Quotes About Meaningful

Never do anything local or insignificant

The work that you were called to do is very important and precious

Do only work that matters, and you will end up pleasing those who are important enough to care about it.

Do not waste time trying to change the world - just look for something that you are useful.

I think taking design out of the studio and really having a relationship with the people that you're making it for really convinced me of how powerful a thing design is. It's not just an aesthetic decoration.

I think you only have to pull stunts if the content of your music is meaningless.

When I set out to write, I want to write something that will rip your heart out and connect with you. Great songs connect beyond genre and style.

To me Kate Spade represents a woman who still has stuff to get done. She's like, 'yeah I'm stylish but I need to be comfortable and able to move.' I'm excited to be a part of a brand that's meaningful to women in that way.

I don't want to do stories that don't have a heart. I'm just not going to be satisfied with stories where I can't be passionate about the subject, where I can't make a difference.

If you make a record, you should ask yourself, 'Did it make someone cry, in a good way, not a bad way?' There should almost be subjective emotional criteria for evaluating work, instead of just profitability.

To nurture the sort of relationships that will truly help propel you towards accomplishing great things, you need to forget transactional networking and focus on having in-depth conversations with fewer people about subjects you really care about.

I'll never put out some super-dumbed-down music. It'll always have some substance to it.

I won't take parts where the female character has no substance.

I want to entertain people, but with some substance.

I didn't want to do a throwaway, mindless movie with fart jokes just to make 6-year-olds laugh. I want to provide my children with some substance.

As I've gotten older, I've become attracted to things that have substance.

I like to have songs with me that have substance. That's missing from a lot of today's music. You might hear a song with a catchy beat, but what's it about? It's not empowering or helping anyone.

I'm not about sound bites. I'm about substance.

Man, if I get a chance to speak on the microphone, I've got to say something somewhere in there. You know, I'm going to laugh and have fun, too, but something has to be said that has some substance, because this is a platform, and the power that we have with words and with this microphone is phenomenal.

A lot of people talk, but they don't say anything. And people listen, and they don't absorb anything of substance.

Just because something is melodic or catchy doesn't mean that it doesn't have depth and substance and progressive sensibilities.

I've always wanted to be a woman of substance, giving the society as much as I can.

I like to do commercials that are more than just flogging a product. It needs to have something to say. It's always an opportunity for a director to say something substantial and interesting.

I don't mind doing genre roles as long as they offer me something substantial.