Quotes About Relevance

The half-life between story of the century and not even the story of the day is quicker than you would ever guess.

If a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule—a great and interesting story is about everyone or it will not last.

No story has power, nor will it last, unless we feel in ourselves that it is true and true of us.

If a story is not about the hearer he [or she] will not listen . . . A great lasting story is about everyone or it will not last. The strange and foreign is not interesting--only the deeply personal and familiar.

of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen. And I here make a rule - a great and lasting story is about everyone or it will not last. The strange and foreign is not interesting - only the deeply personal and familiar.

And, of course, people are only interested in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen. And I here make a rule- a great and lasting story is about everyone or it will not last. The strange and foreign is not interesting- only the deeply personal and familiar.

People are only interested in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen…a great and lasting story is about everyone or it will not last. The strange and foreign is not interesting—only the deeply personal and familiar.

We got to get thinkin' about doin' stuff that means somepin.

If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen. And I here make a rule—a great and lasting story is about everyone or it will not last.

I don't know whether he was good or bad, but that don't matter much. He was alive, an' that's what matters.

If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen . . . A great lasting story is about everyone or it will not last. The strange and foreign is not interesting--only the deeply personal and familiar.

And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen. And I here make a rule - a great and lasting story is about everyone or it will not last. The strange and foreign is not interesting - only the deeply personal and familiar.

Y es que, como es natural, los hombres sólo se interesan por ellos mismos. Si el oyente no tiene implicación en la historia, no prestará atención, de lo que se puede extraer que una historia grande y duradera tiene que comprometer a todos, o no perdurará

Did my job really matter? A successful year would only help a rich company get richer.

Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history therefore we must be saved by faith.

You know you're old when your family talk about you in front of you. What are we going to do with Pop? We have company tonight.

I think the family movie is very important to everybody right now.

Brad Pitt is older than Archie Bunker was in the first two seasons of All In The Family.

Being famous is not the same as being important. A lot of important people aren't famous, and a lot of famous people aren't important.

Can you still have any famous last words if you're somebody nobody knows?

I think what a lot of action movies lose these days, especially the ones that deal with fantasy, is you stop caring at some point because you've lost human scale.

DON'T FEAR FAILURE. Fear being successful at things that don't matter

Pain is only relevant if it still hurts.

Sure, popularity is the thing in high school. Let's see how that'll work for you in the real world where no one cares.