Quotes About Significance

Governments may rise and fall for reasons which appear insignificant, Prince. What small events! An argument between two women . . . which way the wind blows on a certain day . . . a sneeze, a cough, the length of a garment or the chance collision of a fleck of sand and a courtier's eye. It is not always the majestic concerns of Imperial ministers which dictate the course of history, nor is it necessarily the pontifications of priests which move the hands of God.

That girl! She was like a touch of destiny

The mystery of consciousness? Erroneous data—significant results.

In all Things you must appear important. No minor decisions pass through your hands unless they are quiet acts called 'Favors' done for people whose loyalty can be earned.

Bir insan? yaÅŸam?n?n bir saatinden mahrum etmekle, onu yaÅŸam?ndan mahrum etmek aras?nda yaln?zca bir ölçek fark? vard?r. Sonuçta ona kar?? ÅŸiddet uygulam??, onun enerjisini tüketmiÅŸ olursunuz.

Between depriving a man of one hour from his life and depriving him of his life there exists only a difference of degree.

White for poison, black for purity," the Lady Fenring said. "A curious custom, isn't it, my love?

Bir düÅŸünce ifade edilse de edilmese de, varl??? gerçektir ve güç bar?nd?r?r.

Bir ?eyin yoklu?u, varl???ndan daha fazla ?ey ifade eder.

you can't get rid of Shakespeare without abolishing the very notion of literature.

Faptele dumneavoastra vor lasa poate urme adînci de pasi în zapada, dar atît.

When I say something, this thing immediately and definitively loses its importance. When I write it down, it also loses it, but sometimes gains another importance.

Yesterday evening during a walk every little street noise, every glance directed at me, every photograph in a display case was more important to me than I was.

Desde que estou em condições de pensar, a afirmação da minha existência espiritual deu-me preocupações tão graves que tudo o mais me foi indiferente.

If the book we're reading doesn't wake us up with a blow on the head, what are we reading it for.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.

I am very proud of my name. My full name is Richard Treat Williams.

Iris is the Lois Lane of 'The Flash.' It's a really special role. Knowing they were willing to offer it to an African American - Iris is traditionally white - I knew how important this would be for so many people.

By virtue of the standing and prestige of President Ben-Zvi, some 3,000 manuscripts originating from Arab lands, some of them of major significance, have been deposited at the Ben-Zvi Institute. In contrast to the Aleppo Codex, most of these documents were donated willingly, in the confidence that the institute would protect and preserve them.

It's not whether you win or lose, it's how many people remember you when you die.

I look out the window in the morning sometimes, and the sun is rising, and the people are going to work. I look at Washington as being that big, sleeping giant, just stretching and waking up, and going about its business. And to know that I'm working in the capital of the most powerful nation in the world - I feel good about that.

Because the heart beats under a covering of hair, of fur, feathers, or wings, it is, for that reason, to be of no account?

Almost the only persons who may be said to comprehend even approximately the significance, principles, and purposes of Socialism are the chief leaders of the extreme wings of the Socialistic forces, and perhaps a few of the money kings themselves.

I do not think I should care to go on worshipping a Madonna even if she did wink. One cannot make much out of a wink. We want something more than that from the object of our adoration.