#significant

To venture upon an undertaking of any kind, even the most insignificant, is to sacrifice to envy. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#envy #even #insignificant #kind #most

Humour is by far the most significant activity of the human brain. ↗

— Edward de Bono

#brain #far #human #human brain #humour

This crisis exposed very significant problems in the financial systems of the United States and some other major economies. Innovation got too far out in front of the knowledge of risk. ↗

— Timothy Geithner

#economies #exposed #far #financial #financial systems

Drugs have played no significant factor in my life. ↗

— Dennis Brown

#life #my life #played #significant

Whitesnake more than most rock bands would get a very significant percentage of women in the audience and those were the ones I'd hear the voices because from where I am on stage is a pretty good spot. ↗

— David Coverdale

#audience #bands #because #get #good

There are significant human rights abuses in China. In some areas, the situation is worse today than in the past. In other areas, there have been improvements. We will recognize the latter, and be critical of the former. ↗

— Max Baucus

#been #china #critical #former #human

Significant officials at publicly traded companies are casually and cavalierly engaged in insider trading. Because insider trading has as one of its elements communication, it doesn't take rocket science to realize it's nice to have the communication on tape. ↗

— Preet Bharara

#casually #communication #companies #elements #engaged

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. ↗

— Peter Davison

#audience #between #broadcasting #does #hearing

So we in Congress have a very clear choice. We can take largely symbolic action and sit back and fiddle while Americans burn more gasoline. Or we can pass concrete, effective legislation that will save consumers money while significantly reducing U.S. oil consumption. ↗

— Sherwood Boehlert

#back #burn #choice #clear #concrete

We can continue to make significant strides in the scientific community by exploring new stem cell research methods that do not include destroying human embryos. ↗

— John Boehner

#cell research #community #continue #destroying #embryos