#significant

If we get the donations, I think we're going to raise a significant amount of money; some will be used for some administered costs, but the public portion of that will go directly into grants. ↗

— Montel Williams

#amount #costs #directly #donations #get

Economists are coming to acknowledge that measures of national wealth and poverty in terms strictly of average income tell you little that is significant of the health or viability of a society. ↗

— Rowan D. Williams

#average #coming #economists #health #income

I guess the two Manifesto, Communicating Vessels, Mad Love, and some of his poetry made a significant mark on me but as far as bringing a literary element into the music I see it as a much broader assimilation. ↗

— Trevor Dunn

#assimilation #bringing #broader #communicating #element

We do see significant signs of a slowdown, in the economy worldwide. ↗

— Marek Belka

#see #significant #signs #worldwide

If we are to meet the growing electricity demand in the United States without significantly increasing emissions of greenhouse gases, we must maintain a diverse supply of electricity, and nuclear power must be part of that mix. ↗

— Judy Biggert

#diverse #electricity #emissions #gases #greenhouse

It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it is a more significant process of mind than reason. Reason can only sort out perceptions, but the humor process is involved in changing them. ↗

— Edward de Bono

#attention #changing #how #humor #involved

We have actually experienced in recent months a dramatic demonstration of an unprecedented intelligence failure, perhaps the most significant intelligence failure in the history of the United States. ↗

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

#demonstration #dramatic #experienced #failure #history

When you talk about evangelicals, don't forget that a significant proportion of the evangelical community is African American. And most African Americans - well over 90 percent, thoroughly evangelical, thoroughly biblical - will probably vote Democratic. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#african #african american #african americans #american #community

J.K. Rowling said Bellatrix's role was going to be significant in the last one, when I showed some reluctance in playing a tiny bit part. Up front, they said, 'You're very significant in the last one.' But significant could mean a lot of things. That could just mean a significant plot point. Doesn't necessarily equal big part. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#big #bit #could #equal #front

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. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#condemn #define #different #insignificant #our