Relevance Quotations

It used to be that we felt that when we went to a theater, a legitimate theater... that we were going to share an experience together. That when we walked away where there would be something to talk about in that movie that had some meaning and relevance in our lives. And I think that we have lost that.

I would argue that television and particularly the BBC were instrumental in puffing up the Royal Family to a level where they were inflated out of all, all proportion to their relevance on the national scene.

Even though I am the daughter of a poet, and my stepmother is also a poet, growing up, I didn't think I could understand poetry; I didn't think that it had any relevance to my life, the feelings that I endured on a day-to-day basis, until I was introduced to the right poem.

I'd be interested to read Gull's paper on it, and I wish Alan would put it in somewhere. It gives him a relevance to our times, which he doesn't otherwise have. Gull, I mean, not Alan.

Design certainly has a cosmetic, aesthetic aim. It always aims at making things beautiful. But relevance is just as important. I often say, 'If it isn't ethical, it can't be beautiful. But if it isn't beautiful, it probably shouldn't be at all.'

One of the things that's been crazy for us has been the speed at which news can break on Digg, because it's powered by a mass of humans versus a machine that has to go out and crawl and find the information and then determine its relevance mathematically.

If I could distil the relevance of Bruce Springsteen's music to Australia it would be this: don't let what has happened to the American economy happen here. Don't let Australia become a down-under version of New Jersey, where the people and the communities whose skills are no longer in demand get thrown on the scrap heap of life.

When you write fiction, you can sort of invent more but also pack it with emotions that are very pertinent to you. Whereas with nonfiction, you have to be as factual as possible but also hopefully - also bring... emotional relevance to the piece.

I'm a geek through and through. My last job at Microsoft was leading much of the search engine relevance work on Bing. There we got to play with huge amounts of data, with neural networks and other AI techniques, with massive server farms.

It just seemed to me to be a great story, set back in its time but something that seemed to have relevance for our time. Now that the film is coming out, it looks like we're back in another time where repression of expression is all the rage.

There is no one better in the world than the secretary general of the U.N. to discuss the importance and relevance of the U.N. in today's world.

Unless or until the revival in the housing market translates into higher consumer demand, it is the weakness of the latter that is of greater relevance to the inflation outlook -- and hence the policy decision.

U.S. politicians are increasingly recognizing the relevance of the Hispanic vote in U.S. politics.

would seem to have only limited practical relevance in the current situation.

The program commission aimed to provide the executive board with recommendations based on a fair and wide analysis of the situation with an emphasis on the relevance of events and disciplines for future generations as well as the participation of women,

Do not try to make the Bible relevant. Its relevance is axiomatic.

We're completing the first quarter now, but we're still getting data from the fourth quarter. This is old news. I fail to see what relevance this will have for the market today.

Many companies I've worked with find it much too easy to be less selective in their list pulls because it's so cheap. A longer-term approach to this could increase relevance and improve results fairly significantly.

One of the things that will be very positive about the new test is that the students are going to see the direct relevance to the types of questions they are being asked to what they will be doing in their graduate programs.

My concern is if Katrina were not to have happened, I'm wondering if people would realize the continuing relevance of pieces such as this. I really think a lot of white folks just get tired of being reminded that race is still an issue, because today it is so subtle and kind of masked.

One of the most important things about this project is that it is a partnership. Our major goal as an institution is to maintain our relevance to the region, state and country.

For me, these songs are not really political, but more a sign of the times, ... I see them as songs of hope, songs with strong messages, songs that take on a new relevance today.

He needs to talk about the relevance of what he's doing with the political system.

Whatever relevance such evidence may have to prove other elements of plaintiff's case, it does not have anything to do with the issues presented by the president's and Ferguson's motions for summary judgment. I.e., whether plaintiff herself was the victim of alleged quid pro quo or a hostile work environment, sexual harassment, whether the president and Ferguson conspired to deprive her of her civil rights, or whether she suffered emotional distress so severe in nature that no reasonable person could be expected to endure it.

What you learn at university is a good discipline but has little relevance to a real job.

His speech is fine, but we don't see the relevance of bringing it up at this point. It's only by his association with his brother that he raised money for the church.

ISYS has been an integral part of the knowledge management industry for a number of years. The company continues to demonstrate its relevance and success in enterprise search software, despite formidable competition from large, well-known companies. For these reasons, we continue to recognize ISYS as one of the 100 companies that matter.

It captures a sense of what extraordinary history this has through the old ships, the tall ships. At the same time it emphasizes the extraordinary present-day relevance of naval power. Seventy percent of the globe is water, and we're able to operate from the sea everywhere. The Navy really is everywhere for America.

