No one at this time can duly estimate the importance of…

There is no coherent knowledge , i.e. no uniform comprehensive account of the world and the events in it. There is no comprehensive truth…

— Paul Feyerabend

There are... scientific works - star catalogues, for example - which are not art; but the theoretical structures of Gauss, Einstein, or Maxwell are…

— James R Newman

Science fiction is a weird category, because it's the only area of fiction I can think of where the story is not of primary…

— Donald E. Westlake

Our civilization, bequeathed to us by fierce adventurers, eaters of meat and hunters, is so full of hurry and combat, so busy about many…

— James Joyce

It's pointless to be critical of your stuff once it's done. I don't spend a lot of time agonising over it. It's of no…

— Paul Simon

To speak of it would be giving importance to that which has none.

— Leo Tolstoy

If, for instance, they have heard something from the postman, they attribute it to a semi-official statement; if they have fallen into conversation with…

— Evelyn Waugh

I know the importance of highly trained awareness of the “moment” and the immediate and intuitive response of the photographer. It should be obvious…

— Ansel Adams

Love of books is the best of all.

— Jackie Kennedy

If Melanchthon were alive today, he might not weep because of controversies that surround the Lord's Supper, but he might well sorrow because of…

— Erwin W. Lutzer

To give importance to trifling matters.

— John Heywood

“the importance of ability. The things that make a great job great, I discovered, are rare and valuable. If you want them in your…

— Cal Newport

We never realize the importance of any our action until we be the hunt of same situation in reaction.

— Fadi

In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.

— Voltaire

For successful education there must always be a certain freshness in the knowledge dealt with. It must be either new in itself or invested…

— Alfred North Whitehead