A Quote by Dorothy Day

When they call you a saint, it means basically that you are not to be taken seriously.

Dorothy Day

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Basically Call Means Saint Seriously Taken

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Dorothy Day
American - Activist
November 8, 1897 - November 29, 1980

The incarnation is “a kind of vast joke whereby the Creator of the ends of the earth comes among us in diapers Until we too have taken the idea of the God-man seriously enough to be scandalized by it, we have not taken it as seriously as it demands to be taken.

Frederick Buechner

I think it's significantly easier to be a female writer today than in the early 1800's. That said, it's hard to imagine almost anyone who knows anything about publishing disagreeing with the statement that women writers today are often taken much less seriously than men writers. But it's hard to quantify, and even define, what being taken seriously means.

Curtis Sittenfeld

People call me a saint and I think, I have to work harder. Because a saint would be a great thing to be.

Paul Farmer

I'm certainly not on a mission to be taken seriously as a dramatic actress, any more than I am just to be able to get roles that are exciting and satisfying to me. If that means action, then that means action.

Zoe Bell

Beautiful actors are learning what beautiful actresses like Charlize Theron discovered a while ago - that they get taken more seriously when they trash the same beauty that got them taken seriously to begin with.

Steve Erickson

If there's anything I hate more than not being taken seriously, it's being taken too seriously.

Billy Wilder

I feel like women still deal with dressing appropriately for the office. It's by choice - you don't want to sexualize yourself too much. You want to be respected. You want to be taken seriously, and there's certain things in our culture, if you do, if you wear, you won't be taken seriously.

Elisabeth Moss

I wouldn't call it a silver lining, but with more women speaking up, online harassment is beginning to be taken more seriously.

Anita Sarkeesian

For someone to be taken seriously it was valuable to have the appearance of someone who deserved to be taken seriously.

Frederik Pohl

I am writing this from what we Americans call Yurrp. In Yurrp writers are taken as seriously as Lana Turner's legs are in America - a ridiculous situation.

John Steinbeck

Economic equity is an enormous empowerment of women. Having jobs that provide income means that women can be a more effective force, a more equal force, in the political process. Women with income take themselves more seriously and they are taken more seriously.

Betty Friedan

In my experience, women who are taken seriously take themselves seriously. It's not what you wear.

Sheila Heti

You don't get taken seriously by asking someone to take you seriously. You've got to show up and own it.

Sophia Amoruso

I suddenly understood that if every moment of a book should be taken seriously, then every moment of a life should be taken seriously as well.

Sherman Alexie

We call someone a saint in a world in which everyone is abnormal. The normal person becomes extraordinary. But there's nothing extraordinary about being a saint, that's just someone who's somewhat online with life.