Quotes by Earnest It would be terribly boring to be earnest. Adrien Brody earnest boring would-be The universe was not made in jest but in solemn incomprehensible earnest. Annie Dillard jest earnest made I have always been very open and earnest about some things in my life, some things that are not directly in my life, but they're twirling around me at the time. Ben Gibbard twirling earnest What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary error is often more earnest than truth. Benjamin Disraeli earnest sincerity errors Life is an earnest business, and no one every became good or great on a diet of broad grins. Blackie earnest broads life A word in earnest is as good as a speech. Charles Dickens earnest words-of-wisdom speech The trouble with men of sense is that they are so dreadfully in earnest all the while. Christian Nestell Bovee earnest trouble men Just because he was pretty didn't mean he couldn't be improved by a smack upside the head with a piece of earnest hickory Christopher Moore earnest pieces mean It's amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest. Chuck Berry earnest intention ifs The superior man is slow in his words and earnest in his conduct. Confucius superior-man earnest men Things can be funny only when we are in fun. When we're 'dead earnest,' humor is the only thing that is dead. Flip Wilson earnest fun We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us. Francois de La Rochefoucauld earnest admire praise We are always on stage, even when we are stabbed in earnest at the end. Georg Buchner earnest stage ends Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest. George Herbert earnest To impress others we must be earnest; to amuse them, it is only necessary to be kindly and fanciful. Henry Theodore Tuckerman impress earnest Nothing so aggravates an earnest person as a passive resistance. Herman Melville passive-resistance earnest persons You see so many earnest characters in movies all the time, everyone has a purpose. Joaquin Phoenix earnest purpose character The hope of all earnest souls must be realized. John Greenleaf Whittier earnest soul hope Joking decides great things, Stronger and better oft than earnest can. John Milton earnest great-things stronger The weirdest thing in the world is to see some guy who is just super earnest. Johnny Depp earnest guy world 12»