Serious

"Sometimes I say things that I think are obviously sarcastic and people take them quite literally."

"No human thing is of serious importance."

"Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about."

"Climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security."

"I'm serious when I do my work. I'm not serious when I'm home with my kids."

"Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious."

"Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh."

"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."

"People compare me to Angelina Jolie, and she's so serious and stoic. I'm the opposite."

"An annuity is a very serious business."

"I need to behave in a way that will cause people to take me seriously."

"I don’t take my life seriously, but I do take what I do in my life, seriously"