80s.

I've always been pretty serious and introspective.

I am a serious guy.

Our judiciary has a reputation for intellectual rigour, careful consideration of the arguments, and a serious-minded determination to each decision based on what is right and not necessarily what is superficially popular. I am not sure that all politicians have the same reputation.

there is not the least wit in my nature. I am a very matter of fact, plain spoken being, and may blunder on the borders of a repartee for half an hour together without striking it out.