I think it's a matter of public interest. The legal relevance is questionable. In fact, I would dispute any legal relevance to it.

It is clear that teaching and learning is transforming these small schools, and it's time to turn up the heat on rigor, relevance and relationships inside the classrooms. This year's Leadership Institute is designed to be a catalyst for future growth for the small schools to ensure all students achieve success.

Pakistan's point of view is when we have agreed to withdraw ... what is the relevance (of this) after the withdrawal agreement is signed,

Our focus going forward is going to be to increase relevance among a younger audience.

Relevance to Alzheimer's? I don't know, ... It's a nice piece of work in the snail model, but any possible link to Alzheimer's is currently obscure.

My whole purpose of taking on miniature painting was to break the tradition, to experiment with it, to find new ways of making meaning, to question the relevance of it.

I think this is a time when it is make or break as far as the future relevance of the United Nations is concerned,

We were trying to understand the emotional relevance of every move and gesture.

We hope (McCormick) has listened to the tens of thousands of alumnae and friends who have talked about the relevance of Douglass College. We are incredibly proud of the outpouring of support.

We have talked about it but haven't been able to wrap our arms around a consensus. It is time for more serious discussions. The issue has more relevance than in the past.

We have the option of taking up the issue with the relevant authorities, but keeping the relevance and importance of the series we have decided to let the issue pass and put it to rest.

We will continue to build on our momentum in this important area of the world...through improved communication of our product quality, brand relevance and commitment to balanced, active lifestyles.

There is no reason to suppose that the state of the claimants' marriage would be regarded to have any relevance to the majority of the sponsorship agreements relied on by the defendant since they spring from David Beckham's prowess as a footballer,

When we think about the authoritarian world that Orwell painted, the catchphrases are one thing, but when you read the book again, the specifics and relevance for now are stunning. Orwell may have been 20 years off, but I know that I find it incredibly relevant.

Fair Isaac continues to successfully deliver analytic applications that support critical business process and overall performance improvements, ... Fair Isaac's solutions for vital processes such as customer management, risk management and fraud control are well-established in the financial services industry, and the company continues to focus on expanding the relevance and impact of its analytics across industries.

We scientists typically are good at doing our research, but we're not so good at communicating it to the public -- its relevance and why we should spend taxpayer dollars to fund it.

We should be working together with Iowa as we have in the past to protect the status and relevance of the first-in-the-nation caucus and the first-in-the-nation primary,

We are very pleased to reach a favorable settlement with Digital Persona regarding our patent rights. This settlement demonstrates the relevance of our intellectual property portfolio to the challenges faced everywhere today to secure computer networks against intrusion and loss. We believe that our patents and intellectual property are valuable assets, and we will continue to vigorously protect our rights.

Competitiveness is the most important aspect and that's sometimes hard to test. The only measurement you can use at all is something that's relevant to the position he plays. We spend a lot of time and money measuring things that have no relevance to what a player will do.

Enhancing the classic Pirates attractions with new characters and new technology will ensure their relevance and place in Disney theme parks as timeless adventures. We're adding a layer of storytelling from the films to the attraction while retaining all the familiar elements that make it vibrant and exciting for every age group.

First-time buyers dependence on Web-based media validates the need for an aggressive interactive strategy to court them on the manufacturer and retail level. The Internet's relevance in the 18 to 30 year age group has reached critical mass and is completely reconfiguring how car companies need to reach out to first-time buyers.

First-time buyers' dependence on Web-based media validates the need for an aggressive interactive strategy to court them on the manufacturer and retail level. The Internet's relevance in the 18-30 year age group has reached critical mass and is completely reconfiguring how car companies need to reach out to first-time buyers.

The ruling in Dover banning intelligent design clearly has no relevance for Ohio. Ohio is not teaching intelligent design, making this a completely different issue. That was merely a ploy for Darwinists to keep students from learning about the evidence challenging Darwin's theory.

Scientific American tries to present information that has relevance to society and political policy. However, there's the problem of science literacy, since audiences are increasingly used to seeing things on television carved into little bits for them.

PURE FORMALISM as such, without attention to referential social axioms, is powerless to capture the relevance of many discourse grammatical functions.

Of course, this is important to me. You always want to go out and perform. I can't treat it like it's too big, though. If I put too much relevance on it, you get antsy, you get tight. I don't want to do that. I have to treat it like the rest of the games we've had.

A few years ago, we launched a campaign that dovetailed with the latest Batman movie release. It was fun and cool, but it didn't drive real world relevance to our customers. The idea to use actual customer tapes came from our dealers and customers-they asked us to share their stories.

