Quotes About Significance

What would we do without plaques to tell us who lived where and when? They introduce the past into the present, and are the quickest and most interesting way of reminding us that our streets exist above and beyond the here-and-now.

Owens may not be my real last name, but it's close as it gets, because it's my son's name, Owen. That's why I picked that name, and Kevin Owens is who I am. I can't stress that enough.

Writing about Jerusalem was very stressful; every word counts.

A painting means as much to you as a string of pearls to an ape.

For young boys, just to know you exist in any capacity is a strong feeling.

I think little things are more powerful because they're more honest, so people feel them more strongly.

What lists and awards don't measure - and I feel this strongly - is the lasting value of any work of art. They're a snapshot of a moment, and one should always consider their judgments in that context.

I strongly believe content is the king.

I'm drawn as well to the lower echelons of things because it struck me a long time ago that it didn't really matter on what level people were working on anything; it was just as important to them as the people working on what's perceived as a higher level.

You have to give every opponent the importance they deserve.

If I die and am worth $50 million as opposed to $3 billion, it is really not important.

It can be a real blow to our egos when we feel as if our hard-earned degrees don't matter as much as our ability to get the morning coffee orders right.

That's important to me, to find the extraordinary inside the ordinary.

Personally, love is very important for me. There are lots of ordinary things in life, so love should be extraordinary. I hope I achieve that.

When you're independent and not attached to a major media organisation, they just look at you as if to say, 'Who are you again?'

I like a challenge. The fact that these are secret organizations, and also very important organizations that can engage in abuses that are so important to our national security - all that attracts me.

It's an honor to have been part of something so core to so many lives. The show has evolved beyond it's original intent and form and has transcended... itself!

Everything that I decide to do means something, otherwise I don't do them.

The human race is plainly nothing in eternity, but to us, in time, it is everything and ought not to die.

Many people believe that our lives end not when we die but when the very last person who knew us dies. Memory is part of it, yes, but I think it's much more than memory.

Ideas matter. The world matters. Our lives matter, and the choices we make as we navigate our lives perhaps matter most of all.

I honestly think my top moment, personally, was main eventing 'Hell in the Cell' because of what that meant overall in the grand scheme of things.

But now his life had weight.

We have a fundamental imperative in our lives to matter to others, to serve others, and to support each other in mattering more.