A good comedy, of course, always has a serious idea at its core.

If you want to get a serious idea across, make it fun.

His was a world of serious ideas and serious wealth.

This is a book of serious ideas, not of politics.

"A couple of people have come forward with some serious ideas that we've been praying about for months," he added.

It allows them to argue against a serious idea for altering executive pay.

Allen is trying to decide between another light comedy and a more serious idea for his next film, which he plans to make this summer.

Like all serious religious ideas, this understanding of miracle is risky.

It wasn't a real serious idea, but the notion floated across my mind.

"We're looking for ways to get serious ideas across as they become increasingly clear to us."