(2008 quotes found)
“It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously.”
Oscar Wilde
“Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.”
“So let's be honest with ourselves and not take ourselves too serious, and never condemn the other fellow for doing what we are doing every day, only in a different way”
Will Rogers
“Taking me seriously is a big mistake. I certainly wouldn't.”
Ani Difranco
“Do the best you can, and don't take life too serious.”
“Life is too important to be taken seriously.”
“When you know to laugh and when to look upon things as too absurd to take seriously, the other person is ashamed to carry through even if he was serious about it.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
“For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who take morality seriously. And with their own eyes they must see adults take morality seriously.”
William Bennett
“As a rule, what is out of sight disturbs men's minds more seriously than what they see”
Julius Caesar
“Over-seriousness is a warning sign for mediocrity and bureaucratic thinking. People who are seriously committed to mastery and high performance are secure enough to lighten up.”
Michael J. Gelb
