Significant Quotes

1199 Significant quotes by 946 unique authors

Fraulein Noether was the most significant creative mathematical genius thus far produced since the higher education of women began. — Albert Einstein
Within your culture as a whole, there is in fact no significant thrust toward global population control. The point to see is that there never… — Daniel Quinn
Previously the same Polish audiences would have been pressured into seeing cinema made for adults, films made by us about those spheres of life that… — Andrzej Wajda
Those who claim to write about something larger and more significant than the self sometimes fail to comprehend the dimensions of self. — Sarah Manguso
As you look at the first four, the significant thing is that Alboreto is fifth. — Murray Walker
From early infancy, it appears that our ability to regulate emotional states depends upon the experience of feeling that a significant person in our life… — Daniel J. Siegel
It's usually easier for me to begin writing in a character's voice if that person is different from me in some significant way. — Nell Freudenberger
There is a significant Latin proverb; to wit: Who will guard the guards? — Josh Billings
Do but take care to express yourself in a plain, easy Manner, in well-chosen, significant and decent Terms, and to give a harmonious and pleasing… — Miguel de Cervantes
We've already gotten a significant grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and a university consortium. I think the whole sector of Foundations, potentially with… — Mitchell Kapor
Over the long term, despite significant drops from time to time, stocks (especially an intelligently selected stock portfolio) will be one of your best investment… — Joel Greenblatt
A good legible label is usually worth, for information, a ton of significant attitude and expression in a historical picture. — Mark Twain
The dream of man's heart ... is that life may complete in significant pattern. — Saul Bellow
At two-tenths the speed of light, dust and atoms might not do significant damage even in a voyage of 40 years, but the faster you… — Isaac Asimov
Meditation is the most significant because it opens the door for all other significant things: love, prayer, God, light, music, poetry. — Rajneesh
As IT enters the mobile-cloud era, IT providers need to be more innovative about addressing customers' fast changing needs. Over the past two years, Cisco… — Padmasree Warrior
When we get hung up on the non-essentials, the essentials have no opportunity to make a significant appearance. — Dwight Edwards
For if the proper study of mankind is man, it is evidently more sensible to occupy yourself with the coherent, substantial and significant creatures of… — W. Somerset Maugham
An art is only great and significant if it is one that all may enjoy. The art of a clique is but a plaything. — W. Somerset Maugham
If the most significant characteristic of man is the complex of biological needs he shares with all members of his species, then the best lives… — Wystan Hugh Auden
I'm still thinking and hoping there's an opportunity for people to have better lives and that significant change can occur. — Tracy Chapman
To revolutionaries the significant reality is the world which they are fighting to bring about, not the world they are fighting to overcome. — Henry A. Kissinger
There are significant human rights abuses in China. In some areas, the situation is worse today than in the past. In other areas, there have… — Max Baucus
We come here because we too feel a responsibility for the human community. To preserve and develop a human quality of life is the common… — Thomas Berry
The day when the scientist, no matter how devoted, may make significant progress alone and without material help is past. This fact is most self-evident… — Ernest Lawrence

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