Quotes About Relevance

The notion that too much information can be a distraction is off the mark. The quantity of information is irrelevant; it is the relevance of any quantity that matters.

The lady was old, the lady was ill. It didn't matter what the lady believed.

He] looked troubled, for he had strayed too far from small talk right to the center of things--it happened more and more these days--and now must try to return to the things that didn't matter.

How you get here is immaterial, it's being here that really matters.

There seems to be more abiding interest in unearthing old memos abroad than there is here.

It's always exciting to be part of films where you matter and add value.

What you say in advertising is more important than how you say it.

If a story is telling a truth, then why shouldn't it affect everybody?

I judge the importance of my character by seeing how much the movie will be affected if you take my role out. If it does affect the film, then my character is important and if it isn't then I wouldn't do the film.

Who really needs a new album from me?

I'm amazed that people are even still wanting to listen to us.

I can't seem to write young enough anymore.

In rock n' roll music, you almost have to apologize for being around more than four or five years. I don't know why.

To be 64 is appalling, so what does it matter being 65?

I want to appeal to family audiences, I would never want to alienate women and kids.

If you've been fortunate enough to do a film that appeals to the entire family, that's the audience that's probably going to come back to you in something else.

I think a film should be appropriate to what it's trying to say or the characters in it.

If you look at things that are popular apps, it doesn't mean it's going to stick around.

Na província, não há escolha nem comparação a fazer: o hábito de ver as fisionomias dá-lhes uma beleza convencional. Transportada para Paris, uma mulher que passa por bonita no interior não desperta a menor atenção, porque não é bela senão pela aplicação do provérbio: Em terra de cegos, quem tem um olho é rei.

Hay ciertas personas que no tienen ya el mismo valor una vez separadas de los rostros, de las cosas y de los lugares que les sirven de marco.

Trasladada a París, una mujer que en provincias pasa por ser bonita no llama la menor atención, porque solo es bella según el refrán que reza que «en el país de los ciegos, el tuerto es rey».

Lucien ne reconnut pas sa Louise dans cette chambre froide, sans soleil, à rideaux passés, dont le carreau frotté semblait misérable, où le meuble était usé, de mauvais goût, vieux ou d'occasion. Il est en effet certaines personnes qui n'ont plus ni le même aspect ni la même valeur, une fois séparées des figures, des choses, des lieux qui leur servent de cadre. Les

With monuments as with men, position means everything.

I avoid talking before the youth of the age as I would dancing before them: for if one's tongue don't move in the steps of the day, and thinks to please by its old graces, it is only an object of ridicule.