Mattered Quotes

299 quotes by 238 authors

The things I thought were so important -- because of the effort I put into them -- have turned out to be of small value.… — Thomas Merton
The facts didn't matter. Their stories mattered, and each of their stories belonged to each of them alone. — Elizabeth Strout
The role of Ronald Reagan had been deliberately diminished; the role of the Europeans, who, with the exception of Helmet Kohl, were often keen to… — Margaret Thatcher
Although many philosophers used to dismiss the relevance of neuroscience on grounds that what mattered was the software, not the hardware, increasingly philosophers have come… — Patricia Churchland
Nowadays, 'invisibility' was supposed to be the big problem, but the way I saw it was, all that mattered was to be visible to yourself. — Emma Donoghue
At this point in my life Id like to live as if only love mattered. — Tracy Chapman
I believed it would succeed. It was Polish Solidarity and its victory that put an end to the old era when what mattered were borders… — Lech Walesa
The skill sets it takes to be a successful entrepreneur, a successful marketer, or a relevant celebrity is a different skill set than you needed… — Gary Vaynerchuk
In 1933-34, the Belgians conducted a census in order to issue â€˜ethnicâ€™ identity cards, which labelled every Rwandan as either Hutu (85%) of Tutsi (14%)… — Philip Gourevitch
None of the things in life - like love or faith - was arrived at by thinking; indeed, one could almost define the things that… — Pico Iyer
I can only guess that, for guys in their 30s and 40s who watched me play, they understood that the score never mattered and my… — Andy Van Slyke
Photography was the only thing that mattered in my life and I gave it everything. — Anton Corbijn
If size mattered, the elephant would be king of the jungle. — Rickson Gracie
I had utterly abandoned myself to Him. Could any choice be as wonderful as His will? Could any place be safer than the center of… — V. Raymond Edman
You could carry your burdens lightly orÂ withÂ great effort. You could worry about tomorrow or not. You could imagine horrible fates or garland-filled tomorrows.… — Scott Jurek
Everything else was in the past, and the past no longer mattered. — Laura Anne Gilman
It didnâ€™t matter who was more right. What mattered is that we listened to each other — W. Craig Zwick
Contrary to the fantasies of the fundamentalists, there was no deathbed conversion, no last minute refuge taken in a comforting vision of a heaven or… — Ann Druyan
A good lawyer is part con man, part priest -- promising riches, threatening hell. My ethical rules are simple. I won't lie to the court… — Paul Levine
Dogs are how people would be if the important stuff is all that mattered to us. — Ashly Lorenzana

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