Quotes About Relevance

Nature is a big influence on my work. That's where the cosmic element comes in, an awareness of the relevance of what we do as a species, why we do it, and its implications.

Here is a fear for me, I never wanted to be one of those guys that was defined by a body of work 20 years old.

I don't want to name any names, but I've worked on television shows where there's a guy writing for my generation who's like 60 - and it doesn't work.

You don't count or matter when you don't live an effective life

You must add value to yourself to be relevant

You must be able to bring relevance to people

You have to bring relevance to people before teaching them the ways of Christ

You bring the influence of the Kingdom to the people by giving them things that would interest them

Bring relevance to people and help them achieve their goals

To be relevant, you need to be purposeful

Bring relevance to the people before teaching them to be believers

You have to be competitive to be relevant

To bring relevance to people, you have to be able to speak their language effectively

The main purpose of a church is to bring relevance to people and make sure everyone discovers their calling

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.

People have been predicting the death of philosophy since the 17th century. When I was a student, people were saying, 'We're in the last days of philosophy.' Then we were told in the '60s it would be replaced by sociology, then by literary criticism.

Dates and periods are of interest only to the student of musical history.

There are certain authors that do not turn students on; it is the truth. Homer happens to be one of them.

I don't understand why we learn what we do for most of it is of no use to us in our careers. To get a grade, students learn just about everything and later none of this is relevant. Grades become more important than learning.

The majority of U.S. high school students don't know within 50 years when the Civil War occurred.

Instead, most colleges are studies in obsolescence.

You have to work to be relevant. If you don't, then people will forget, and the studios won't want you because they won't remember the last thing you did that made money.

At Hofstra, I got a very well rounded education. I studied acting, but they wouldn't let me just study acting. I had to take classes in play analysis, directing, producing. I had no idea this would ever be relevant. And, of course, it's what I used the rest of my life.