Important Quotes

I've been really fortunate to be able to do different kinds of films in different scales, different genres, different kinds of roles, and that is important to me.

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.

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.

Identity in the form of continuity of personality is an extremely important characteristic of the individual.

The most important thing about a fighter is something you can't see, and that's his heart.

Friends, near or far, are important to us. All of ours have an awareness of other persons' feelings, a courtesy that's inevitable. When I find that consideration in a fan, I'm immediately impressed.

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

To me, my feelings and pride are important. Although I like you it's not enough to be used like that.

Work ethic is the most important component of being successful.

How we become moral and understand good and bad, and how we overcome our impulse towards violence, is all really important to me, as a person.

The portrayal of post-traumatic stress disorder and things like that felt really big and important.

Einstein said 'your imagination is more important than intelligence,' and I have a very, very big imagination.

When I was younger, I was fascinated by David Bowie, for example. he had created an entire myth around himself. It was as important as his music.

I think a lot of things that people think are complimentary are a little bit condescending, but then we just have to keep doing what we're doing, and being in the band is the important bit.

As a leader, it is vitally important that you keep in touch with your boss on a regular, sacrosanct basis. Chances are your boss can provide an aerial view that will make your path more clear.

If you look at the history of the American capital market, there's probably no innovation more important than the idea of generally accepted accountancy principles.

It is important to remember that all business has an impact on the lives of real people.

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

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.

The most important person is the one you are with in this moment.

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

The most important thing about a family is that all the people in it love each other.

The vast material displacements the machine has made in our physical environment are perhaps in the long run less important than its spiritual contributions to our culture.

Sometimes what is most important to us is not obvious and can be seen only by how we respond to our husbands in everyday life.

I try to keep a balance. I actually believe that children want normal parents, they don't want celebrities or important parents or anything different from all the other parents.

Co-operation between governments still plays an important role and will remain indispensable.

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.

Young kids don't have their identity, so everything is so important. Now I'm mature. I know who I am and I know what my thing is and I know what I'm bringing. It's very clear and defined.

It's the choosing that's important, isn't it?

I believe that having a spiritual life is so important in everybody's life.

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.

Nothing is more important for teaching us to understand the concepts we have than to construct fictitious ones.

A good guide will take you through the more important streets more often than he takes you down side streets; a bad guide will do the opposite. In philosophy I'm a rather bad guide.

I believe that today's players who are Christians feel that it's important and their responsibility to acknowledge their faith.

Developing skills is as important as training. A larger effort is needed to create a skilled workforce with employment potential.

The thing I love most about being famous is people listening to me when I have something important to say.

Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing and saying in films right now just shouldn't be allowed. There's no dignity anymore and I think that's very important.

To get people emotionally involved in something intellectual and political is important.

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!

As an observer of markets - whenever everyone focuses on one thing - like Greece and Europe - maybe they miss issues that are far more important - such as a meaningful slowdown in India and China.

If you see something that you feel is familiar it gives you an important kind of emotional connection.

I'm not at all sure that the concept of the readymade isn't the most important single idea to come out of my work.

I make art primarily for myself and to show my friends so I guess it's important to make art that they can connect to.

Lies are essential to humanity. They are perhaps as important as the pursuit of pleasure and moreover are dictated by that pursuit.

While I hold my own views, it's important not to get too wrapped up in individual candidates and personalities, but instead to focus on the real issues

Each American must remember and help America remember that the fellowship of human beings is more important than the fellowship of race and class and gender in a democratic society.

I think it is important that people who are perceived as liberals not be afraid of talking about moral and community values.

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.

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.

We are used to cleaning the outside house, but the most important house to clean is yourself - your own house - which we never do.