Quotes About Significance

He didn't ask himself if she was beautiful, because the physical effect of her presence made the question insignificant.

What is the most real thing you can think of?"] Jacques thought for a long time before answering; he tried to weigh up what was most vital and enduring in all that he had known. Eventually, no longer smiling, he said, 'Memory'.

In the old days, even the most inconsequential people were impressive. You don't hear such stories these days, do you?

When Pat Holt strings together a list of words not to overuse—"Actually, totally, absolutely, completely, continually, constantly, continuously, literally, really, unfortunately, ironically, incredibly, hopefully, finally"—she's not being a stickler for formality and grammar. Instead she's reminding us that words matter, that poor word use is just a red flag for someone who wants to ignore you.

There are fewer and fewer good jobs where you can get paid merely for showing up. Instead, successful organizations are paying for people who make a difference and are shedding everyone else. Just

Becoming a linchpin is not an act of selfishness. I see it as an act of generosity

Don't worry about your stuff. Worry about making meaning instead.

The easier it is to quantify, the less it's worth.

Here's another way to describe the two axes: One asks, Can you see it? The other wonders, Do you care?

Of course you can do something that matters. I guess I'm wondering if you want to.

A day's work is your chance to do art, to create a gift, to do something that matters.

The first thousand customers, if they're the right people, are practically priceless.

122. What's It for?

The linchpins leverage something internal, not external, to create a position of power and value.

The significance of a bit depends not just on its value but on how that value affects other bits over time, as part of the continued information processing that makes up the dynamical evolution of the universe.

There are certain people in this world who have the ability to make you feel as if you're the only person in the universe who matters to them.

Even as a child, she'd never spent hours daydreaming about her wedding; it all seemed rather silly to her. Surely the most important part of it all wasn't that day. It was every day after.

There are certain people in this world who have the ability to make you feel as if you're the only person in the universe who matters to them. Whether it's moment by moment or enough years to count up to a lifetime, they look you in the eyes and smile at you, direct and sincere—and you're smitten.

Your name makes a statement about you. It describes not only who you are but who you might be.

My middle name, Tree, comes from your basic tree, a thing of such beauty to my mother that she made it part of my name.

One of the most powerful aspects of delusion, or ignorance, is the belief that what we do does not really matter.

Time went by, swift but interminable. Time past was nothing, no matter how long. Time ahead was everything, no matter how brief.

I think Rowdy might be the most important person in my life. maybe more important than my family.) Can your best friend be more importamt than your family?

Nothing ever really happens, you know. Life is infinitesimal and incremental and inconsequential.