The issue with international institutions is that there is a crisis of legitimacy. Trust in these institutions is a serious problem.
Phil: Can I be serious with you with you for a minute? Rita: I don't know. Can you?
Andrew: [after being replaced by another drummer] Are you serious? That shit?
The American polity is infected with a serious imbalance of power between elites and masses, a power which is the principal threat to our democracy.
The telephone, which interrupts the most serious conversations and cuts short the most weighty observations, has a romance of its own.
We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.
I think management and technology all come into play in building a super-yacht. It is a challenge - a serious challenge.
I love doing comedy and I love watching comedy... I'm more inclined to go watch a Seth Rogen film than a serious Oscar drama.
The word love has by no means the same sense for both sexes, and this is one cause of the serious misunderstandings that divide them.
I feel 'Britannia High' is aimed at an older audience than 'High School Musical.' 'Britannia High' is more of a serious drama, with the music and dance on top.
We are serious about our music here in Philadelphia, and jazz has meant a lot to this city.
Every article I wrote in those days, every speech I made, is full of pleading for the recognition of lead poisoning as a real and serious medical problem.
Bond is the longest-running franchise ever and there's a reason for that: they are action movies but they are also touched by current events without being political or too serious.
I went through this very serious Woody Allen phase in college and a little bit after college. I still see his movies.
You might see some of the movies that I'm in where there are shades of drama or whatever, but for the most part, I don't get offered serious roles.
Turkey is widely envied while there are very serious troubles in the world economy.
I've always been 'ethnic friend,' without any serious moments, all jokes.
I don't think anyone in their right mind takes me serious.
I don't think if you're serious about literature your library is filled with award-winning books.
I've been to war, and it's not easy to kill. It's bloody and messy and totally horrifying, and the consequences are serious.
I'm positive and I smile a lot, and I'm kind of a banana, but serious work just seems to find me, so I'm not going to argue with it.