Significant Quotes

1199 Significant quotes by 946 unique authors

Hitherto the principle of causality was universally accepted as an indispensable postulate of scientific research, but now we are told by some physicists that it… — Max Planck
In the last few decades entire new categories of waste have come to plague and menace the American scene. Pollution is growing at a rapid… — Lyndon B. Johnson
I got very interested in people who had discovered something more significant than ... intellectual, abstract understanding. — Steve Jobs
Cruelty to animals is one of the most significant vices of a low and ignoble people. — Alexander von Humboldt
I began to realize that an intuitive understanding and consciousness was more significant than abstract thinking and intellectual logical analysis. Intuition is a very powerful… — Steve Jobs
Elegance is no longer significant; clothes have to be fun. — Yves Saint Laurent
Being is so significant that it is irreplaceable. You are just yourself. Do something that comes out of you - not to assert, but to… — Rajneesh
Now more than ever I am aware that a person's significant birthdays can either mark the passage of time, or they can mark changes they've… — John C. Maxwell
If we are going to do anything significant with life, we sometimes have to move away from it- beyond the usual measurements. We must occasionally… — Bede Jarrett
In the theater, you're so much more in charge as an actor. For better or for worse, you know what the audience is seeing. But… — Susan Sarandon
Bush made a point of emphasizing to me that unlike his father's administration, his was one of significant "walk-in access" to the Oval Office. — Robert Draper
The most significant thing is public participation. That assures the Afghan public that our promises are not empty. — Ashraf Ghani
Color is a powerful physical, biological, and psychological force. When less color and less intense color is present, trace amounts and subtle differences become highly… — John Paul Caponigro
The biggest potential and actual crises of the 21st century all have a strong, long, slow aspect with a significant lag between cause and effect.… — Jamais Cascio
When I look back on my life nowadays, which I sometimes do, what strikes me most forcibly about it is that what seemed at the… — Malcolm Muggeridge
Patrick White is a strongly individual, richly gifted, original and highly significant writer whose powers are remarkable and whose achievement is large. His art is… — William Walsh
Your life isn't about the big break, it's about one significant life transforming step at a time. — Tim Storey
I regret that my coauthors and I omitted statistically significant information in our 2004 article published in the journal Pediatrics. The omitted data suggested that… — William Thompson
We can't ignore the fact that ahead of us is a great war and this war is going to need significant preparation. — Ahad Ha'am
After visiting these places, you can easily understand how that within a few years Hitler will emerge from the hatred that surrounds him now as… — John F. Kennedy
In their field they [mathematicians] do what we ought to be doing in ours. Therein lies the significant lesson ... of their existence. They are… — Robert Musil
Any man who would change the World in a significant way must have showmanship, a genial willingness to shed other people's blood, and a plausible… — Kurt Vonnegut
Susan Bordo’s Unbearable Weight is a masterpiece of complex an nuanced thinking not only about a significant problem that faces women but about our culture.… — Susan Griffin
A great writer picks up on those things that matter. It’s almost like their radar is attuned to the most significant moments. — Alain de Botton
To care for another person, in the most significant sense, is to help him grow and actualize himself. — Milton Mayeroff

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