Quotes by Earnest It would be terribly boring to be earnest. Adrien Brody earnestboringwould-be The universe was not made in jest but in solemn incomprehensible earnest. Annie Dillard jestearnestmade 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 twirlingearnest What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary error is often more earnest than truth. Benjamin Disraeli earnestsincerityerrors Life is an earnest business, and no one every became good or great on a diet of broad grins. Blackie earnestbroadslife A word in earnest is as good as a speech. Charles Dickens earnestwords-of-wisdomspeech The trouble with men of sense is that they are so dreadfully in earnest all the while. Christian Nestell Bovee earnesttroublemen 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 earnestpiecesmean It's amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest. Chuck Berry earnestintentionifs The superior man is slow in his words and earnest in his conduct. Confucius superior-manearnestmen 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 earnestfun We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us. Francois de La Rochefoucauld earnestadmirepraise We are always on stage, even when we are stabbed in earnest at the end. Georg Buchner earneststageends 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 impressearnest Nothing so aggravates an earnest person as a passive resistance. Herman Melville passive-resistanceearnestpersons You see so many earnest characters in movies all the time, everyone has a purpose. Joaquin Phoenix earnestpurposecharacter The hope of all earnest souls must be realized. John Greenleaf Whittier earnestsoulhope Joking decides great things, Stronger and better oft than earnest can. John Milton earnestgreat-thingsstronger The weirdest thing in the world is to see some guy who is just super earnest. Johnny Depp earnestguyworld12»
