Significance Quotes

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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. — Aristotle
But, actually, so many of the clerics that I've met, particularly the Church of England clerics, are people of such extraordinary smugness and arrogance and… — Rowan Atkinson
The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment by the public. The conventional… — Walter Benjamin
Losing my sight had nothing to do with my focus on music. My passion for music was already there, so it would be a mistake… — Andrea Bocelli
To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express it his dedication. — Marlon Brando
To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event. — Henri Cartier-Bresson
I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance. — Pablo Casals
The sceptic ultimately undermines democracy (1) because he can see no significance in death and such things of a literal equality; (2) because he introduces… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The divinity of Jesus is not a dispensable extra that has no significance for our salvation. On the contrary, our salvation depends on it. We… — Klaas Runia
The central significance of prayer is not in the things that happen as results, but in the deepening intimacy and unhurried communion with God at… — Edward McKendree Bounds
When we abolish the slavery of half of humanity, together with the whole system of hypocrisy it implies, then the "division" of humanity will reveal… — Simone de Beauvoir
Most of the time when "universal" is used, it's just a euphamism for "white"; white themes, white significance, white culture. — Merle Woo
The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance - and then even the small steps and little victories along… — Oprah Winfrey
The most important function of education at any level is to develop the personality of the individual and the significance of his life to himself… — Grayson L. Kirk
Teamwork requires that everyone's efforts flow in a single direction. Feelings of significance happen when a team's energy takes on a life of its own. — Pat Riley
An essential part of any successful action on the part of the United States is an understanding on the part of the people of America… — George C. Marshall
The significance of a man is not in what he attains, but rather what he longs to attain. — Khalil Gibran
If, as I have reason to believe, I have disintegrated the nucleus of the atom, this is of greater significance than the war. — Ernest Rutherford
Virginity is now a mere preamble or waiting room to be got out of as soon as possible; it is without significance. Old age is… — Ursula K. Le Guin
Believing, with Max Weber, that man is an animal suspended in webs of significance he himself has spun, I take culture to be those webs,… — Clifford Geertz

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