Important Word

Famous quotes containing the words important word, important and/or word:

    We use important words too frequently and they lose value; for instance, charm and great. An actor or musician often is proclaimed great when we really mean he is outstanding.
    Eleanor Robson Belmont (1878–1979)

    The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such.
    André Maurois (1885–1967)

    If what you mean by the word “matter” be only the unknown support of unknown qualities, it is no matter whether there is such a thing or no, since it no way concerns us; and I do not see the advantage there is in disputing about what we know not what, and we know not why.
    George Berkeley (1685–1753)