Significant Quotes

1199 Significant quotes by 946 unique authors

Education has fundamentally changed my life. It's perhaps the mission of my life. I'm wed to it in a very powerful and personal way. And… — Bev Perdue
Cold-turkey deficit reduction would cause a significant recession. A recent analysis by the Congressional Budget Office estimated that going headlong over the cliff would cause… — Christina Romer
The Irish move to a very low corporation tax has generated very significant revenue growth, considerably in excess of Britain's, where a slower economy has… — John Redwood
I do think there is something to be said for those who have significant experience at state level and have run campaigns or have been… — Roy Romer
Significant steps have been taken since 9-11 to protect out country here at home, but much remains to be done, Americans from across the political… — Warren Rudman
The first sexual experience is a significant imprinting of attention. — Frederick Lenz
Humans may be the only creatures on Earth who spend significant time thinking about the fact that someday their lives will end. — Joan D. Vinge
The rabbit is significant in that the handle on the original South Pointing Chariot was carved in the form of a rabbit. Because the handle… — Kit Williams
At the heart of capitalism is the unification of knowledge and power. As Friedrich Hayek, the leader of the Austrian school of economics, put it,… — George Gilder
Several factors besides skill are more significant in professional writers than in most amateurs. One is love of the surface level of language: the sound… — Alice Weaver Flaherty
If self-validation were our most significant societal measure - we would give trophies to ourselves. — Mary Anne Radmacher
If you ask the question of Americans, should we pay our bills? One hundred percent would say yes. There's a significant misunderstanding on the debt… — Peter Welch
Economists are coming to acknowledge that measures of national wealth and poverty in terms strictly of average income tell you little that is significant of… — Rowan Williams
Despite the hours spent debating different models of general education, the choices faculties make rarely lead to any significant difference in the cognitive development of… — Derek Bok
I would say the most significant difference between modern-era receivers and previous receivers is the ones who were in my generation or earlier had to… — Steve Largent
Hair matters. This is a life lesson Wellesley and Yale Law School failed to instil. Your hair will send significant messages to those around you. — Hillary Clinton
If you are determined not to risk pain, then you must do without many things: having children, getting married, the ecstasy of sex, the hope… — M. Scott Peck
The person who is capable of producing a large number of ideas per unit of time, other things being equal, has a greater chance of… — J. P. Guilford
We are beginning to see practical support. And this is a very significant sign of the movement towards a new era, a new age.... We… — Mikhail Gorbachev
A reader kindly pointed out to me recently that most of the quotes I include are by men. And it's true. Personally, I don't even… — Charlotte Bronte
This brief century of ours is arguably the most significant one in the history of our universe. We'll have the technology either to self-destruct, or… — Max Tegmark
In time, [a Martian] colony would grow to the point of being self- sustaining. When this stage was reached, humanity would have a precious insurance… — Paul Davies
I cannot illustrate huge differences between male and female spiritualities except in their starting points, style and fascinations along the way. This is significant, however,… — Richard Rohr
I have been photographing our toilet, that glossy enameled receptacle of extraordinary beauty. Here was every sensuous curve of the human figure divine but minus… — Edward Weston
The reading public is intellectually adolescent at best, and it is obvious that what is called ''significant literature'' will only be sold to this public… — Raymond Chandler

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