Important Quotes

The thing that's really important to understand is, the last thing an empire traditionally does is drive itself into bankruptcy. You've seen that with the great empires.

I support gun control. But speaking honestly about the combustible mix of race and guns may be more important to stopping the slaughter in minority communities than any new gun-control laws.

As a kid, I was obsessed with the Who. They were the most important band to me. Songs like "I'm One" helped me get through high school.

I think it is important that we all try and be green where it is possible; an awareness of the world around us can never be a bad thing.

I got to play Santa, too. It's really important to play Santa, you know.

I think it's important to live with a certain danger and a certain risk.

It's important to discuss ideas but it's more important to surrender control and preconceptions.

I'm a more skilled writer now, but after 23 books it's harder to be fresh and that's really important to me. I don't want to write the same thing over and over again.

I've done a lot of pilots, and they're all so expositional. In the beginning, I think that it is important to make sure that the audience is invested in us.

I thought I was learning about show business. The more painful it was, the more important I thought the experience must be. Hating it, I convinced myself it must be invaluable.

I think it's important that campaigns be aired all the way through, that people aren't voting three weeks before, before debates are held.

Wherever he saw a hole he always wanted to know the depth of it. To him this was important.

It is important to remember that at first blush, going sane feels just like going crazy.

I don't think about whether people will remember me or not. I've been an ok person. I've learned a lot. I've taught people a thing or two. That's what's important.

No one's more important than people.

I think the inner person is the most important.... I would like to see an invention that keeps the mind alert. That's what is important.

Also a good director and good dialogue. That's very important because you're bringing the words to life. So it's very important for an actor to have good dialogue.

I was told once that the most important part of a fight is making sure your opponent looks worse than you do when you’re through.

Actors think they're far more important than they are, and that can only lead to hurt. People with colossal self-importance have very far to fall.

Do we tend to recall the most important parts of a novel or those that speak most directly to us, the truest lines or the flashiest ones?

It's important in show business to have friends who understand the cut and thrust of everyday working life and the constant rejection.

Each genre has something to teach me about the others. Not all the lessons are transferable, but many of the most important ones are.

I think at the end of the day you have to find a balance with what's really important.

For me, the most important thing is that I feel comfortable with the actor that I'm working with and I'm able to talk to them.

I think it's the essence of any film and any stage production - any work where you do work with other people - of course collaboration is hugely important. One does for awhile become family.

I think traditional media is vitally important, I think there are a lot of benefits to working in traditional media, and I enjoy doing working with real paint when I get the chance.

It’s important to remember that Mark David Chapman really set a lot of trends: such as the trend of celebrities having bodyguards.

For me, it is important to not just tell the audience how the story ended today, but to give a glimpse into how other people's stories might go on, in the future.

We're excited to be appearing in Tel Aviv in the framework of the Pic.nic festival. This is an important tour for us and we're glad that Israel is part of it

The music of language became extremely important to me, and obvious to me. By the time I was seven I was writing myself. I was a poet

If people want to criticize a performance, that I understand. I think that's important.

There will always be ways to pay my rent, whether I wind up having to be a waitress on the side or whatever it is, but I think it's so important for me to do things that I'm passionate about.

I think it's important to find projects that evoke people into conversation. It's like reading a good book. You want to talk about it.

It's important to not be naive about this world and know that it's not necessarily a good place to be.

For me, a director is such an important part of thE process. I really have to trust him. Because then you can kind of let your inhibitions down. You can go anywhere when you trust someone.

I've been really lucky to work with a lot of really great actors, so watching the films back, it's really important to admire the people that you were working with and see their full performance.

When I design menswear, it is important for me to consider where you wear the clothes and what purpose they serve.

It is actually nonsense to link menswear and travel. But it is important that you have a purpose when you design menswear.

I think where you play is important.

My fans and I have that special connection because whenever we talk on Twitter and Facebook we really have that one on one connection and I feel that's important.

Its amazing what you can do without in terms of filmmaking when a story is really important.

Actors are limited by their appearance and while it has cost me some roles, it has got me some very important roles too.

The oldest and most important currency is debt.

Reputation will become an even more important currency in the future.

Whatever conclusions we reach about the reality of God, the history of this idea must tell us something important about the human mind and the nature of our aspiration.

It is important to meet people where they are. It reminds me of yoga, to which people may flock for the physical benefits, often to find that the spiritual benefits match or even outweigh them.

I'm dedicating my time to going on tour and basically juggling music, modeling, and being a mother. Being a mother is obviously the most important.

In the phrase ' human being,' the word 'being' is much more important than the word 'human.'

It was the marriage that was important; Jane Austen rarely even bothered to write about the wedding.

This isn't what I wanted. This isn't what I would have chosen. You must know that. It's important you know that.