(1996 quotes found)
“It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously.”
Oscar Wilde
“Do the best you can, and don't take life too serious.”
Will Rogers
“I am quite serious when I say that I do not believe there are, on the whole earth besides, so many intensified bores as in these United States. No man can form an adequate idea of the real meaning of the word, without coming here.”
Warren Buffett
“No human thing is of serious importance”
Plato
“Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.”
“Taking me seriously is a big mistake. I certainly wouldn't.”
Ani Difranco
“Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not.”
Vaclav Havel
“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
“To think of shadows is a serious thing.”
Victor Hugo
“Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.”
Colin Powell
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