Quotes About Significance

The beauty of a mathematical theorem depends a great deal on its seriousness, as even in poetry the beauty of a line may depend to some extent on the significance of the ideas which it contains.

A MAN who sets out to justify his existence and his activities has to distinguish two different questions. The first is whether the work which he does is worth doing; and the second is why he does it, whatever its value may be.

The best mathematics is serious as well as beautiful—'important' if you like, but the word is very ambiguous, and 'serious' expresses what I mean much better

We have concluded that the trivial mathematics is, on the whole, useful, and that the real mathematics, on the whole, is not.

Matematiksel sonuçlar, içerdikleri de?erler ne olursa olsun, di?erlerinin içinde en kal?c? olanlard?r.

Good work is no done by 'humble' men. It is one of the first duties of a professor, for example, in any subject, to exaggerate a little both the importance of his subject and his own importance in it. A man who is always asking 'Is what I do worth while?' and 'Am I the right person to do it?' will always be ineffective himself and a discouragement to others.

From looking at your neighbor and realizing his true significance, and that he will die, pity and compassion will arise in you for him and finally you will love him.

We give a lot of others significance in our lives even when they don't deserve it. It doesn't matter if they're family or if you've known them forever. If they're not good for you, they've got to go.

He told me that love was the only thing that really mattered in the world.

Maya has chosen to be ring bearer because the job has more responsibility than flower girl. "If you lose a flower, you get another flower," Maya reasons. "If you lose the ring, everyone is sad forever. The ring bearer has much more power." "You sound like Gollum," A.J. says. "Who's Gollum?" Maya wants to know. "Someone very nerdy that your father likes," Amelia says.

Maya has chosen to be ring bearer because the job has more responsibility than flower girl. "If you lose a flower, you get another flower," Maya reasons. "If you lose the ring, everyone is sad forever.

When you figured out Sam's dead mother's name, you decided that it was fate, and from that day forward, Sam would be your brother. A name is destiny, if you think it is.

As he said to Sam, "If I've done the work in the scenes before I die, if I've made a real impression, they'll feel me in the scenes I'm not in anyway.

Every person you knew, every person you loved even, did not have to consume you for the time to have been worthwhile.

The lines mean that one doesn't have to be a god or a king for your life to have meaning.

Yes, Dad. Dad is what I am. Dad is what I became. The father of Maya. Maya's dad. Dad. What a word. What a little big word. What a word and what a world! He is crying. His heart is too full, and no words to release it. I know what words do, he thinks. They let us feel less.

There were so many kinds of love. And some of them were forever like the kind I had for Natty and for Leo. And other kinds? Well, you'd be a fool if you tried to guess how long they'd last. But even the ones that weren't necessarily everlasting were not without meaning" -Anya

I loathe collectible books anyway. People getting all moony over particular paper carcasses. It's the ideas that matter, man. The words," Daniel Parish says.

How much does it take to have a history as opposed to anecdotes? Is there a critical mass? We

Gestures are all that I have.

Tedni so neznansko hitro minevali, kakor da bi bil prehod v jesen najpomembnejša naloga.

that his gesture was symbolic, as Serena said. But symbolic of

child's life has greater and more lasting significance than

While facts can provide a plan, only understanding can provide the purpose. What is understanding, and why is it important?