#insignificant

Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#corner #far #find #forgotten #galaxies

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

— James Sinegal

#factory #floor #insignificant #message #store

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. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#astronauts #because #become #earth #go

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. ↗

— Anna Akhmatova

#chose #concern #death #deny #does

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. ↗

— William Banting

#editor #further #i #individual #insignificant

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

— James Boswell

#i #i am #insignificant #leading #life

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. ↗

— Karl Marx

#always #been #civilization #comparison #completely

Christendom appears clearly to me to be one of those trifling, insignificant arts, which has never been of any substantial advantage to mankind. ↗

— Edward Hicks

#any #appears #arts #been #christendom

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

— Franz Grillparzer

#be thankful #drink #host #important #insignificant

Celebrities, even insignificant ones like me, are created to be abused by the Great Unwashed. ↗

— Poppy Z. Brite

#created #even #great #insignificant #like