Quotes About Significance

If you don't know the purpose of something, all you can do is misuse it.

Ask yourself this question: at the end of your life, is it really going to matter how many Likes you got?

When something small loudly demands all our attention, its noise often drowns out the whisper of what's enormously important.

Make sure that the person you're in the room with is the most important person in the world when you're together.

The truth, not just for me but for you, is that our value is based not on what we do but on who made us (Ps. 139:13–16).

Kind of like the tree that falls in the forest when nobody's around? I mean, if nobody remembers the history, did it still happen?

If no one remembered them, were they ever really here?

He laughed. "You must remember that we are also valuable not only in action but because we are more than the sum of our memories.

What I'm feeling, I think, is joy. And it's been some time since I've felt that blinkered rush of happiness. This might be one of those rare events that lasts, one that'll be remembered and recalled as months and years wind and ravel. One of those sweet, significant moments that leaves a footprint in your mind.

What's the point of doing anything if nobody's watching?

Who could think that a person's entire being is housed in a finger or in a hip bone or in a small piece of a skull, and that the rest of the body exists for appearances only?

The true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success.

Had Beta been French, perhaps he would've been an existentialist, probably though that would not have satisfied him. He smiled contemptuously at mental speculations, for he remembered seeing philosophers fighting over garbage in the concentration camps. Human thought had no significance; subterfuge and self-deception were easy to decipher: all that really counted was the movement of matter.

McCoy: Representing the High Tier...Leonard James Akaar. Spock: The child was named Leonard James Akaar? Kirk nods. McCoy: Has a kind of a ring to it don't you think, James? Kirk: Yes, I think it is a name that will go down in galactic history, Leonard. What do you think, Spock? Spock: I think you both will be insufferably pleased with yourselves for at least a month...sir.

Siry answered with one simple, shattering word. "Veelox.

'Alien' asked ground-breaking questions about eco-politics and female empowerment. 'The Matrix' delved deeper into the concept of perception versus reality than perhaps any other film I know. But for some reason, we tend not to remember the significance of their writing.

Nothing matters very much, and few things matter at all.

Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite.

No other planet in the solar system is a suitable home for human beings; it's this world or nothing. That's a very powerful perception.

It says more about America, what happened that day, than almost anything since. And yet, we tend to forget. None of us forgets on Memorial Day, none of us forgets on Flag Day, none of us forgets on Veterans Day. We should not forget on Bunker Hill Day.

My interest is in how meaning is communicated via language, and I believe the shape, positioning, even the color of the language has an effect on meaning.

A lot of people have made the valid point that if you don't believe the arts are a 'viable' job, or you think we're low-skilled, then switch off Netflix, close your books, turn your music off. If you don't think this is important then you shouldn't be allowed to enjoy it. See how great you feel with no entertainment.

'Vice Squad' needed to be real if it was going to have the impact that I wanted it to have.

When judging a horoscope, it is of prime importance that we take into consideration the social and racial standing of the individual, for configurations which are of great significance in the horoscope of an educated Caucasian may mean little or nothing in the figure of a Chinese Coolie and vice versa.