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(adjective) Without humor or expression of happiness; grave in manner or disposition Example: "It was a surprise to see the captain, who had always seemed so serious, laugh so heartily."

13 QUOTES
"Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh."
— George Bernard Shaw
"People compare me to Angelina Jolie, and she's so serious and stoic. I'm the opposite."
— Megan Fox
"I need to behave in a way that will cause people to take me seriously."
— Megan Fox
"Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious."
— Oscar Wilde
"Sometimes I say things that I think are obviously sarcastic and people take them quite literally."
— Megan Fox
"I don’t take my life seriously, but I do take what I do in my life, seriously"
— Audrey Hepburn
"An annuity is a very serious business."
— Jane Austen
"I'm serious when I do my work. I'm not serious when I'm home with my kids."
— Bill Gates
"Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If the cave-man had known how to laugh, History would have been different."
— Oscar Wilde
"Climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security."
— Barack Obama
"Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about."
— Oscar Wilde
"No human thing is of serious importance."
— Plato
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