Importance Quote by Elizabeth Bowen

“The value of any written work should not simply be judged on the words that can be read. It should also be judged on…

— Daniel Kemp

Do not be influenced by the importance of the writer, and whether his learning be great or small, but let the love of pure…

— Thomas a Kempis

It has always seemed to me that a being coming from another world, with a message of infinite importance to mankind, should at least…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Well, I don't know how they define that. But they have this Texas blues thing blown kinda out of proportion. I am a Long…

— John Hunter

In any given society the authority of man over man runs in inverse proportion to the intellectual development of that society.

— Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

As it can be maintained that all the great advances have come from men under forty, so the history of the world shows that…

— William Osler

By measuring the proportion of children living with the same parents from birth and whether their parents report a good quality relationship we are…

— Iain Duncan Smith

I have thoroughly tried school-keeping, and found that my expenses were in proportion, or rather out of proportion, to my income,for I was obliged…

— Henry David Thoreau

“But the secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components. Every words that serves no function, every long word…

— William Zinsser

...a writer's works, like the water in an artesian well, mount to a height which is in proportion to the depth to which suffering…

— Marcel Proust

In proportion as our inward life fails, we go more constantly and desperately to the post office. You may depend on it, that the…

— Henry David Thoreau

The risk of developing carcinoma of the lung increases steadily as the amount smoked increases. If the risk among non-smokers is taken as unity…

— Richard Doll