Important Quotes

"The most important event I covered was the Panama Canal debate, which dragged on for months"

"It is possible to see the intermediate state between lives as being in a way more important than incarnate existence"

"Because of the tension and difficulty, I remember trying to do the silliest things when we weren't rolling cameras, anything to lift the spirits. But once on set, it was important to have full concentration"

Madeleine Stowe, Actress

"The study of consciousness that can extend beyond the body is extremely important for the issue of survival, since it is this part of human personality that would be likely to survive death"

Stanislav Grof, Psychologist

"The Sonics I found later and that was pretty important"

Jello Biafra, Musician

"And then there's Israel - a lot of people support Israel, and it's important to Israel to take out Iraq. So it's all mixed together. It's a combination of motives"

Chris Matthews, Journalist

"Location is a very important aspect to songwriting"

Ken Hill, Playwright

"The strength of the playing ability is much more important. Only if the strength of the opponent's playing ability is comparable, does the game develop"

Vladimir Kramnik, Celebrity

"That's the reason support for the National Endowment of the Arts is so important. It enables those ventures that aren't viable commercially to be done"

David Selby, Actor

"And judging what is appropriate or not appropriate for a country, I think it is important in particular in judging what is the appropriate economic policy framework, one should take into account the overall political environment and the institutional framework within which economic policy operates"

Lucas Papademos, Politician

"But ours was intended to be a citizen government. It is what of, by and for the people means. And when our most important issue in California is the creation of jobs, I think it's quite helpful to have someone in the U.S. Senate or in the governor's seat who actually knows where jobs come from"

Carly Fiorina, Businessman

"I realized that everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the proving ground for new writers and new ideas"

Orson Scott Card, Writer

"In my model, important interference phenomena arise when individual strata come into contact. These chaotic fluctuations are, I suppose, what my music is really 'about.'"

Brian Ferneyhough, Composer

"Kiss me and you will see how important I am"

Sylvia Plath, Poet

"As to the first, I do not know that I have done very much myself to promote fraternity between nations but I do know that there can be no more important purpose for any man's activity or interests"

Lester B. Pearson, Politician

"Today continuing poverty and distress are a deeper and more important cause of international tensions, of the conditions that can produce war, than previously"

Lester B. Pearson, Politician

"Being a songwriter, singer, and a great part of a unit is more important than being Joe Guitar Hero"

Vivian Campbell, Musician

"I think it's important to do smaller films because I think that's where a lot of new things are happening"

Kyra Sedgwick, Actress

"Attitudes are more important than facts"

George MacDonald, Novelist

"Character is more important than talent"

Edwin Louis Cole, Author

"Actually, I feel music becoming more and more important. It's a big source of inspiration. With what's going on in the world, we feel almost desperate. Music also brings you peace"

Cecilia Bartoli, Musician

"I do it because I want to exercise people's compassion and I do it because I really believe that for some reason what I do is important and meaningful"

Kyra Sedgwick, Actress

"I would still love to do more Handel. I think Handel was a fantastic composer. I did lots of Vivaldi, but it's also important to do the music of Handel, one of the greatest composers of the 18th century"

Cecilia Bartoli, Musician

"I still love to walk in the mountains or be on the sea. I like to be in nature. Sometimes I bicycle. It's important to feel good with your body. The body is extremely important. If you feel good, you have more energy in your singing"

Cecilia Bartoli, Musician

"When I worked in Los Angeles covering hard news, very often when something important would happen I'd be off in the woods covering something unimportant, which was more interesting to me"

Charles Kuralt, Journalist

"The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege"

Charles Kuralt, Journalist

"I don't have any well-developed philosophy about journalism. Ultimately it is important in a society like this, so people can know about everything that goes wrong"

Charles Kuralt, Journalist

"With prophecies the commentator is often a more important man than the prophet"

Georg C. Lichtenberg, Scientist

"Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business"

Calvin Coolidge, President

"The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication then is secondary: it is perpetuation which is important. For this only one good reader is necessary"

Henry Miller, Writer

"Concord, solidarity, and mutual help are the most important means of enabling animal species to survive"

Christian Lous Lange, Politician

"The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think and do is important - and then get out of their way while they do it"

Jack Welch, Businessman

"Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because then they will act"

Jack Welch, Businessman

"It's far more important to know what person the disease has than what disease the person has"

Hippocrates, Scientist

"I never expected to be anybody important"

Elvis Presley, Musician

"I learned how important it is to entertain people and give them a reason to come and watch you play"

Elvis Presley, Musician

"What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as a basketball player"

John Wooden, Coach

"There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer"

John Wooden, Coach

"There's a great joy in my giving. It's thrilling. It's exhilarating. It's important to be a part of sharing. It is my love. It is my joy"

W. Clement Stone, Businessman

"That said, my kids are at home right now with my husband and I'm missing something important at my daughter's school which makes me feel sick inside. It's a lot of balance and a lot of really hard decision making"

Reese Witherspoon, Actress

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