Everyone's life, Álvaro declaimed in a comic voice, is…

If ever I did a man any goodof course it was something exceptional and insignificant compared with the good or evil which I am…

— Henry David Thoreau

The first time you blow someone away is not an insignificant event. That said, there are some *******s in the world that just need…

— James Mattis

“Our century is so shallow, its desires scattered so widely, our knowledge so encyclopedic, that we are absolutely unable to focus our designs on…

— Nikolai Gogol

I found myself back in the sepulchral city resenting the sight of people hurrying through the streets to filch a little money from each…

— Joseph Conrad

The things that seem insignificant to most people such as a note, song or walk become invaluable treasures kept safe in your heart to…

— Bob Marley

Of all human events, perhaps, the publication of a first volume of verses is the most insignificant; but though a matter of no moment…

— Herman Melville

Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun.…

— Douglas Adams

Am I foolish and insignificant or am I great? I gave all the individuals in the world cause to kneel down in front of…

— Sun Myung Moon

Our life is what we make it. An insignificant game or a noble trial; a dream or a reality; a play of the senses…

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

I look back, now, and I know that the naming moment, which seemed so insignificant then, which seemed to demand no more than an…

— Gregory David Roberts

As much as I don't care about those things, I think it's human nature to not want to feel totally insignificant.

— Megan McCafferty

“Don't you get it yet? The minute we decide that one person doesn't matter anymore, they've won."..."Beneath a sky crowded with a billion stars.…

— Rick Yancey

You are Insignificant. One of millions, neither special nor unique. I did not ask for this ignominy, and I resent the comparison. Fine. I…

— N.K. Jemisin

Pound St. Paul's Church into atoms, and consider any single atom; it is to be sure, good for nothing; but put all these atoms…

— Samuel Johnson

Rather than feeling lost and unimportant and meaningless, set against galaxies which go beyond the reach of the furthest telescopes, I feel that my…

— Madeleine L'Engle