Strategic initiatives aligned behind McDonald?s Plan to Win are strengthening our competitive position and delivering positive results worldwide. Performance for the first quarter reflected more customer visits and enhanced profitability as we continued to connect with our customers and increase the relevance of our brand.

During the E-Discovery review process, e-mails and documents are typically read out-of-context, ... When a relevant item or topic is found, search is used to gather related information. This segregated technique often produces errors such as not recognizing the relevance of a message, failing to identify search terms and phrases that would lead to additional relevant information, and missing important people altogether. Our E-Discovery application automatically identifies the important concepts and terminology used by the subjects of the investigation and produces a visual representation of correlations between people, time, events, and communications. This approach guides users to the important information and provides the context required to ensure a correct interpretation.

Coming out of the '60s and the Vietnam War in America, it was commonplace for people to make films that had relevance to them. And since the '70s, cinema has gone almost entirely in the direction of spectacle and escapism and superhero films.

Developments in New Zealand are of little relevance to Australia, so won't have a lasting impact.

This is not a product that has any kind of relevance to sugar. It is an artificial sweetener created with a powerful chemical.

This gene has immediate relevance for a small number of families, but the broader implications are important for the understanding they bring of how cysts develop in the kidney.

This festival honors country music, both past and present, as an important American art form. Honoring the music, its creators and its audiences, the Kennedy Center is giving country music a national stage that is sure to strengthen the music's storied relevance as an important voice of, by and for the people. We couldn't be more thrilled.

This argument was about the merits of this base and its relevance to our national security, ... And we believe that the BRAC commission saw it that way as well.

The relevance of search is still the Holy Grail for any search application,

The relevance for 9/11 is that what 9/11 marked was the beginning of a struggle in which the terrorists come at us and strike us here on our home territory. And it's a global operation. It doesn't know national boundaries or national borders.

There's a lot of nonsense going on here. This has absolutely no relevance to this case. It's irritating. Come on, it would be irritating to you, wouldn't it? If you had pictures of your family, a picture of the guy you wrote a book about that his secretary gave you, that had been a present from his own parliamentary caucus?

A big part of the relationship is because of his lifestyle and his relevance to teenagers right now. It's not just the way he plays on the basketball court.

It really is a measure of the brands that are important in pop culture. These are the brands that have for whatever reason created relevance that really resonates in pop culture. It's the brands people are using to define themselves right now.

For all these congressmen, it's an opportunity to step up and show your relevance in people's lives, ... they're not line officers, so there's a limit to what they can really do.

It wasn't as pretty a line score as I'm certain he would have hoped for but it had no relevance in my eyes.

I want to get away from couture just being done for a picture or for a single moment on the red carpet. I want to try and convince women that couture can be worn in the day and that there's a reality and relevance there, because that's what Mr. Christian Dior wanted.

Snowboarding's relevance has expanded into a much broader audience who is accepting it as a sport, not as a novelty act.

Christians in our country no longer understand the relevance of acknowledging God anymore.

I don't think most cops have read the studies that call the relevance of the machine into question.

Certainly, the headline times produced at the end of every day probably have less relevance than anything else. We tend to concentrate more on the long-distance running people do, rather than the short runs.

Chemistry Today and Tomorrow: The Central, Useful, and Creative Science. He has an uncommon capacity for engaging all sorts of people in conversation; he is not only a gifted scientist but a great spokesperson for the public image and relevance of chemistry.

Along with our strategy to create immersive, engaging content, we believe that the technology to allow for dynamic, in-game advertising will add a sense of cultural relevance and context for the mass-market audience.

The era of the traditional software 'load, update and upgrade' business and technology model is over, ... It is time for 'The Business Web.' ... Just as mainframe companies struggled for relevance in the client-server era, Microsoft finds itself in a worse position today, facing not just the obsolescence of a technology model, but a business model as well.

And it seems to have hit a chord in the hearts and minds of people who see it, who feel that it has some relevance in the world.

Photographs have a relevance for things that cannot be said.

Wisdom may be perennial, but to see its relevance we must see it lived out.

The arts tend to be more liberal. There tends to be more social relevance in the arts.

For even bad poetry has relevance for what it does not say for what it leaves out.

Despair came over her, as it will when nobody around has any sexual relevance to you.

We do not have to make the Bible relevant - it already is! But we do have to show its relevance.

I believe there's a God but I'm not too sure of his relevance.

We would like to see science and higher education developing here [on the Russian Far East], so that it could become one of the major research centres in the entire APR system. Undoubtedly a lot remains to be done here, but given the labour market demand, the relevance of such a university is undeniable.

Reverence for Life Revisited: Albert Schweitzer's Relevance Today.

Relevance is not something you can predict. It is something you discover after the fact.