Significant Quotes

1199 Significant quotes by 946 unique authors

We do not always appreciate the role the Queen has played in one of the most significant changes in the past 60 years: the transformation… — Jonathan Sacks
The few really great-the major novelists ... are significant in terms of the human awareness they promote; awareness of the possibilities of life. — F. R. Leavis
The legal difference between the sit-ins and the Freedom Riders was significant. — Constance Baker Motley
I'm not naive enough to pretend that on its own cinema can capture the very soul of significant social and cultural problems. — David Puttnam
The simplest and clearest motivation for taking animal welfare seriously is the recognition that pain is in and of itself a bad thing, and that… — Julian Baggini
The amount of currency in circulation is not changing. The money supply is not changing in any significant way. — Ben Bernanke
As we have heard, the end of al-Zarqawi is a significant blow to al-Qaida operations in Iraq. It is another clear indication of the progress… — Christopher Bond
We saw in 2003 the beginnings of an outbreak of an illness called SARS. SARS ended up killing 800 people which is a significant number… — Michael C. Burgess
Madam Speaker, before being elected to Congress, I ran a manufacturing business that did a significant percentage of our sales outside the United States. — Chris Chocola
I'm of Nigerian descent, from the Yoruba tribe. Names are very significant in that culture. It basically states your purpose in life. — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
It's a significant question: should black people only adopt black children, and white people white children? — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
An occupying power has no right to make significant alterations in the character of the occupied society, to change the laws all around, without a… — Juan Cole
I feel like I have at least begun to make a contribution, but my most significant concern has to do with whether my actual art… — Judy Chicago
The older you get, the more you realize you're drifting toward a direction, and sometimes your significant other drifts into an opposite direction. You can't… — Dido Armstrong
The longer we go without strong leadership from the Administration and until we see significant progress in the day-to-day lives of the Iraqi people, the… — Dennis Cardoza
Reconciliation cannot be used to pass comprehensive health care reform. It won't work because it was never designed for that kind of significant legislation; it… — Kent Conrad
There are some very significant changes in the way the fluids are distributed in our body, the way our heart functions initially, and as well… — Laurel Clark
All experts on WHO advisory groups for developing norms, standards and guidelines are required to disclose interests regarding the advisory committee's area of work. If… — Margaret Chan
For those unfortunate enough to experience it, long-term unemployment - now, as in the 1930s - is a tragedy. And, for society as a whole,… — Barry Eichengreen
Sharia has become an increasingly significant force in American capitalism, thanks to the embrace by Wall Street and the U.S. government of so-called Sharia-Compliant Finance.… — Frank Gaffney
Unbeknownst to most American investors, significant portions of their public pension, mutual fund, life insurance and private portfolios are comprised of stocks of privately held… — Frank Gaffney
If I didn't get a job, between 16 and 18, that wasn't significant, I was just going to go to college. I didn't want to… — Jessica Alba
With documentary-film projects, you hope you highlight an area of concern people haven't thought about before. A lot of times, I'm asking myself - 'This… — Paul Allen
To be a writer was always my greatest aim. I remember writing a play about Guy Fawkes when I was 10. I suppose it's significant,… — Peter Ackroyd
The heart is natures most immense untapped resource. Utilising the power of the heart is the most significant choice you will make in life. — Steve Redhead

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