Henry A. Wallace

This dullness of vision regarding the importance of the general welfare to the individual is the measure of the failure of our schools and churches to teach the spiritual significance of genuine democracy.

American Vice President

Gabrielle Union

We give a lot of others significance in our lives even when they don't deserve it. It doesn't matter if they're family or if you've known them forever. If they're not good for you, they've got to go.

American Actress

Evan Parker

Those early steps are very important in understanding the evolution. But in themselves, maybe now you need the later records to understand the significance of the earlier records!

British Musician

Jay Penske

Our interest in 'Rolling Stone' is driven by its people, its cultural significance, and the globally recognized brand that has no peer in its areas of influence.

American Businessman

Marlon Brando

To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express it his dedication.

American Actor

James Dean

To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication.

Actor

Jason McCourty

We all should realize the significance of a human life and how we all should be treated.

American Football Player

J. R. Moehringer

Food still isn't my thing, but I've learned to respect its power and significance.

American Journalist

Frank McCourt

I learned the significance of my own insignificant life.

Irish Author

Michael Korda

Art teaches nothing, except the significance of life.

English Novelist

Determine 'significance' from surrounding text – it often points to something's impact.

Context Clues

'Significance' can refer to both positive and negative outcomes.

Not Necessarily Positive

'Significance' often ties to non-verbal communication, like gestures or expressions.

Beyond Words

The same gesture can have different significances in different cultures.

Cultural Variances

'Significance' implies that something is notable enough to deserve special attention.

Attention-Worthy

Consider 'significance' as a prompt to look deeper into subjects like art or literature.

Critical Perspective

Statistical significance helps distinguish actual effects from random chance.

Proof Not Coincidence

'Significance' in statistics relates to the reliability of research results.

Specific to Research

 The brain evolved the mechanisms for finding patterns, finding relationships in information, and associating those relationships with a behavioral meaning, a significance, by interacting with the world. We're very aware of this in the form of more cognitive attributes, like language. I'm going to give you some letter strings,

Optical illusions show...

 You could stop reading this book because life would have no purpose or meaning or significance. There would be no right or wrong and no hope beyond your brief years on Earth." Now, I just do not believe that. By the way, I find -- Homer Groening's film presented a beautiful alternative

Dan Dennett: Responding...

 now what is the significance of these mirror neurons for one thing there must be involved in things like imitation and emulation because to imitate a complex act it requires my brain to adopt the other person's point of view so this is important for imitation and emulation

The neurons that shaped...

 and the entire art of remembering stuff better in everyday life, is figuring out ways to transform capital B Bakers into lower-case B bakers -- to take information that is lacking in context, in significance, in meaning, and transform it in some way,

Feats of memory anyone...

 folklore they are said to have once been headless fallen from the cut hair of manjushri a religious figure associated with the creation of the valley where Katmandu sits this gives them a spiritual significance and so each day

Spend Some Time With The...

 significance is that it's part of an ecosystem that is highly underrepresented in the world out here on the right planes we know that where its habitat where it lives there's other species like prairie dogs and you know

Harsh Reality of Saving...

 significance the single chemical aldehyde found in blood makes this one time hunter drool there is a way to bring their smelly world to life shiron photography visualizes the ear currents that carry

Why Dogs Stick Their...

 that it's lost its original meaning. True awe, a sense of wonder and insignificance in the face of something enormous and grand, is rare in our lives. But when you experience it, it's powerful.

You owe it to yourself...

 significance when we talk about a revolution in education we have to remember that we want every child to achieve that we want to come to a world where we say that not one more time will

Let’s put compassion...

 of unprotected land ready for development. My goal is to ensure that whoever controls this land understands the boiling river's uniqueness and significance. Because that's the question,