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205. It’s because I take you seriously that I can’t bring myself to belief in you. (God & Serious & Belief & Atheism) Julia Sweeney, Letting Go of God
755. It is my belief you cannot deal with the most serious things in the world unless you understand the most amusing. (Belief & Serious & Amusing) Winston Churchill
2,021. We should treat all the trivial things of life seriously and all the serious things of life with sincere and studied triviality. (Life’s Like That & Serious & Amusement) Oscar Wilde
63,293. One must be serious about something, if one wants to have any amusement in life. (Amusement & Seriousness) Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
88,034. Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow. Oscar Wilde
20,786. Among the maxims on Lord Naoshige’s wall, there was this one: Matters of great concern should be treated lightly. Master Ittei commented, Matters of small concern should be treated seriously. (GBH Films & Serious) Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai 1999 starring Forest Whitaker & John Tormey & Henry Silva & Cliff Gorman & Isaach De Bankole & Camille Winbush & Tricia Vessey & Richard Portnow et al, director Jim Jarmusch
88,033. ... for from this instant
There’s nothing serious in mortality.
All is but toys. (Seriousness & Mortality) William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Macbeth II iii 91-93, Macbeth
88,035. There are things that are so serious that you can only joke about them. (Seriousness & Joke) Werner Heisenberg
90,788. You cannot be serious! (Tennis & Serious) John McEnroe