What Is Important Quotes

I do find stories - or literary fiction - an apt form for analyzing the world. And especially for trying to imagine the other. An agenda, again, that seems more important now than ever.

It's important to write a mystery novel where the takeaway is not a giveaway - where something could be read over and over.

The Bible and studying the Bible has been an important part of my life.

Thoughtful criticism and close scrutiny of all government officials by the press and the public are an important part of our democratic society.

It is often just as important to be perceived as something as actually to be that something and, as a matter of fact, a candidate need not be anything ideologically at all.

I like any title with the letters U.S. in front of it. To me, the U.S. Open is the most important tournament in the world.

For the last five or six years the most important thing in my life has been my family.

Listening is more important than talking. Just hit your mark and believe what you say. Just listen to people and react to what they are saying.

Almost anything is better than three network TV outlets completely controlling the national discourse with their nightly broadcasts. We've moved a long way from that, and that's important.

I still believe there is a need to open up search and it will come eventually. It is very important to challenge the current models.

It has become more important than ever that we teach students how to do research, and how to evaluate different sources of information. (Jimmy Wales, IB World, 68, Sept. 2013, p.10. )

Even when I wasn't overweight I was never one of those girls or women who wanted to look nice. I always thought it wasn't important.

It's just nice to see people enthusiastic about their tennis and want to learn and improve - for me that's the most important thing - I still love my tennis.

I think it's important to have mystique.

I tend to keep my private life private. I think it's important to have mystique. It's important to keep people thinking and guessing, and you want everyone to think you're singing to them.

I wanted to show that your health is more important than your hair.

You have to be with the right person. Its so much more important to meet the right person, whether youre married or not, than it is to get married and get a divorce.

As an actor, you always want to do the juicy stuff. But, it's important to get the levels right.

The older I become, the more I realize that drawing is the most important of all the problems of picture-making.

I know that the first person I kissed won't be nearly as important as the last person I kiss.

Sometimes, you really don't understand why something is important to you until you get halfway through the movie - or maybe even all the way through.

I also feel like I've learned over the years what is not important, and that is also great: to know what is pointless to spend your energy on, to be more specific.

It's very important to distinguish between chemical depression that requires medication and talk therapy.

The worst part about the job is the travel, which takes you away from family and friends and important dates and hockey games and tournaments that your kids are in and things like that.

Most important to me is being able to release music and have an astounding relationship with whoever would be distributing the music.

Hypnosis is a powerful force and in my opinion should be employed only by the best-trained and most ethical professionals for very important reasons.

If it's the first kiss, it's important for the eyes to be closed so you know it's real. It's almost like a Disney movie!

It's important that adults get along with each other for the child's sake, and that is our situation.

Some things I thought were important for a young man to know.

This is why I turned down multiple $Million Dollar Offers for my website. Because the positive impact you have in other lives is more important than a quick cash out.

It's important to have the right agent - people that are working hard for you. But an actor needs to be in control of their career no matter how good the representation is.

Indeed, it is as important to learn how to receive a blessing as it is to be willing to give one.

Friend, there's no greater investment in life than in being a people builder. Relationships are more important than our accomplishments.

I'm trying to make God more relevant in our society. And I think talking in everyday terms and making sure people can understand it - I think that's important.

I don't want to sound too mystical or weird but it's important to know what garlic smells like when it's cooking, or what eggs look like when they're cracked out of a shell.

If you can't understand the spec for a new technology, don't worry: nobody else will understand it either, and the technology won't be that important.

Performing in front of a live audience can be pretty intimidating, so having a full head of hair was important to me.

In life, it's not who you know that's important, it's how your wife found out.

I'm a firm believer in quality > quantity, and I think it's important to have high standards in any product creation product.

We do students a great disservice by implying that one set of students is more important than another.

We are the slaves of objects around us, and appear little or important according as these contract or give us room to expand.

The important thing is not to know more than all men, but to know more at each moment than any particular man.

Oh, the transition concerns me because as we move towards an important political event, it's clear to me that the terrorists and insurgents will move as hard as they can to disrupt this process.

There's nothing more rewarding or important than to be involved in God's work of redemption.

The transmission of values from one generation to the next is the single most important task of the society. ...What am I doing to shape the values of the society?

What I think is critically important is that there are lots of studies on how prayer effects people that are ill, lots of studies, and I know in my life my prayers have been answered.

While you're busy chasing your dream, don't forget to leave time for living - it's way too easy to run straight past what's truly important.

The two parties are still more polarized than ever before and the rise of partisan media is an important reason for it.

I think it's important to focus on our economy, on jobs, on getting America back to work.

As an actor, I only play what is in the moment, rather than in the future, but sometimes the past is more important than what is coming up in the future.