And my mother was Irish Catholic, and but she didn't take religion too seriously.

And so, you know, it's one of those things that you don't take too seriously.

They were taking this experiment too seriously.

But they don t know when to slam the mental brakes by making concessions to other points of view. They take their theories too seriously.

Don't take things so seriously.

I take my health seriously.

Don't take my jokes seriously.

And they take this stuff seriously.

Take things a little more seriously.

And actually, I take my projects very seriously, because I had twins during my year, so I definitely take my projects seriously.

This one teacher didn't take it seriously.

I'm only joking don't take me seriously.

Now, I want to take this problem seriously.

Encourage all our schools to take this seriously.

But I want you to take this very seriously.

It's a sincere apology, and they take it very seriously.

As a result, the Americans take the threat very seriously.

We need to take our responsibilities seriously, but not ourselves.

The Parliamentary Assembly continued to take its oversight role seriously.

Yet we still do not take the threat seriously enough.

That's a potential scenario if we fail to take this seriously.

We also take the statute and the authority it gives us seriously.

Effective multilateralism presupposes a genuine attitude to take each other's proposals seriously.

Take the cherries too.

We do not believe in regulation through litigation, and we take deadlines seriously.

Do you think we have a stewardship here, to take the environment seriously?

It is the capitals that must take the challenges seriously and initiate action.

We owe it to them and to our successors to take this responsibility seriously.

It seems too daunting, too dangerous, for any company to take on.

It is a major economic force and we need to take it very, very seriously.

So, should we take today s BRICS more seriously than the BRICs of three years ago?

Perhaps Hurricane Sandy will spur US citizens and politicians to take climate change seriously and to implement public policies aimed at protecting America s cities and coastlines. If so, we can only hope that this crisis will not have come too late.

And it's all part of the, you know, they used to say, Take your pleasure seriously.

Well, that's why I take every performance so seriously, why it matters to me so much.

Because it does take skill and practice, too.

And I remember looking at the guys thinking, What do I take from this journey? You know? Seriously.

And he said, When I got to the senior year of school, my teachers didn't take it seriously.

Take out those who say they save too little.

My father is too busy to take a walk.

Boards and managers must take these meetings seriously. Part of the job is facing those with something at stake.

You're working too hard. Take it easy for a while.

Diane Rawlinson, principal and chief executive at Inverness College UHI, said We take exam results and student success very seriously.

And you get them into a group together focused on play, and it's pretty hard not to take it seriously.

Is this an ideal that we should take seriously? Is Wikileaks founder Julian Assange a true follower of Woodrow Wilson?

Activists, impassioned by the justice of their cause, will not consider these questions. But world leaders should take them seriously.