Serious Man Quotations

There is nothing in cricket more calculated to raise a laugh than the sight of some determined and serious man under a spiralling catch.

There was really nothing for serious men to do in cases of wild gossip, for superstitious rustics will say and believe anything.

A poor creature who has said or done nothing worth a serious man taking the trouble of remembering.

Working with Chaplin was very amusing and strange. His films are so funny, but working with him, I found him to be a very serious man. Whereas the films of Hitchcock are macabre, he could be a very funny man to work with, always telling jokes and holding court. Of course, when I worked with Charlie he was getting older.

Every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing. ... There does not exist, nor will there ever exist, any writing of mine dealing with this subject.

When the truth is found to be lies, and all the joy within you dies.

By the '40s, Sam Goldwyn is a very serious man. By the '50s, he's the dean of American producers. To the end, he was Hollywood's gray eminence.

A man of knowing attains to a sense of humour. Let this always be remembered. If you see someone who has no sense of humour, know well that that man has not known at all. If you come across a serious man, then you can be certain that he is a pretender. Knowing brings sincerity but all seriousness disappears. Knowing brings a playfulness; knowing brings a sense of humour. The sense of humour is a must.

The creative life [is] the only one for a serious man.