Significance Quotes - page 15

It was extremely useful to grow up in front of the camera. It gives the camera no significance. I think it helped me have perspective on things. The attraction that Hollywood can have, I feel like I'm over that. Instead I just concentrate on acting. (Giovanni Ribisi)
Unless the work of art has wholly exhausted its makers attention, it fails. This is why works of great significance are demanding and why they are infinitely rewarding. View quote
Guy Davenport
At the heart of every faith system is a bargain: on one side there is the comfort that comes from a narrative that suggests human life has cosmic significance, and on the other a duty to yield to moral commands that can, in the moment, seem rather inconvenient. View quote
Gary Hamel
I was a little lacking in vision as mayor - I failed to understand the significance that housing and the revitalization of housing means for a city. View quote
Henry Cisneros
The significance of the cherry blossom tree in Japanese culture goes back hundreds of years. In their country, the cherry blossom represents the fragility and the beauty of life. It's a reminder that life is almost overwhelmingly beautiful but that it is also tragically short. View quote
Homaro Cantu
Even if one is familiar with the precise meaning of everything one recites, the act of worship can hardly have any significance at all unless it registers the overall message each part of our prayers is meant to convey. View quote
Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits
Students of American glass must always keep in mind that the creations they collect are truly examples of our American culture... and thus have historical significance. View quote
James Lafferty
'Alien' asked ground-breaking questions about eco-politics and female empowerment. 'The Matrix' delved deeper into the concept of perception versus reality than perhaps any other film I know. But for some reason, we tend not to remember the significance of their writing. View quote
Jason Reitman
Afghanistan is where much of the al Qaeda journey began. It is the main site where Osama bin Laden, Mullah Omar and their cohort rose to prominence fighting the Soviets in the 1980s. Afghan territory holds special significance to the group, which is committed to retaking it and re-establishing it as the base of a global movement. View quote
Jack Keane
I was brought up Catholic, and even as a little girl I was affected by the idea of giving back - doing something for the needy, something of significance. View quote
Joan Ganz Cooney
THE autumn of 1850 brought an event freighted with deep significance to me. My mother died. (John Sergeant Wise)
Not every programme dealing with issues of global significance has to be fronted by last week's winner of Have I Got News For You-but I suppose you might be wrong. View quote
Jonathan Dimbleby
Words contract a significance which clings to them long after the condition of things to which they owe it has passed away. View quote
Joseph Barber Lightfoot
When I talk about the importance of the institution of marriage, I think of the commitment and the significance of standing in front of those closest to you and promising fidelity to your partner 'til death do you part.' View quote
Mark Udall
Because Katrina put it out there, no one can play the pretend game anymore that there isn't poverty and inequality in this country. The Millions More Movement - Katrina gives it added significance. View quote
Marc Morial
The Gospels were written to present the life and teachings of Jesus in ways that would be appropriate to different readerships, and for that reason are not all the same. They were not intended to be biographies of Jesus, but selective accounts that would demonstrate his significance for different cultures. View quote
John Drane
If you are white, racism is too easily ignored and forgiven, regarded as of burning concern only to the ethnic minorities, and therefore of relatively marginal significance. View quote
Martin Jacques
I think sometimes you just need to play in this league. As a rookie coming out of college, you don't understand the real significance of being a pro unless you're playing other pros. It doesn't help you to play sporadically here or there. View quote
Michael Cooper
That's what I find with any good song, you just have to let it happen. Out of about twenty songs you might write, one of any significance. It might be thirty or forty, but I just keep churning them out and churning them out in hope that one of them will stick. View quote
Mick Ralphs
Phrases that have historical significance or become headlines don't just magically appear in the moment. They are mindfully planned. View quote
Nancy Duarte
It is my first preference to do films with social significance. Art cinema has given me credibility and status as an actor, but commercial cinema has given me a comfortable living. (Om Puri)
There are several books that I have-the Physics of Star Trek, Star Trek and Business, there are manuals on command style and countless scholarly papers that have been written about the significance of Next Generation. View quote
Patrick Stewart
Remembering that man is indeed the microcosm, the universe in miniature, the Divine Dance of the future should be able to convey with its slightest gestures some significance of the universe. View quote
Ruth St. Denis
Exact information about the functional significance of the deep sections of the brain is only obtained by working through the brain histologically in serial section. View quote
Walter Rudolf Hess
Our passion for form expresses our yearning to make the world adequate to our needs and desires, and, more important, to experience ourselves as having significance. View quote
Rollo May