Important Quotes

I think it's more and more important to spend time with your children, because it seems to be harder and harder for them to succeed as their parents have succeeded.

Time is important to me because I want to sing long enough to leave a message. I'm used to singing in churches where nobody would dare stop me until the Lord arrives!

Which one is the most important between trust, hope and love? Loyalty.

Taking the time to meditate is as important as taking the time to breathe. One pumps oxygen into the body, the other pumps peace into the mind.

I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people.

I'm a big admirer of Walter Willett's work. I think he's done some really important research. He and I agree on most things.

It's important to distinguish the soul from the spirit, or will, because the will or the heart or the spirit is the executive center of the self.

I don't care about [being a star]. The most important thing for me now is just do my job.

Most people, it seems like they've only got one part of the equation down. Caring for themselves, or caring for someone else. And I'v learned how important it is to have both.

God knows what happens to your time once you have begun to get old. You are busy all the time, you do important things, you work, and yet when you sum it all up the result is nothing.

Your clothing is the most important survival tool you have. Dress properly and any emergency you may have to endure becomes more manageable.

I think if there's anything that's important today, it's credibility with the voter, because the voter is tired of being sold a bill of goods.

The most important medicine is tender love and care.

We've more important studies than your fantasies and fears You know that rock's been perched up there for a hundred thousand years.

Our attitude towards suffering becomes very important because it can affect how we cope with suffering when it arises.

The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.

The important thing is that you've got a strong foundation before you start to try to save the world or help other people.

It is important not to allow ourselves to be put off by the magnitude of others' suffering. The misery of millions is not a cause for pity. Rather it is a cause for compassion.

I've always felt like a teacher. Whenever I've learned something important, my reaction has always been to tell everybody about it. I read a book, I buy 100 copies and I send them out.

Bobby Fischer was hugely important for the American chess community because it put chess on the map - he made it possible for other chess players to make a living.

Art came fluidly, so I was able to teach myself many of the things I thought were important by copying and mimicking my artistic idols.

Peace of mind is the basis of a healthy body and a healthy mind; so peace of mind, a calm mind, is very, very important.

Anger or hatred is like a fisherman's hook. It is very important for us to ensure that we are not caught by it.

I do still have some of the experience from playing, but it's been so long since I've been out in those quarters, semis, finals, the important final matches, just against the top players.

There is a small, but important, difference between peeing in the pool, and peeing into the pool.

The ability to bounce back after a setback is the single most important trait an entrepreneurial venture can possess.

I've always wanted male friends that I could be real intimate with and talk about important things with and be as affectionate with that person as I would be with a girl.

Arizona faces many challenges ahead. None is more important or more pressing than passing a new state budget.

The abortion controversy is important for what it says about our stance toward procreation and children altogether.

The questions that are beyond the reach of economics-the beauty, dignity, pleasure and durability of life-may be inconvenient but they are important.

Its extremely important to have a loyal fan base and be receptive to them.

For me it's very important to express my thoughts, the pictures I carry inside of me, maybe because it's important to get them out.

The heart is what is important." There is nothing more vulnerable, nothing more corruptible than the human mind; nor is there anything as powerful, steadfast and ennobling.

I hold that the parentheses are by far the most important parts of a non-business letter.

The most important quality I look for in a player is accountability. You've got to be accountable for who you are. It's too easy to blame things on someone else.

I got fired when I was a dishwasher at Denny's. That set me back a little bit. You don't realize how important dishwashers are until you do the job.

How little do the wisest among us know of that which is so important to us all.

It's important to see how we can advance in healing wounds.

In leadership, there are no words more important than trust.

I was made to be a perfectionist at everything I did. Everything was more important than what I wanted.

I just want someone to explain to the American public why investing in transportation in Iraq is so much more important than investing in passenger rail right here in the United States of America.

The notation is more important than the sound. Not the exactitude and success with which a notation notates a sound; but the musicalness of the notation in its notating.

It's important for us to tell our stories.

The story of what has happened to women in Afghanistan, however, is a very important one, and fertile ground for fiction.

One of the hardest things to believe is that anyone will abandon the effort to escape a charge of murder. It is extremely important to suspend disbelief on that. If you don't, the story is spoiled.

Academics were important to my parents, as immigrants. Education is where it all begins.

Most important was to remain focused and always have presence of mind.

I love children. I work with UNICEF and one of the reasons I love that is because they deal specifically with children. For me I think it's just really important to always embrace that side of you.

I've never sat down and thought about the difference between plot and theme. To me, that's never been important.

I try to make my heart beat out of my chest, hard-core, once a day for at least a half hour. I think that's very important.