“According to our social science, we can be or become wise in all matters of secondary importance, but we have to be resigned to utter ignorance in the most important respect: we cannot have any knowledge regarding the ultimate principles of our choices, i.e. regarding their soundness or unsoundness... We are then in the position of beings who are sane and sober when engaged in trivial business and who gamble like madmen when confronted with serious issues.” ImportantMatterChoicesSocialPrinciplesIssuesWisePositionIgnoranceSeriousUltimateImportanceEngagedSaneSoberGambleMadmenOur ChoicesSocial ScienceResignedSoundnessSerious IssuesUnsoundness Author:Leo Strauss
“I doubt whether there is any subject in the world of equal importance that has received so little serious and articulate consideration as the economic status of the family - of its members in relation to each other and of the whole unit in relation to the other units of which the community is made up.” WorldLittlesMadeWholeCommunityFamilyDoubtEconomicSubjectsSeriousEqualMembersEconomicsImportanceRelationConsiderationUnitsEconomic Status Author:Eleanor Rathbone
“The confusion between temperament and character has had serious consequences for ethical theory. Preferences with regard to differences in temperament are mere matters of subjective taste. But differences in character are ethically of the most fundamental importance.” MatterCharacterDifferencesSeriousTheoryTasteConsequenceImportanceRegardFundamentalsMereConfusionEthicalPreferenceSubjectiveTemperament Book:Man for Himself: An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics Source: Man for Himself: An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics
“It's impossible to overvalue the importance of television - both in its serious and less serious functions. It's one of our most important ways of finding out the truth - and also of changing the world, and finding out what in the world needs changing. It's also an immense bringer of joy - I learnt how to laugh through television, and now my children and I, every day of every week, share the joy and stupidity of TV shows - they actually make us HAPPY” WorldWayNeedsChildrenImportantShowsJoyLaughingImpossibleWeekShareTelevisionSeriousTvsFindingsFunctionImportanceStupidityMy ChildrenChanging The WorldImmenseTv ShowsFinding Out The Truth Author:Richard Curtis
“I don't believe, in a show like ours, that you really want to see character growth. That's just my opinion. Maybe to a small degree, but nothing serious. To that end, it doesn't have the same importance that it would have, if you were on an hour-long show. I think an audience gets really hungry for a character to grow and change on an hour-long show, and I think I would be more antsy.” IfsThinkingWantBelieveLongEndsCharacterShowsWould BeGrowsGrowthHoursOpinionAudienceSeriousDegreesImportanceDon't BelieveHungryGet Real Author:Ty Burrell
“We must picture Hell as a state where everyone is perpetually concerned about his own dignity and advancement, where everyone has a grievance, and where everyone lives the deadly serious passions of envy, self-importance, and resentment.” SelfStatesPassionHellSeriousConcernedDignityImportanceEnvyResentmentAdvancementGrievanceSelf-importance Book:The Screwtape Letters: Annotated Edition Source: The Screwtape Letters: Annotated Edition