A work of art has no importance
whatever to society. It is only
important to the individual,
and only the individual reader
is important to me.
?Vladimir Nabokov
Half of the harm that is done
in this world is due to people who
want to feel important. They
don't mean to do harm. But the
harm does not interest them.
?T. S. Eliot
Art and religion first; then philosophy;
lastly science. That is the order of
the great subjects of life,
that's their order of importance.
?Muriel Spark
People who matter are most aware
that everyone else does, too.
?Malcolm S. Forbes
Don't overlook the importance
of worldwide thinking.
A company that keeps its eye on
Tom, Dick and Harry is going
to miss Pierre, Hans and Yoshio.
?Al Ries
Things which matter most must never be
at the mercy of things which matter least.
?Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
American business has just forgotten
the importance of selling.
?Barry Goldwater
Exaggerated self-importance is deemed
an individual fault, but a racial virtue.
?Kelly Miller
The things which are most important
don't always scream the loudest.
?Bob Hawke
Intellectuals are people who believe that
ideas are of more importance than
values. That is to say, their own
ideas and other people's values.
?Gerald Brenan
