A Quote by Oscar Wilde
In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity, is the vital thing.
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In all unimportant matters, style, not sincerity, is the essential. In all important matters, style, not sincerity, is the essential.
Political conflicts distort and disturb a people's sense of distinction between matters of importance and matters of urgency. What is vital is disguised by what is merely a matter of well being.
Taiwan matters because of its vital role in spreading democracy in East Asia. Taiwan matters because of its strategic importance to promote peace in the Pacific region.
Citizens have to fight suppression of information on matters of vital public importance. To tell the truth is not a crime.
The most important thing in life is style. That is, the style of ones existence-the characteristic mode of ones actions-is basically, ultimately what matters. For if man defines himself by doing, then style is doubly definitive, because style describes the doing.
No book is of much importance; the vital thing is, What do you yourself think?
Probably the only thing my mom and dad agreed on was the vital importance of guilt.
The beginner should approach style warily, realizing that it is himself he is approaching, no other; and he should begin by turning resolutely away from all devices that are popularly believed to indicate style - all mannerisms, tricks, adornments. The approach to style is by way of plainness, simplicity, orderliness, sincerity.
When making a decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous to consider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choice of a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious, from somewhere within ourselves. In the important decisions of personal life, we should be governed, I think, by the deep inner needs of our nature.
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
It turns out that style matters in programming for the same reason that it matters in writing. It makes for better reading.
Everything that occurs in the temple is uplifting and ennobling. It speaks of life here and life beyond the grave. It speaks of the importance of the individual as a child of God. It speaks of the importance of the family and the eternity of the marriage relationship.
I believe in the importance of sincerity and emotion and honesty in TV, even when it's goofy comedy.
Italians know that what matters is style, not fashion. Italian style does not have social or age boundaries.
Style matters, but the real force of writing is ideas, not style.
Style is the answer to everything. A fresh way to approach a dull or dangerous thing. To do a dull thing with style is preferable to doing a dangerous thing without it. To do a dangerous thing with style is what I call art.
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