Insignificant Quotes

I learned, too, how it was possible with the help of the picture and action to transform an apparently insignificant violin passage into an incident, and to lift a simple horn call into a thing of stupendous significance by means of scenic emphasis.

The development of civilization and industry in general has always shown itself so active in the destruction of forests that everything that has been done for their conservation and production is completely insignificant in comparison.

Baseball is only a game, a game of inches and a lot of luck. During a time of all-out war, sports are very insignificant.

There is hardly any one so insignificant that he does not seem imposing to some one at some time.

Who will grieve for this woman? Does she not seem too insignificant for our concern? Yet in my heart I never will deny her, Who suffered death because she chose to turn.

I'm much more interested in what an actor has to say about something substantial and important than who they're dating or what clothes they're wearing or some other asinine, insignificant aspect of their life.

Throughout this evolution from left to right, Beard always detested war. Hence his writings were slanted to show that the military side of history was insignificant or a mere reflection of economic forces.

At one time I thought the Editor of the Lancet would kindly publish a letter from me on the subject, but further reflection led me to doubt whether so insignificant an individual would be noticed without some special introduction.

Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you, but it is most important that you do it.

You'll come to learn a great deal if you study the Insignificant in depth.

What characterizes a member of a minority group is that he is forced to see himself as both exceptional and insignificant, marvelous and awful, good and evil.

Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.

Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.

What an insignificant life is this which I am now leading!

We have a tendency to condemn people who are different from us, to define their sins as paramount and our own sinfulness as being insignificant.

It's like you have a child and you think, 'Everything that I've done up until this point is insignificant in comparison to being a father.' It's a beautiful, beautiful thing.

Nothing is insignificant in the history of a young community, and - above all - nothing seems impossible.

The first time I landed in New York and got a cab to my hotel, I was completely struck by it: a feeling of life and chaos, 24 hours around the clock, just like in London. And whatever your problem is, it's insignificant. You're just a small part of something very big.

The most insignificant score is the score at halftime.

Productivity is a relative matter. And it's really insignificant: What is ultimately important is a writer's strongest books.

Everybody's life has these moments, where one thing leads to another. Some are big and obvious and some are small and seemingly insignificant.

Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger.

The person you consider ignorant and insignificant is the one who came from God, that he might learn bliss from grief and knowledge from gloom.

The relation between a poet and audience is really insignificant. What matters is the poet is hearing something that he is broadcasting. And whether there is anybody with a receiver isn't the reason he does it. He hopes there is somebody receiving it.

The world is shrinking as we see more and more of it in the media, and the more we see of the world, the smaller we are, the more aware we are of how insignificant any one of us is.

Am I foolish and insignificant or am I great? I gave all the individuals in the world cause to kneel down in front of me.

When many astronauts go to space, they see the insignificant size of the earth and vastness of space, and they become very religious, because they have seen the Signs of Allah.

Flight by machines heavier than air is unpractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible.

The message is that all brilliance emanates from the top; that the worker on the floor of the store or the factory is insignificant.

Life is a series of steps. Things are done gradually. Once in a while there is a giant step, but most of the time we are taking small, seemingly insignificant steps on the stairway of life.