Important Quotes

"The Epistle to the Romans is an extremely important synthesis of the whole theology of St. Paul"

"It is impossible to disregard such an important medium as television. We should know how to use it, learn to work in it and express new values in it"

Tahar Ben Jelloun, Poet

"Women are extremely important shapers of my own life"

Tony Hillerman, Author

"I've been very lucky to work on a wide variety of projects, including two long-run and top-10 dramatic television shows. That is why it is so important to offer a helping hand to the next generation of young Latinos coming up behind me"

Jimmy Smits, Actor

"Those early steps are very important in understanding the evolution. But in themselves, maybe now you need the later records to understand the significance of the earlier records!"

Evan Parker, Musician

"When I meet thousands of fans of the comic - when I realize every one of them can recite the Lantern Corps oath ('In Brightest Day, in blackest night...') - I know how important this is to people"

Ryan Reynolds, Actor

"I'm going to go away on vacation, I'm going to try to get away from the phone, away from scripts. I think it's important to sit back and think about what you want"

Parker Stevenson, Actor

"So, I think even in Saudi Arabia there is movement. And we have to remember that over the years they've stabilized the oil price and that is tremendously important for the economies of the world. I think we have no choice but to work with the government of Saudi Arabia"

Frank Carlucci, Politician

"Of course, China is a key to the North Korea if we're going to solve that riddle, but they could also be helpful on Iraq, which is why it's important that we maintain a constructive dialogue with China"

Frank Carlucci, Politician

"The thing that I want to do, the most important thing to me is winning. How we do it, I really don't care"

Mike Singletary, Athlete

"Therefore, I reasoned that study of the cell cycle responsible for the reproduction of cells was important and might even be illuminating about the nature of life"

Paul Nurse, Scientist

"Winning is very important to me. I wouldn't be happy with anything less. And I work towards my goal"

Nafisa Joseph, Model

"Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science can teach: skepticism"

David Suzuki, Scientist

"I suspect that many corporations have begun to understand that they have an important role to play in the lives of their communities, and that allocating funds to support local groups helps them discharge that function and also burnish their image"

David Rockefeller, Businessman

"Long-lasting change that will help you create new habits and actions requires an inside-out approach, as well as two very important tools: the mirror and time"

Darren L. Johnson, Author

"My point of view is that when I am playing cricket I cannot think that this game is less or more important"

Sachin Tendulkar, Athlete

"How strange it is that murder has the sanction of law in one and only one of the human relationships, and that is the most important of all, that of nation to nation"

Paul Harris, Entertainer

"It's important for me to think I'm mixed-race"

Dan O'Brien, Athlete

"Listening is more important than talking. Just hit your mark and believe what you say. Just listen to people and react to what they are saying"

Jimmy Fallon, Comedian

"I don't see myself as such an important guitarist"

Ritchie Blackmore, Musician

"But I did on projects that I produced, that I directed, that I acted in because it was important. I want to be a filmmaker. I don't want to be an actor who directs, I want to be a director. I want to be a filmmaker. So that's a big difference"

Eriq La Salle, Actor

"The principle though remains the same, and the important thing is CBS fought hard, very hard, to protect that principle and will fight again"

Floyd Abrams, Lawyer

"I think at some stage, I would love to have another child. I would love to settle into a relationship that was really important to me. I actually am not good at the balance at that"

Nicole Kidman, Actress

"I believe that as much as you take, you have to give back. It's important not to focus on yourself too much"

Nicole Kidman, Actress

"I've learned one important thing about God's gifts - what we do with them is our gift to Him"

Robert Wagner, Actor

"The most important political office is that of the private citizen"

Louis D. Brandeis, Judge

"The Second Amendment is a constitutional right. I didn't make it up, the Republican Party didn't make it up. It's in the Constitution. I think it's just as important as any of the other rights in our constitution"

Marco Rubio, Politician

"It's important that I make a difference in some way. It's not necessarily how I make a difference, but I want to make sure that I do"

Clay Aiken, Musician

"We felt it was very important for an entity like CCTV to make its presence felt... To generate a space and to define a space, that is the main thing"

Rem Koolhaas, Architect

"The Mole had long wanted to make the I acquaintance of the Badger. He seemed, by all accounts, to be such an important personage and, though rarely visible, to make his unseen influence felt by everybody about the place"

Kenneth Grahame, Novelist

"It is important to me that what Poe has to say gets across to people. I want to give people the feeling that I get from all this. I think that we are succeeding. The feedback is very warm"

John Astin, Actor

"In a world that is constantly changing, there is no one subject or set of subjects that will serve you for the foreseeable future, let alone for the rest of your life. The most important skill to acquire now is learning how to learn"

John Naisbitt, Businessman

"I also think it was important for me and Freddie to be able to have a lot of time to share our lives at the beginning of our marriage rather than my coming home at 9 or 10 at night from the set. Things have really worked out for the best for both of us"

Sarah Michelle Gellar, Actress

"I am convinced that material things can contribute a lot to making one's life pleasant, but, basically, if you do not have very good friends and relatives who matter to you, life will be really empty and sad and material things cease to be important"

David Rockefeller, Businessman

"It is important that Congress works to promote home ownership in Indian Country. These federal housing funds and programs will help young Native American families to stay on tribal lands in order to live, work and raise a family"

Rick Renzi, Politician

"An animal experiment cannot be justifiable unless the experiment is so important that the use of a brain-damaged human would be justifiable"

Peter Singer, Philosopher

"Education technology is very important because we have a massive challenge in public schools"

Major Owens, Politician

"The horror genre is important because it promotes experimentation in filmmaking"

Richard King, Director

"The important things that in a campaign we talk about, let us not forget that once the election is over"

Mike Rounds, Politician

"It's more important for me to have a good record with good music and be part of a movie that's good and where the music is used in a really great way. That's the important thing. The other stuff you want to say about it, I don't care"

Aimee Mann, Musician

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