Important Quotes

"I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured"

Dean Acheson, Statesman

"I love what I do for a living, it's the greatest job in the world, but you have to survive an awful lot of attention that you don't truly deserve and you have to live up to your professional responsibilities and I'm always trying to balance that with what is really important"

Tom Hanks, Actor

"Take a step back, evaluate what is important, and enjoy life"

Teri Garr, Actress

"Japan continues to work closely with the United States on the issue of the North Korean nuclear crisis and has played an important and constructive role in the Six-Party talks"

Michael K. Simpson, Politician

"And, finally, as a Republican, I believe it is important to keep our word and keep our covenant, and that is exactly what we should do with the Wright amendment today"

Michael Burgess, Congressman

"This is now a global war on terror and, indeed, it is important, it is imperative that we win in the battles in Afghanistan and that we win in the battles in Iraq. And as the gentleman from Georgia has mentioned, this is not something that is going to be quick and easy"

Marsha Blackburn, Politician

"Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor"

Hesiod, Poet

"I think English is a fantastic, rich and musical language, but of course your mother tongue is the most important for an actor"

Max von Sydow, Actor

"The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have"

Ring Lardner, Comedian

"Aaron Sorkin was completely unable to understand the actual psychology of Mark or of Facebook. He can't conceive of a world where social status or getting laid or, for that matter, doing drugs, is not the most important thing"

Marc Andreessen, Businessman

"But the most important test is to take them on tour and see if you can bear to spend time with them"

Neville Marriner, Musician

"To the Kenyan families, school doesn't really matter because none of them are going on to college. Almost all of drop out of school and so, they're spending their time learning things that are important to them"

Robert Sternberg, Educator

"I liked the challenge of writing in a very concise structure in which both meaning and form are important"

Jeffery Deaver, Writer

"The oppression of any people for opinion's sake has rarely had any other effect than to fix those opinions deeper, and render them more important"

Hosea Ballou, Clergyman

"Michael Moore, whether you like him or hate him, has done something very important"

John Sayles, Director

"I know of no more important subject to the peace of Europe and the world than the reasonable reduction of armaments, especially in Europe, and of naval armaments throughout the world"

Frank B. Kellogg, Politician

"It's hard sometimes if you think a character should look a certain way and you're being pushed to do it differently. I've had fights over that. That's why it's so important that you work with good people"

Uma Thurman, Actress

"Caring about policy is important - people in washington forget"

Tabitha Soren, Celebrity

"One of the regime's most important tactics is the creation of a third force in the country"

Joe Slovo, Politician

"One moment cannot be the most important"

Fiona Shaw, Actress

"You know, I think I still have a sense that no matter what you do, no matter what you achieve, no matter how much success you have, no matter how much money you have, relationships are important"

Ed Bradley, Journalist

"The people in your life are important. Meaningful relationships with those people are very important"

Ed Bradley, Journalist

"This sordid affair has become an unacceptable distraction for Representative Weiner, his family, his constituents and the House - and for the good of all, he should step aside and address those things that should be most important - his and his family's well-being"

Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Politician

"I feel if some kid has sat down and felt I'm important enough to write two pages of words to and take up a lot of his valuable time, then he deserves a few words back, or even a phone call as I have done on a few occasions"

Jim Dale, Musician

"It's important to me that I look good on television because, let's face it, I'm single, and you want somebody to watch the show and fall in love with you"

Camryn Manheim, Actress

"The intellectual debility of contemporary conservatism is indicated by its silence on all important matters"

Christopher Lasch, Historian

"There is no social program in this country that is as important as a good job that pays well, that gives someone an opportunity to go to work, have some security, have benefits, and take care of their family and have a good life"

Byron Dorgan, Politician

"I think that it's important if you run for President that you have to make those important decisions. And your father, if he can help, probably, he helps just by being your father without getting intimately involved"

Birch Bayh, Politician

"The most important function of a bibliographic entry is to help the reader obtain a copy of the cited work"

Daniel J. Bernstein, Mathematician

"Once you get the right image the details aren't that important"

Abbie Hoffman, Activist

"In a case like Iraq the UN has again shown what important role it plays as the guarantor for protecting international peace and stability in the global political structure"

Anna Lindh, Politician

"A society that has made "nostalgia" a marketable commodity on the cultural exchange quickly repudiates the suggestion that life in the past was in any important way better than life today"

Christopher Lasch, Historian

"The most important issue we have to deal with is freedom of movement"

Anna Lindh, Politician

"The United Nations remains our most important global actor. These days we are continuously reminded of the enormous responsibility of the Security Council to uphold international peace and stability"

Anna Lindh, Politician

"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"

Andy Rooney, Journalist

"To make a rock'n'roll record, technology is the least important thing"

Keith Richards, Musician

"No matter how fast I could do it with the digital camera I don't think I would get the same thing out of it. The passion I have for formulating an idea stands alone. It is the important essence of what I do"

Kim Weston, Photographer

"One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation"

Arthur Ashe, Athlete

"As a physician, I understand how important it is to collect data on people so we can understand what's happening with them. I will be in the position to help enable that knowledge"

Laurel Clark, Astronaut

"It is often more important to act than to understand... there are times... when two conflicting opinions, though one happens to be right, are more perilous than one opinion which is wrong"

John Grierson, Director

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