Quotes About Relevance

A man is only as effective as the effect he has on his surroundings,' Gordon was saying. 'And if a man is not effective, if his very being is as insubstantial as thought, then what is this man? Is he a man? Or is he merely the thought of a man?

If the world ends, none of that will matter.

Could one imagine a stone's having consciousness? And if anyone can do so-why should that not merely prove that such image-mongery is of no interest to us?

There was never an age in which useless knowledge was more important than in our own.

Certain words now in our knowledge we will not use again, and we will never forget them. We need them. Like the back of the picture.

The third principle is that any philosophic knowledge is only valuable if it is true or if it works.

The phrase 'popular science' has in itself a touch of absurdity. That knowledge which is popular is not scientific.

Knowledge Qf history frees us to be contemporary.

For whatever deserves to exist deserves also to be known, for knowledge is the image of existence, and things mean and splendid exist alike.

What does it matter?" I shrugged. "It's interesting and anything thats interesting is worth learning.

You cannot sell a Christendom approach to a post-Christian world. They are anti-Christian.

If we are to remain mission focused, as we must be if we are to be relevant in an uncertain age, the abandoning those things that do not further the mission is a leadership imperative.

The United States has renewed our leadership in the Asia-Pacific, prime Minister Abe is leading Japan to a new role on the world stage.

Irrelevance happens when the speed of change outside an organization is greater than speed of change inside an organization.

For many students, school is an obligation, not a joy and a privilege. This means you need to 'sell' the learning to them.

Compared to gardeners, I think it is generally agreed that others understand very little about anything of consequence.

In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.

There's so much to learn and so much of it not worth learning.

Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter.

You are not accidental. The world needs you. Without you, something will be missing in existence and nobody can replace it.

Do nothing which is of no use.

Criminalistics doesn't exist in a vacuum. The more you know about your environment, the better you can apply- (This quote was never completed in the book because Rhyme stopped abruptly at the end of it. I really wish he had finished his thought.)

Only three things mattered about a hotel: position, position and position.

Sin embargo, el problema es cuando las iglesias se preocupan más por el mercadeo y por posicionar su imagen (creando una impresión estética que apele a los cinco sentidos), que de su búsqueda de ser conocidos como columna y baluarte de la verdad.