Important Quotes

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

"We still have a tradition certainly in English television; it's faded a bit in the last five years, but we still have a tradition where the important thing is the quality and the challenging nature of the programming"

Rowan Atkinson, Comedian

"I hope to have communion with the people, that is the most important thing"

Pope John Paul II, Clergyman

"Humor is not a mood but a way of looking at the world. So if it is correct to say that humor was stamped out in Nazi Germany, that does not mean that people were not in good spirits, or anything of that sort, but something much deeper and more important"

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosopher

"I think that turning on the charm without being fake is really important"

Miley Cyrus, Musician

"As friends go it is less important to live"

Rutherford B. Hayes, President

"We see them when they come to New York. They stay at my wife's apartment. We have quite a correspondence with them at all times. They play a very important role, the authors in the firm, because so much of the material we publish is suggested by them"

James Laughlin, Poet

"There is still the feeling that women's writing is a lesser class of writing, that what goes on in the nursery or the bedroom is not as important as what goes on in the battlefield, that what women know about is a less category of knowledge"

Erica Jong, Novelist

"There is no doubt that we should take solar radiation into account. We have seen ground temperatures rising since 1975, and it is important to know to what extent that has been caused by the sun or by carbon dioxide"

Bjorn Lomborg, Scientist

"Of course, the world is full of problems. But on the other hand it's important to get the sense... are we generally moving in the right direction or the wrong direction?"

Bjorn Lomborg, Scientist

"The spiritual element, the really important part of religion, has no concern with Time and Space, temporary mundane laws, or conduct"

Richard Le Gallienne, Poet

"So without that Canadian invention we were grounded. And so that was a really important and key part of the mission and Canadians should take real pride in it"

Chris Hadfield, Astronaut

"I always believed that I have something important to say and I said it"

Lou Reed, Musician

"The Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act is an important authorization for our country and for our citizens, as we have seen so vividly in the last few weeks"

Russ Carnahan, Politician

"Sliding headfirst is the safest way to get to the next base, I think, and the fastest. You don't lose your momentum, and there's one more important reason I slide headfirst, it gets my picture in the paper"

Pete Rose, Athlete

"Living creatively is really important to maintain throughout your life. And living creatively doesn't mean only artistic creativity, although that's part of it. It means being yourself, not just complying with the wishes of other people"

Matt Groening, Cartoonist

"The Bible tells us to be like God, and then on page after page it describes God as a mass murderer. This may be the single most important key to the political behavior of Western Civilization"

Robert Anton Wilson, Writer

"The only currency I value is the coin of the spirit. That's very important in my life"

Kinky Friedman, Musician

"Originality is, for me, the most important quality in a script"

Douglas Wood, Writer

"I am so excited to let fans in on how important my relationship with my family is to me. I hope to motivate mothers and daughters to build lifetimes of memories together and inspire kids around the world to live their dreams"

Miley Cyrus, Musician

"But I don't think of myself as a foreigner or a Frenchman! I just think of myself as a director. Whether I'm French or Australian or whatever, it's really not important"

Michel Hazanavicius, Director

"It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all"

Denis Diderot, Editor

"Of course a poem is a two-way street. No poem is any good if it doesn't suggest to the reader things from his own mind and recollection that he will read into it, and will add to what the poet has suggested. But I do think poetry readings are very important"

James Laughlin, Poet

"Passion is very important to me. If you stop enjoying things, you've got to look at it, because it can lead to all kinds of depressing scenarios"

Nicolas Cage, Actor

"I try to do as many stunts as they'll let me do. I think it's important for an audience to feel that the actor's really doing it"

Nicolas Cage, Actor

"We do very little re-writing in the office. We often take on people who show great promise and who we hope will develop into somebody important and someone good"

James Laughlin, Poet

"Therefore, when we arrive in a place and talk to new people about a new image, it is very hard for them to visualize it. That's where the drawings are very important, because at least we can show a projection of what we believe it will look like"

Christo, Artist

"The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know"

Simone Weil, Philosopher

"The sex element is the most important in the business. You must sell sex"

Bobby Darin, Musician

"To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul"

Simone Weil, Philosopher

"The most important basis of any novel is wanting to be someone else, and this means creating a character"

Antonio Tabucchi, Writer

"To date or not to date that is the question. It's almost as important as Shakespeare's to be or not to be which deals with death"

Al Goldstein, Publisher

"In Europe it is particularly important that we build good relations to everyone who holds political responsibility because Europe can only be build together"

Angela Merkel, Statesman

"From this experience we have learned that in a big party it is important to have the necessary and often controversial discussions on policy issues such as the health system while in opposition"

Angela Merkel, Statesman

"Above all it is important to point out that we can only maintain our prosperity in Europe if we belong to the most innovative regions in the world"

Angela Merkel, Statesman

"Working on behalf of companion animals is so important. We start to realize how healing they are"

Bernadette Peters, Actress

"The family only represents one aspect, however important an aspect, of a human being's functions and activities. A life is beautiful and ideal or the reverse, only when we have taken into our consideration the social as well as the family relationship"

Henry Ellis, Psychologist

"The quality of life is more important than life itself"

Alexis Carrel, Scientist

"It's very important to know that we packed it right because it is a safety issue for coming home"

Linda M. Godwin, Astronaut

"Animals speak with pure affection. It's important to me to get something going in NY so we can get to be a no-kill city, and give the animals homes and more attention and love"

Bernadette Peters, Actress

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