“Nothing in medicine is so insignificant as to merit attention.” AttentionMedicineMeritInsignificant Author:Thomas Sydenham
“I really don't care about the response to my hair this is just how my hair is. I don't take care of it, or comb it, or put anything in it, or style it or anything. When people comment on it, it is funny to me that it draws such attention. It makes me realize how insignificant that sort of thing is.” PeopleCareRealizingAttentionStyleHairDrawsResponseDon't CareTake CareCommentInsignificantCombs Author:Steve Nash
“He knew who I was, at that time, because I had a reputation as a writer. I knew he was part of the Bush dynasty. But he was nothing, he offered nothing, and he promised nothing. He had no humor. He was insignificant in every way and consequently I didn't pay much attention to him. But when he passed out in my bathtub, then I noticed him. I'd been in another room, talking to the bright people. I had to have him taken away.” PeopleWayRoomsPayAttentionTalkingTakenReputationNflInsignificantDynastyBathtubs Author:Hunter S. Thompson
“It has become necessary to call the attention of European governments to a fact which is apparently so insignificant that the governments seem not to notice it. The fact is this: an entire people is being annihilated. Where? In Europe. Are there witnesses? One witness, the entire world. Do the governments see it? No.” PeopleWorldWarFactsSeemsGovernmentAttentionEuropeKillingWitnessInsignificantPacifism Author:Victor Hugo
“I blame the newspapers because every day they call our attention to insignificant things, while three or four times in our lives,we read books that contain essential things. Once we feverishly tear the band of paper enclosing our newspapers, things should change and we should find--I do not know--the Pensées by Pascal!” KnowsShouldBookThreeAttentionKnowledgeFourOur LivesTearsBandEssentialsPaperNewsBlameNewspapersPensInsignificantPascalInsignificant Things Author:Marcel Proust
“Taught from their infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and, roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison. Men have various employments and pursuits which engage their attention, and give a character to the opening mind; but women, confined to one, and having their thoughts constantly directed to the most insignificant part of themselves, seldom extend their views beyond the triumph of the hour.” MenGivingMindCharacterBodyWomenHoursViewsAttentionTaughtShapesPrisonRoundsVariousPursuitOpeningEmploymentTriumphCagesInsignificantConfinedInfancyRoaming Author:Mary Wollstonecraft