Quotes about meaning
meaningful reality data
The part of my brain that was responsible for creating the world I lived and moved in and for taking the raw data that came in through my senses and fashioning it into a meaningful universe: that part of my brain was down, and out. And yet despite all of this, I had been alive, and aware, truly aware, in a universe characterized above all by love, consciousness, and reality. There was, for me, simply no arguing this fact. I knew it so completely that I ached. Eben Alexander
meaningful way economy
There is no clear sign that the economy is turning the corner in a meaningful way. Charlie Dent
meaningful jobs frustrated
I need to feel like the work I'm doing is not necessarily important, but meaningful, at least to me, because otherwise it just becomes a day job. It just becomes factory work and I get really frustrated. Alan Ball
meaningful self competition
Competition in its best form is a test of self. It has nothing to do with medals. The winner is the person who gets the most out of themselves. Al Oerter
meaningful impact counter-culture
I have not been part of an active counterculture movement, as it is not the approach that I have personally pursued to create a qualitatively beneficial and meaningful impact on society. Al Seckel
meaningful believe manhattan
Whether a plane to Singapore, a subway in Manhattan, or the streets of Cincinnati, I search for meaningful conversation wherever I may travel. Without it, I believe we lose the ability to not only understand others, but more importantly, ourselves. Dhani Jones
meaningful destiny looks
You've got to say 'yes' to your destiny. Life's happening right now, look around you. There goes some life. Come on, Mamma, live! Dave Chappelle
meaningful fiction
Fiction is socially meaningful. David Guterson
meaningful jobs real
I always assumed that at some point I would have to quit making jokes, get a real job and do something meaningful and productive that would actually benefit society. Fortunately this never happened. Dave Barry
meaningful appreciation views
I can't try to convert anybody. It's not in me to do that. But my faith has given me such an appreciation of people and meaningful relationships, and a world view which I didn't have before. And although I will fail every day, it gives me something to aspire to. David Suchet
meaningful wall bricks
How can one not succumb and allow one's courage to fail when everything is shut tight, when all meaningful things are walled up, and when you constantly knock against bricks, as against the walls of a prison? Bruno Schulz
meaningful korea chance
This occasion is personally very meaningful and I hope to visit Korea again if I have the chance. Cathy Freeman
meaningful world human-life
The basic wisdom of Shambhala is that in this world, as it is, we can find a good and meaningful human life that will also serve others. That is our true richness. Chogyam Trungpa
meaningful today counting
What one thing can you start counting today that will actually be meaningful in your life? Chip Conley
meaningful art hurt
If you want to live an authentic, meaningful life, you need to master the art of disappointing and upsetting others, hurting feelings, and living with the reality that some people just won't like you. It may not be easy, but it's essential if you want your life to reflect your deepest desires, values, and needs. Cheryl Richardson
meaningful selfish reality
We like to pretend that our generous impulses come naturally. But the reality is we often become our kindest, most ethical selves only by seeing what it feels like to be a selfish jackass first. It's the reason... we have to get burned before we understand the power of fire; the reason our most meaningful relationships are so often those that continued beyond the very juncture at which they came the closest to ending. Cheryl Strayed
meaningful art doubt
I do not have many things that are meaningful to me. Except my doubts and my fears. And my art. Chaim Potok
meaningful brain patterns
Swiftly the brain becomes an enchanted loom, where millions of flashing shuttles weave a dissolving pattern-always a meaningful pattern-though never an abiding one. Charles Scott Sherrington
meaningful cutting growth
Obama and the Democrats' preposterous argument is that we are just one more big tax increase away from solving our economic problems. The inescapable conclusion, however, is that the primary driver of the short-term deficit is not tax cuts but the lack of any meaningful economic growth over the last half decade. Bob Beauprez
meaning-of-life purpose
We are here for no purpose, unless we can invent one. Kurt Vonnegut
meaningful jobs book
Reading those turgid philosophers here in these remote stone buildings may not get you a job, but if those books have forced you to ask yourself questions about what makes life truthful, purposeful, meaningful, and redeeming, you have the Swiss Army Knife of mental tools, and it's going to come in handy all the time. Bill Watterson
meaningful thinking phones
I think before Twitter people didn't think that way, not in any sort of meaningful or specific way, so what I'm trying to say, if we're trying a bunch of stuff, a lot of cool and great social stuff, a lot of platform stuff, then some of it will stick, and some of it will be junked over. Some of it will be just like the cell phone, you can't imagine not having it. Biz Stone
meaningful jobs distance
The most meaningful way to differentiate your company from your competitors, the best way to put distance between you and the crowd is to do an outstanding job with information. How you gather, manage and use information will determine whether you win or lose. Bill Gates
meaningful reading math
Test scores aren't perfect, but having a test score for math or reading or other things that we can objectively measure is a meaningful component that makes a lot of sense.
meaningful dollars certain
I can understand wanting to have millions of dollars; there's a certain freedom, meaningful freedom, that comes with that.
meaningful jobs competition
The most meaningful way to differentiate your company from your competition, is to do an outstanding job with information.
meaningful trying meaning-of-life
Those of us who did make it have an obligation to build again. To teach to others what we know, and to try with what's left of our lives to find a goodness and a meaning to this life. Charlie Sheen
meaningful meaningful-work values
To do meaningful work is to contribute - to create value in society. Charles Koch
meaningful people freedom-of-speech
Freedom of speech implies the world isn’t defined. It is meaningful when people are allowed to see the world their way. Ai Weiwei
meaningful country art
Widespread state control over art and culture has left no room for freedom of expression in the country. For more than 60 years, anyone with a dissenting opinion has been suppressed. Chinese art is merely a product: it avoids any meaningful engagement. There is no larger context. Its only purpose is to charm viewers with its ambiguity.
meaningful real thinking
I used to think that prizes were damaging and divisive, until I got one. And now they seem sort of meaningful and real. Bill Nighy
meaningful powerful discovery
Evolution is one of the most powerful and important ideas ever developed in the history of science. Every question it raises leads to new answers, new discoveries, and new smarter questions. The science of evolution is as expansive as nature itself. It is also the most meaningful creation story that humans have ever found. Bill Nye
meaning-of-life strive
For me, the meaning of life is pretty clear: Living things strive to pass their genes into the future.