What Is Important Quotes
Never be late. When you're late, what you're saying is that your time is more important than the other person's time. That's pretty egotistical.
I believe AIDS is the most important issue we face, because how we treat the poor is a reflection of who we are as a people.
It's extremely important that, as writers, we give a voice to those who don't have voices, including the other animals that we share the planet with and the places that are endangered or being lost.
I am a result of what has happened on this planet - how could I find the art to say that? I can't, and yet, I am drawn to it because of the enormity of it. That seems really important.
The most important function of the university in an age of reason is to protect reason from itself.
The actual materials are important. A book at the nightstand is important - a light you can get at - or a flashlight as Kerouac had a brakeman's latern.
When you have kids, there's a tendency to put the marriage stew on the back burner and give it a quick stir now and then. But it's important to remember why you had children with this person.
I want to live 50 more years. I'm 33 years old... and I want to live to at least be 80 and see my kids grow up and see my grandkids. That's important to me.
Malfunctions are inevitable. It's important to push through them during practice - versus stopping to fix and restart - so that you're prepared for one mid-competition.
MATERIAL, adj. Having an actual existence, as distinguished from an imaginary one. Important.
Healthy boundaries are important, but you may be building a brick wall when a picket fence would do.
I've never played anyone who didn't like themselves. I don't care if they're unattractive, but it's important that they think of themselves as attractive. And I guess that's part of their charm.
I want to take roles that challenge me and I want to like the script and obviously feel connected with the director because the director to me is so important.
There's a rhythm to the legislative session and there are rhythms to legislative sessions. So I think that's very important to take into consideration when you are deciding what to do when.
New ideas are one of the most overrated concepts of our time. Most of the important ideas that we live with aren't new at all.
Taxes are important. President Bush's tax proposals leave no rich person behind. Voters approve of President Bush helping the kind of people they wish they were one of.
~Sometimes, when I want to take on the world, I try to remember that it's just as important to sit down and ask my son how he's feeling or talk to him about life.~
It's so important to raise awareness of this problem that continues to affect 1 in 4 women at some point in their lifetime, regardless of career, wealth or background.
It's really important that, as women, we tell our stories. That is what helps seed our imaginations.
My older brother was involved in the folk movement. We would gather every weekend in Washington Park. The folk songs were so important to my reality.
I don't just act, and that's really important to me. I don't want to just be an actor forever. I want to score movies. I could be an actor first, but I don't only want to be an actor.
When you're younger you have so many ideas about yourself; everything is important. It's not when you look back, nothing is that important. It's only life.
I think in both of those situations, it's important as an actor to learn, despite the success I had as a kid, that it's important to understand what it means to be a small fish in a big pond.
Although it is still important to develop an HIV vaccine, we have significant tools already at our disposal that can make a major impact on the trajectory of this epidemic.
The strategies that managers employ are at least as important as the facilities at their disposal.
If we desire peace, we must prepare for peace. The most important thing is to build a culture of peace.
Yes, the audience is so important to Negro music, especially the element of call and response.
That judges of important causes should hold office for life is a questionable thing, for the mind grows old as well as the body.
Women often focus more on staying friends, which is as important as climbing the mountain.
You know, nothing is more important than education, because nowhere are our stakes higher; our future depends on the quality of education of our children today.
Over the years I have met a lot of important people, but no one as important as Elvis Presley.
The pride and presence of a professional football team is far more important than 30 libraries.
SETI is probably the most important quest of our time , and it amazes me that governments and corporations are not supporting it sufficiently.
In reference to Cat Stevens, it is very, very important we have accurate information on our terrorist watch list and our no fly list and that you have a remedy.
It was important to me to make a film where I don't show the past but where the spectators can see the past.
Collect books, even if you don't plan on reading them right away. Filmmaker John Waters has said, "Nothing is more important than an unread library."
The fact that you have been knocked down is interesting, but the length of time you remained down is important.
Music can be so manipulating - especially in terms of horror. It's such an important part of building the tension.
It is important to arrange games and competition so that all Scouts of the troop take part.
I think it is important for Europe to understand that even though I am president and George Bush is not president, Al Qaeda is still a threat.
It is important to combine structural reforms and good fiscal stewardship with a growth strategy, because when your economy's growing and more revenue's coming in, that helps relieve debt.
It's important to listen to what scientists have to say, even when it's inconvenient, especially when it's inconvenient
Beliefs have become unimportant to me. Faith as radical trust became even more important to me.