Quotes About Relevance

The old, old gospel is the newest thing in the world; in its very essence it is for ever good news.

All the good things of the world are no further good to us than as they are of use; and of all we may heap up we enjoy only as much as we can use, and no more.

You just need an opportunity and then you yourself have to do a good job, and then you hope that people go, 'Oh yeah, I forgot about her.'

There's no such thing as a good book or a bad book. There's a book that matters to a reader.

I don't know why they are all so eager to be remembered. What good will it do them? There are some things that should be forgotten by everyone, and never spoken of again.

I think a good book is a good book forever. I don't think they get less good because times change.

A lot of movie stars are not great actors; they're just very good-looking. And when they start to age and they don't have the looks any more, then it's over.

I read 'The Good Soldier' by Ford Madox Ford again every so often.

Prog rock, with a little good taste, is ok. I tried to bring some of it into this century, I guess.

Good design isn't about making decisions for your users, it's about making those decisions irrelevant.

Poetry's always dead, you know? You don't realize how good poetry is until 15 years later.

All good ideas are terrible... Until people realize they are obvious. If you're not willing to live through the terrible stage, you'll never get to the obvious part.

Why, I wonder, should the popularity of a news story matter to me? Does it mean it's a good story or just a seductive one?

All great music is contemporary. If it's still alive and kicking, then it's contemporary. If it fades away, it was a period piece. It had its moment, and that was it.

As designers we have a great responsibility. I believe designers should eliminate the unnecessary. That means eliminating everything that is modish because this kind of thing is only short-lived.

A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness.

What is great now is not even close to what Jimmy Hendrix was. We need to reevaluate the standards of what's [labeled] great music.

I think there is a great deal of interest still in the Christian faith.

I have no doubt that 'On the Road' is a Great American Novel. But I'm also certain my students will do fine without it.

All great popular literature today one day will be seen as great literature and will no longer be seen as popular literature.

The last thing Scripture should do is make you blind in the world. Instead, you hear everything, see everything, and feel everything because everything just so happens to point right back to it.

Happiness is the sense that one matters.

I'm constantly tortured, and that's why I say happiness is irrelevant. Happiness is for children and yuppies.

Everything is raw material. Everything is relevant. Everything is usable. Everything feeds into my creativity. But without proper preparation, I cannot see it, retain it, and use it.