Significant Quotes

1199 Significant quotes by 946 unique authors

No matter how significant or life-changing your greatest hit or miss might be, neither even begins to define who you are. Each of us is… — Colin Powell
America is the only country where a significant proportion of the population believes that professional wrestling is real but the moon landing was faked. — David Letterman
It places value on experience versus intellectual understanding. I saw a lot of people contemplating things but it didn't seem to lead to too many… — Steve Jobs
Even if you've never experienced the wonderful things in life, only after something has been contaminated and marred will it become a beautiful thing. Pain… — Natsuki Takaya
Maybe the only significant difference between a really smart simulation and a human being was the noise they made when you punched them. — Terry Pratchett
There may be significant things to learn about people by looking at what annoys them most. — Alain de Botton
God uses those who seem ill-fitted for a significant life. — Charles R. Swindoll
As I saw it, all my mother's life, my father held her down, like lead strapped to her ankles. She was buoyant by nature; she… — Louise GluÌˆck
The observations and encounters of a solitary, taciturn man are vaguer and at the same times more intense than those of a sociable man; his… — Thomas Mann
The further on we go, the more meaning there is, but the less articulable. You live your life and the older you get- the more… — Gregory Maguire
How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!" In reality, "How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!" were probably not Simon Bolivar's… — John Green
At Apple, people are putting in 18-hour days. We attract a different type of person—a person who doesn’t want to wait five or ten years… — Steve Jobs
It sounds strange, somewhat on the line between irony and absurdity, to think that people would rather label and judge something as significant as each… — Erin Gruwell
Paradox is an overrated threat. There is...a quality similar to inertia at work. Once an event has occurred, there is an extremely strong tendency for… — Jim Butcher
In life's most significant moments we are always alone. — Paulo Coelho
And human instinct is ancient and reliable, utterly mysterious and possibly capable of great genius. I believe that refined, fluent instincts are a person's most… — Augusten Burroughs
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream was a manifestation of hope that humanity might one day get out of its own way by finding the… — Aberjhani
You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice. — Bob Marley
Most people would trade everything they know, everyone they know- they'd trade it all to know they've been seen, and acknowledged, that they might even… — Dave Eggers
What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him. — Louis Mann
I was thinking about how disjointedly time seemed to flow, passing in a blur at times, with single images standing out more clearly than others.… — Stephenie Meyer
Cooking for people is an enormously significant expression of generosity and soulfulness... — Ted Allen
The more difficulties one has to encounter, within and without, the more significant and the higher in inspiration his life will be. — Horace Bushnell
TV needs advertising for more than just the money. Advertising plays a significant role in creating a dynamic and vibrant medium and needs to be… — Unknown Author
The most significant change in a person's life is a change of attitude. Right attitudes produce right actions. — William J. Johnston

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