Important Quotes

As an actor, that's the most important thing. You want to be able to let go and not hold onto anything, so that you can give an honest portrayal and performance.

The "third arrow" (of structural reform) is critically important. Japan has some of the best companies in the world, and if you look at their technology, their capability, it's extraordinary.

I'm a really big believer - this is not a statement about President [Barack] Obama, but whoever is president - that good policy is really important.

There is a lot of focus on that first rate move, and I'm not sure how important that is.

The most important thing for me - and the thing I get frustrated about when I don't achieve it - is momentum. Sometimes you hit on it quite naturally and other times it's a mad struggle.

If you talk to any pitcher, consistency is the most important thing.

Women are important in the Pre-Raphaelite movement. But while their faces are seen everywhere- in oil paintings, watercolours, drawings, - their voices are never heard.

As grateful as we are for all the work the community health centers do, it is also important that we recognize that they cannot solve the health care crisis facing our Nation by themselves.

It's just as important to marry the right life as the right person.

It seemed to her sometimes that the most important thing about marriage was not a home or children or a remedy against sin, but simply there being always an eye to catch.

Mourning your first love is as important as meeting your first love. It's the whole cycle.

I can never be important to any one.' 'What is to prevent you?' 'Every thing — my situation — my foolishness and awkwardness.

As an actor, your life experience is just as important as studying.

The cooperation of government at its different levels is important and can only be achieved as long as the people of Chicago are directly involved in our efforts and supportive of our goals.

But as important as the job to be done by government in the neighborhoods, the people must also be involved.

It's much more important to be interested than to be interesting.

I think the most important thing is to keep active, and to hope that your mind stays active.

I believe that accurate knowledge is very, very important, but find that out in free time. Don't let it take over every hour of the day. Perhaps most important, talk about it.

I developed a sense of self before moving to crazy Hollywood, which was really important.

But now that I've matured, I've realized that - at the end of the day - what's really important is the work, not what people think of me.

There's a difference between those two [George Soroses and the Tom Steyers] and the Kochs that I think is important.

Let's face it, the subject of campaign finance is not always scintillating. But it's incredibly important.

Any time I consider a new project, I ask myself, is this pushing the state of gaming toward Nobel Prizes? If it's not, then it's not doing anything important enough to spend my time.

The most important part of my mental self-care is knowing who to call for what kinds of help.

Open source is important to our orgs as a talent pool; we need better representation of women.

I think we all remember where we were when Rush Hour hit the water. That was an important day.

Irrational crushes, infatuations, or obsessions. Whatever you want to label it, it's important to reach out to others.

Transitions are critically important. I want the reader to turn the page without thinking she's turning the page. It must flow seamlessly.

Lots of times I'm not crazy about the writing, but I keep moving ahead and somehow it gets better. The important thing is to move forward.

Very often the lessons you learn are more important than the things you accomplish

That's the thing about the internet. It's really good at giving you pointless facts like how many horses a star owns, but not important things like how to invade his trailer.

Like many young women, I grew up believing that (1) physical ability wasn't very important, and (2) I didn't have any.

The single most important problem is our misguided focus on identifying the single most important problem!

It's important to keep auditioning. If you're auditioning for something, you're auditioning for a role that people can't see you in and you need to convince them that you're the right person.

I don't believe in religious tests, and I don't believe my religion is all that important to the people I represent. And I think there's too much religion in politics.

When you are living your dreams it doesn’t feel like work, but it’s important to take some time away for yourself. It’s goot to make some time for your own company.

As long as you have money to live then it's not a terribly important thing. If you don't have enough to live, then it's very important thing.

The most important thing is that you're comfortable with who you're working with as a person. Forget the music, if you can sit in a room with someone and you don't have awkwardness.

Money isn't important, but you have to have enough, so you don't have to think about it. Thinking about money is a drag.

Typing in the name of a song and downloading the song you really have no connection with the artist at that point. So I think it is still important to have physical CDs and stuff like that.

A straight factor is important in any comedy, because you need something to tee it up and also to ground it.

I don't have a problem talking about Medicare or Medicaid or some other very important issue.

Now, being on the cover of Vanity Fair is as important as being in great movies. The lines are very, very blurred.

Whether you're a veteran like me or a high school athlete, the most important thing you can do is keep your body healthy.

I don't really know what's going to happen in the future, but I think it's really important for bands to have strong connection with their fans.

Every artist feels alone and isolated, Friends are very important in terms of all sorts of definitions of oneself. They tell you what you are and what they are aside from the intellectual aspects.

Working is very important to me. Probably because as a child I was taught that work was good. I don’t believe it intellectually but I identify with that idea. So it’s probably just like a habit.

Maybe it's not as important to you as it was for me, but that's not for you to decide.

A functional media is as important to democratic freedom as voting.

While President Bush was out of town Hillary Clinton stopped by the White House on Friday for an important meeting with her decorator.