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Constitutional arguments that seem as dry as dust can have momentous consequences. — George Will
The awakening of the people of China to the possibilities under free government is the most significant, if not the most momentous, event of our… — Woodrow Wilson
Even the most piddling life is of momentous consequence to its owner. — James Wolcott
We're living in momentous times, Garion. The events of a thousand years and more have all focused on these very days. The world, I'm told,… — David Eddings
...I sense that stepping into the light is also a powerful metaphor for consciousness, for the birth of the knowing mind, for the simple and… — Antonio Damasio
In increments both measurable and not, our childhood is stolen from us -- not always in one momentous event but often in a series of… — John Irving
I Need a Good Book I need a good story. I need a good book. The kind that explodes Off the shelf. I need some… — John Lithgow
At all costs the true world of childhood must prevail, must be restored; that world whose momentous, heroic, mysterious quality is fed on airy nothings,… — Jean Cocteau
...nothing momentous comes in this world unless it comes on the shoulders of kindness. — Barbara Kingsolver
From triumph to downfall there is but one step. I have noted that, in the most momentous occasions, mere nothings have always decided the outcome… — Napoleon Bonaparte
Does it make sense to pray for guidance about the future if we are not obeying in the thing that lies before us today? How… — Elisabeth Elliot
Many [Western Christians] habitually think and act as if there is no eternity. . . . We major in the momentary and minor in the… — Randy Alcorn
As regards intellectual work it remains a fact, indeed, that great decisions in the realm of thought and momentous discoveries and solutions of problems are… — Sigmund Freud
A medical man likes to make psychological observations, and sometimes in the pursuit of such studies is too easily tempted into momentous prophecy which life… — George Eliot
Riley - “Don’t worry, there are many safeguards in place. Unless you want me to have Logan explain—” Trella - “No! I trust you.” He… — Maria V. Snyder
Deeds that seemed unimportant at the time would prove to have been momentous; a tiny act of selfishness and unkindness or, conversely, an unconsidered act… — Karen Armstrong
Milestone! This is a momentous occasion," he tells her cheerily. "It should be witnessed by a friend." She throws him an icy gaze, and he… — Neal Shusterman
She longed to feel something momentous. Sometimes her life seemed so little. — Liane Moriarty
The history of Napoleon now becomes, for 12 momentous years, the history of mankind. — Unknown Author
Of all the things which man can do or make here below, by far the most momentous, wonderful, and worthy are the things we call… — Thomas Carlyle
Forming characters! Whose? Our own or others? Both. And in that momentous fact lies the peril and Responsibility of our existence. — Elihu Burritt
Fiction that responds to recent world events is a hostage to fortune, because all momentous events look very different a year, two years, three years… — Mark Haddon
Modernity has been largely shaped for Jews by three momentous experiences: the acquisition of citizenship by individual Jews in secular nation-states, the destruction of one-third… — David Novak
The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil. — Pythagoras
Comrades - We are living in momentous times. — James Larkin

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