#significant

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

All significant truths are private truths. As they become public they cease to become truths; they become facts, or at best, part of the public character; or at worst, catchwords. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#best #cease #character #facts #part

Our nation must manage significant national security challenges over the next several years. We are already facing a potential conflict with Iraq, new challenges on the Korean peninsula, and key decisions in the president's plans to transform the military. ↗

— Duncan Hunter

#challenges #conflict #decisions #facing #iraq

Potentially significant, by the way, because we don't know exactly what's in Matt Cooper's notes, and we don't know - and we don't still know the answer to the crucial question of whether it was Rove or somebody else that revealed Valerie Plame's name to him. ↗

— Michael Isikoff

#because #cooper #crucial #else #exactly

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

— Peter Jackson

#big #everybody #insignificant #leads #life

There are a lot of other people that really play a significant role in helping you become an Olympian. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#helping #lot #olympian #other #people

We've already gotten a significant grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and a university consortium. I think the whole sector of Foundations, potentially with government support, is promising - more than promising, I think, it's substantial. ↗

— Mitch Kapor

#andrew #consortium #foundation #foundations #gotten

We went around and looked and talked to a lot of foundations with those charities and decided upon the Children's Hospital. They had a golf tournament at the time, but it was a small event that didn't raise a significant amount of money. ↗

— Tom Kite

#around #charities #children #decided #event

When looking at any significant work of art, remember that a more significant one probably has had to be sacrificed. ↗

— Paul Klee

#art #had #looking #more #probably

Humans may be the only creatures on Earth who spend significant time thinking about the fact that someday their lives will end. ↗

— Joan D. Vinge

#creatures #earth #end #fact #humans