Mattered Quotes

299 quotes by 238 authors

The only thing that mattered was what you were to do in life, and it wasn't about money. It was about teaching, or learning. — Maya Lin
I came up around people who took acting seriously, who cared about acting, cared about the theater and, in the '70s, made movies that said… — Laurence Fishburne
There's so many things that mattered so much in my 20s and 30s that don't matter now. — Candace Bushnell
When I was growing up in the south Indian city of Madras, there were only two political parties that mattered; one was run by a… — Aravind Adiga
The people that really were important, that mattered, had a great foundation. I had no training. I had to learn while doing, and it was… — Tab Hunter
You discovered yourself and what really mattered only after you passed through the lens of the fairy tale, imposed on every human female and male… — Jonathan Lethem
I speak to you in one tongue/ but every moment that ever mattered to me/ occurred in another language. — Marvin Bell
Bicycling unites physical harmony coupled with emotional bliss to create a sense of spiritual perfection that combines one's body, mind and spirit into a single… — Frosty Wooldridge
So knowing that you can actually help yourself stay healthy over a long shoot where you get no sleep and what you eat really matters.… — Elizabeth Banks
Today, even amongst Christians, there can be found much of that spirit that wants to give as little as possible to the Lord, and yet… — Watchman Nee
In the early days of my carer as an actor, I shared what was then the prevailing attitude of Negro performers :;that the content and… — Paul Robeson
What happened? How did I get here? How could I have known that my choices mattered? — Isaac Marion
Nothing mattered except states of mind, chiefly our own. — John Maynard Keynes
The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet. — Stephen King
It was ability that mattered, not disability, which is a word I'm not crazy about using. — Marlee Matlin
If you ask an economist what's driven economic growth, it's been major advances in things that mattered - the mechanization of farming, mass manufacturing, things… — Larry Page
And I don't have to listen to a sermon to know what to think or feel about them. It's almost as if I absorbed completely… — Anna Quindlen
Why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of… — Haile Selassie
When I was 8 years old, it mattered what my favorite singer said and wore and expressed opinions about. — Taylor Swift

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