Quotes About Significance

That on any day you could pick there are thousands and thousands of little deaths, tiny tragedies, and that all of them matter.

Some people make headlines while others make history.

and change within the British polity, I will stress the significance of the political culture. Before we proceed to an analysi

twentieth century. In the nineteenth century, it was an important influence in the politics of the nation: Tories were more likely to be Anglicans and Nonconformists, such as the Methodists, more likely to be Liberals. In significance,

The greatest importance of the Dead Sea Scrolls...lies in the discovery of biblical manuscripts dating back to only about 300 years after the close of the Old Testament canon.

If it means something, take it to heart. If it means nothing, it's nothing. Let it go.

If it means something, take it to heart. If it means nothing, it's nothing. Let it go.

C'est très bizarre les noms. Parfois on ne connaît rien d'eux et on les dit sans cesse.

We are here for a finite amount of time...it's up to each of us to make that time meaningful and special.

As I grew older, I frequently turned to the sky for comfort, and being reminded of my slight significance within the context of the vast and enigmatic universe, I was comforted.

Words have little value in the kingdom of essential things. They're just decorations on the feelings too deep for us to put into syllables.

Just as warmth brings to light our personalities and makes us feel special and indispensable, coldness can turn us into nameless shadows.

On croit que les événements importants arrivent à une allure solennelle, un peu comme le Tsar débarquant en visite officielle. Mais ensuite on découvre que ces fameuses "choses importantes" se présentent de biais, furtivement. Et beaucoup plus tard encore, on ne sait plus si ces choses sont vraiment importantes.

I actually visit the temple every day but I genuinely don't understand the importance that people give to their birthdays or any special day, be it a festival or a birthday.

Thanks to postmodernism, we tend to see all facts as meaningless trivia, no one more vital than any other. Yet this disregard for facts qua facts is intellectually crippling. Facts are the raw material of thought, and the knowledge of significant facts makes sophisticated thought possible.

The knowledge we gain about the secrets of the spiritual world is at every hour, at every moment, of vital and profound significance for our souls; what seems to be remote from us personally is often what the soul inwardly needs.

I just happen to believe that what's at stake in the early child's development is so vital and so important, and I think it is founded in the main, in the broad cultural sense, on the relationship between the mother and child.

And so with all things: names were vital and important.

If what you're doing today isn't vital, you're certainly not going to have a seat at the table in determining what's going to happen tomorrow.

Something that can be so vital at one point can be inconsequential at another. I'm just intrigued by that phenomenon.

I've always had a sense that I am doing something very important, something vital.

Developing aesthetic sense is vital for actors. They must understand that there is no small role, only small actors. A good actor will do the smallest role to perfection, and be recognised.

Every childhood has its talismans, the sacred objects that look innocuous enough to the outside world, but that trigger an onslaught of vivid memories when the grown child confronts them.

I probably remember the 1954 Masters more vividly than any of the others.