“If it awakens in us as a whole how important that is - the theme of how conquest and ambition are meaningless without contribution - I think then as a society we're in better shape. I hope people are inspired to be the best.” PeopleIfsThinkingImportantWholeShapesAmbitionInspiredThemeContributionBeing The BestMeaninglessConquest Author:Rob Morrow
“Government by the people for the people becomes meaningless unless it includes major economic decision-making by the people for the people. This is not simply an economic matter. In essence it is an ethical and moral question, for whoever takes the important economic decisions in society ipso facto determines the social priorities of that society.” PeopleImportantMatterGovernmentSocialDecisionMoralEconomicMajorsEssenceDeterminePrioritiesDecision MakingEthicalMeaningless Author:Jimmy Reid
“Academics act like they are important, but when something is academic it is meaningless. People say, 'It's academic, now let's get work done.” PeopleImportantDoneMeaninglessAcademicWork Done Author:Evan Sayet
“I also made two very important discoveries as time went on. In the first place, I discovered that making money was easy. I had been led to believe that money and possessions would insure me a life of happiness and peace of mind. So that was the path I pursued. In the second place, I discovered that making money and spending it foolishly was completely meaningless. I knew that this was not what I was here for, but at that time I didn't know exactly what I was here for.” KnowsMindFirstsBelieveMadeTwoImportantEasyMoneyPathDiscoveryPossessionSpendingMaking MoneyPeace Of MindMeaninglessPursuedSecond Place Book:Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words
“Science is meaningless because it gives no answer to our question, the only question important for us: 'What shall we do and how shall we live?'” GivingImportantAnswersMeaningless Author:Leo Tolstoy
“The future and the past are equally meaningless because they are nebulous entities, times that do not exist, containing events which have no echo because they are gone, or which hold no import because they are yet to happen. What is important is the here and now, and now, and now, and the spaces between the nows.” ImportantHappensPastSpaceGoneEventsMeaninglessEntityEchoesHere And NowImportsSpace BetweenContaining Author:Tim Lebbon
“Rather than protecting music as a sublimely meaningless activity that has managed to escape social signification, I insist on treating it as a medium that participates in social formation by influencing the ways we perceive our feelings, our bodies, our desires, our very subjectivities - even if it does so surreptitiously, without most of us knowning how. It is too important a cultural force to be shrouded by mystified notions of Romantic transcendence.” IfsWayDoeImportantFeelingsBodyDesireForceSocialInfluenceActivityNotionMediumsPerceiveMeaninglessTranscendenceFormationSubjectivity Author:Susan McClary