Quotes About Significance

He made me feel that I mattered.

But I know that money is a big thing, in a marriage, in a life, money is power, I do know that. No matter what I say, or what anyone says, money is power.

I thought again about how my mother—my real one—had said this to me one day. And she was absolutely right. Everyone has to feel like they matter.

To a great mind, nothing is little,' remarked Holmes, sententiously.

Of course, a sign doesn't mean anything unless you know how to interpret it.

Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they stand: you cannot see them in all their magnitude because you are standing too close to them.

The assumption that animals are without rights and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.

Døden er det aller viktigste her i livet, og heller ikke den er særlig viktig (Folkelig visdomsord)

Sólo es importante el final de las cosas.

Toda decisión tomada durante un estado de tensión es más importante y más prolífica en resultados que la misma decisión tomada en un estado de equilibrio.

And the air was full of Thoughts and Things to Say. But at times like these, only the Small Things are ever said. Big Things lurk unsaid inside.

small things comes in big packages.*

Sometimes you didn't know the value of a moment unless it becomes a memory.

When you have nobody you can make a cup of tea for, when nobody needs you, that's when I think life is over.

Foul feeders! Slipped, are ye, on your own excrement? Parasites! Having made the world lousy, imagine ye are of significance to Heaven? Desiring to learn-think ye to escape hurt in the rape of your ignorance? For of what I put in, far more than innocence shall come out!

The horror of falling into utter oblivion is not necessarily the fear of what will happen to us after death but of what it says about our relationships now. It is the fear of not amounting to much in our present relations with others.

Human nature is so important than your life

Bir insan?n yaÅŸamakta olduÄŸunu salt kendisinin bilmesi yetmez, insan tek ba??na deÄŸil ki. Ä°nsan?n varolduÄŸunu baÅŸka insanlar?n da bilmesi gerekir. Ne denli insan bilirse o denli daha çok vard?r.

Life should be great rather than long.

Why, I've just thought of something, something very important—we haven't named the new boat! It's awfully unlucky to go on a voyage in a new boat which has no name. What shall we do?' 'Why, name it, of course,' said Baldmoney with a superior air.

It's very hard to rank performances. It's very difficult, and it doesn't really matter if you rank performances.

The ranking... it's just a number.

As an actor, it's very rare that you get a choice in a matter. But you're always looking for something that has some gravitas.

It's very rare that you get a chance to play in a Test and that's what makes it so special and prestigious.