Important Quotes

The most important thing in comedy - apart from empathy, which I think is important even if disguised - is surprise. I like surprising people with the fact that something's even a joke at all.

Meanings is not important, said the BFG. I cannot be right all the time. Quite often I is left instead of right.

Just as important as having a list of priorities is every once in a while starting from the bottom.

There is no daily chore so trivial that it cannot be made important by skipping it two days running.

Trade is the oldest and most important economic nexus among nations. Indeed, trade along with war ha been central to the evolution of international relations.

Genes are important for understanding our behavior. Incredibly important - after all, they code for every protein pertinent to brain function, endocrinology, etc.

It's a great kindness to trust people with a secret. They feel so important while telling it.

It is important that legislation keeps pace with scientific progress.

The best way to create spectacular results in the most important areas of your life is through daily practice

It's important to choose initial investors who are not twitchy and rushing for an exit. Wall Street's quarter-by-quarter lens may make the CEO make sub-optimal long-term decisions.

The coach should keep out of the way... He is an important figure, of course, but is more likely to lose a match than win it. Matches are won by players.

The single most important factor in determining America's success in the 21st century will be maintaining our ability to be an innovative and creative society.

Good bones are important, so it is wise to go slowly and get your plan right before launching into a vital project.

I love an act that makes fun of the situation, and of course makes fun of yourself. That's important, you can't take yourself too seriously.

It's been important to cultures throughout history with the court jester and the witch doctor and the shaman - all preach the same thing.

Physical conditioning from regular exercise is important. And we can do so much more to keep our bodies strong.

It's important to focus on what we do best and master one craft at a time.

In the short term, some deadly virus might be more important, but in the long run there is hardly anything more important than asteroids.

Sometimes we set off down a road thinkin' we're goin' one place and we end up another. But that's okay. The important thing is to start.

If I don't get the service or if I don't the ball in the box, where I want it, I start drifting into midfield. I go and look for the ball. I try to be important for the team in other areas.

Where you raise your children isn't as important as how you raise your children.

Every moment of our life is important.

I had been reading this book about Zen Koan philosophy, and it was talking about the right here and the right now, and how important it is, and I was really trying to get there in my life.

I think it's important that we have strong, female characters in movies now, which can really leave an impression on people - especially young people - and that they're not 'sexy' or 'cool'.

Understanding different planets in their environments is still really important. So if these planets are dead lifeless worlds, it will still be useful for us.

Family is the most important thing in my life, so I guess it's not surprise that I like to write about it.

We are not important to the universe. That's the bad news.

I firmly believe in marriage. It's a real important decision that takes a lot of dedication and time. If you're thinking about divorce. You shouldn't get married.

There are considerable advantages to using many degrees of freedom to store information, stability and controllability being perhaps the most important.

The music, of course, is important, but it's the energy that I bring to it that I think the public appreciate the most.

Filmmaking is a thousand choices a day and it's important to just let those choices potentially be informed by something deeper.

I believe it is important for comedians to know who came before them.

What's wrong with this egotism? If a man doesn't delight in himself and the force in him and feel that he and it are wonders, how is all life to become important to him?

Self-confidence is the most important thing, and this comes from identifying your goals, knowing your limits and roping in all the help you can get.

My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important.

But there is something seductive and the character, Alfie is so charming, and does make you think like you are the most important thing in the world but he's not that nice, is he.

Progress is more important than perfection.

Everyone in my family is in the film business; I knew I wanted to be creative and it was important in my family to be artistic.

There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time.

The thing is to understand myself: the thing is to find a truth which is true for me, to find the idea for which I can live and die. That is what I now recognize as the most important thing.

The most important thing you can teach actors is to understand plays.

Unselfish love for all people without exception is the most important point of convergence among all significant spiritualities and religions.

Circumstances can be very important. Find the right people to work with.

In London, nobody comments on what you wear - they think that's not important to you or your state of well-being.

Yeah, it's scary. During filming, it wasn't just jitters from being the newer guy there or the greenest guy there. It was also fear of not messing up such an important character.

I do appreciate that the most important thing as manager is to get good results.

It's easy to operate under the illusion that what we are doing is so important we cannot stop doing it. ... Stopping is a spiritual act. It is the refuge where we drink life in.

Spies are a most important element in water, because on them depends an army's ability to move.

An important job of the critic is to savage what is mediocre or meretricious.

Any important disease whose causality is murky, and for which treatment is ineffectual, tends to be awash in significance.