He who has great power should use it lightly.

- Lucius Annaeus Seneca

I do not take my obligations as a senator lightly.

- Tom Cotton

That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly.

- Thomas Paine

It's become more and more of a priority for me to tread as lightly as possible in the world.

- Shalom Harlow

When I say music saved me, I don't say that lightly.

- Sarah McLachlan

Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.

- Sophocles

With Maurice suddenly going, I realised... I think I've matured. I don't take things lightly any more.

- Robin Gibb

At my age you don't go into fatherhood lightly.

- Rod Stewart

When you play someone who is an iconic figure you can't go into it lightly.

- Penelope Wilton

I don't join or leave things lightly.

- Margaret Beckett

So laying people off is not something I do lightly, it's not something I relish.

- Antonio Villaraigosa

He disliked emotion, not because he felt lightly, but because he felt deeply.

- John Buchan

Only one golfer in a thousand grips the club lightly enough.

- Johnny Miller

People are very sincere in their praise, and you can't take it lightly.

- Joan Jett

We worked lightly even in the heaviest parts.

- Ingrid Thulin

I think it's the most responsible thing you can do, to have kids. It's not something to be taken lightly. I don't have that gene that people have to replicate.

- George Clooney

I don't do things lightly; I don't take a job then just phone it in - I've never done that.

- Ewan McGregor

I don't use the word 'artists' lightly.

- Ciaran Hinds

I don't take accusations of selling out lightly.

- Clive Barker

Take your work seriously and yourself lightly.

- Bob Nelson