Important Quotes

"It is important for us consciously to say, or claim, only the things we want rather than what we do not want"

"As a regent, I hope to bring that important perspective of a typical family visitor in combination with my background as a Member of Congress and a proponent of the Smithsonian's efforts to reach all Americans"

Xavier Becerra, Politician

"Yeah, I've always been accused of having a sense of mischief and I'm very flattered that you say you can see it in the roles I play, because I think that's important, even if I do play intense characters, like especially Christine Cagney"

Sharon Gless, Actress

"A wah-wah is important as well. I love it; it makes the guitar scream"

Robin Trower, Musician

"Trying to give back a little bit is important"

Mark Goddard, Actor

"I really liked them, not just Syd, but all of them. Roger was very important, I thought, his contribution. And so was Rick's organ playing. It was a good band. It became something else completely, obviously"

Robert Wyatt, Musician

"There are challenges in terms of the measurement of VAR for what are known as nonlinear derivatives, where things like gamma and vega are important dimensions of the risk"

John C. Hull, Professor

"Third issue, and again I think it is important to note, anyone can make a mistake and any administration can make a mistake once in a while, but this is just a long train of abuses, an unbroken chain of following special interests rather than the health of the American people"

Jay Inslee, Politician

"Certain things in life are more important than the usual crap that everyone strives for"

James Taylor, Musician

"So sometimes the facts are good and sometimes the facts are bad, the important thing from the point of view of a principle as broad and important as freedom of speech is that the courts articulate and set forth in a very protective way what those principles are"

Floyd Abrams, Lawyer

"I would say that the Pentagon Papers case of 1971 - in which the government tried to block the The New York Times and The Washington Post that they obtained from a secret study of how we got involved in the war in Vietnam - that is probably the most important case"

Floyd Abrams, Lawyer

"I think that it is important for people to understand that whether a good-guy or a bad-guy wins a case is less important than what the law is that the case results in"

Floyd Abrams, Lawyer

"I was concerned about filling my life up with something important to me. To me, it was just necessary"

Ed Harris, Actor

"I have a tight family group that's really important to me. I don't want to work all the time"

Ed Harris, Actor

"My background is basically scientific math. My Dad was a physicist, so I have it in my blood somewhere. Scientific method is very important to me. I think anything that contradicts it is probably not true"

John Astin, Actor

"The sizes and shapes of the panels have never been important to my stories. It has always been the words and images that drew me in, kind of like watching a movie"

Jaime Hernandez, Artist

"Remember and help America remember that the fellowship of human beings is more important than the fellowship of race and class and gender in a democratic society"

Marian Wright Edelman, Activist

"It's important to face down your demons"

Stephan Jenkins, Musician

"It's important to bring things back from the Space Station because, unlike somebody living at the house where the garbage truck comes by twice a week, they don't have that in space"

Mark Kelly, Musician

"Being real is what is important"

Gavin Rossdale, Musician

"I wouldn't overestimate the importance of my popularity in the country and abroad but at the end of the day it's not as important because I believe that my presence here could make some difference and it could encourage people"

Garry Kasparov, Celebrity

"It is not to benefit CBS, not to benefit its reporters. On this one, the entire basis of it is this is a way to get more information, more important information to the public. And that's why so many states recognize this"

Floyd Abrams, Lawyer

"Years are not important, my dear"

Faye Dunaway, Actress

"I know this is going to sound cheesy and like I'm trying to be Miss America, but the most important responsibility a celebrity has is to set an example and be a role model"

Clay Aiken, Musician

"Casting ethnic characters is a very hard thing to do, but it's important. It's also interesting"

Darren Aronofsky, Director

"It's also very important in Latin America. If we can deal with the drug problem there, some of their strife there, it's less likely we have immigration problems here"

Anthony Weiner, Politician

"Memory is very important, the memory of each photo taken, flowing at the same speed as the event. During the work, you have to be sure that you haven't left any holes, that you've captured everything, because afterwards it will be too late"

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Photographer

"It's important that we work very closely with moderate Muslim forces locally, nationally and internationally"

Gijs de Vries, Politician

"In individual industries where female labour pays an important role, any movement advocating better wages, shorter working hours, etc., would not be doomed from the start because of the attitude of those women workers who are not organized"

Clara Zetkin, Politician

"Well, a lot of our concerts do okay, and I know we still get royalty checks which still isn't that important, but again, I have to just say that we're making our records"

Bruce Johnston, Musician

"Preventing terrorist attacks is of the highest important, but trashing the Constitution is not the right way to do it"

Eliot Engel, Politician

"An audience is so important. I would never have had the guts to dub in that big a laugh"

Desi Arnaz, Actor

"First and foremost it's important that we're able to put something back in the game, which we have always done. We're doing this to help needy charities along with the police forces in different towns and cities"

Bobby Hull, Athlete

"Records... a record just shouldn't be that important"

Bruce Johnston, Musician

"I know a lot of actors talk about the importance of wardrobe, and it always seems like it's kind of a cop-out, maybe, because it seems like a minor detail to some people. But I think it's hugely important"

Anna Faris, Actress

"It's very important, at least for me and for Cynthia, to get outside input"

Barry Mann, Musician

"The most important thing for anyone, I think, is to be engaged, whether you're an artist or a journalist is to be engaged in the process at some level"

Billy Bragg, Musician

"It's really important to me not to be known as Ross when I'm 60"

David Schwimmer, Actor

"How important has Phil Jackson been to the success of the Lakers? He's very important"

Larry Dixon

"You need to feel that the game is important to you. Lose that feeling and you lose your edge. There's no faking that kind of emotion. You can't invent the feeling. It's got to be natural, real"

Dan Marino, Athlete

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