Important Quotes

"Time is the most important thing there is. That is the only element that you can't withdraw from the situation and still have the situation exist. Everything depends on time"

John Hartford, Musician

"The headline is the most important element of an ad. It must offer a promise to the reader of a believable benefit. And it must be phrased in a way to give it memory value"

Morris Hite, Businessman

"I believe that reforming our intelligence community is one of the most important things that we can do in order to ensure that our country is in fact safer, stronger and wiser"

Richard Shelby, Politician

"The most important and urgent problems of the technology of today are no longer the satisfactions of the primary needs or of archetypal wishes, but the reparation of the evils and damages by the technology of yesterday"

Dennis Gabor, Scientist

"I think reading Shakespeare's plays when I was young was extremely important. He had the ability to make utter strangers come alive"

Rita Dove, Poet

"Beauty is less important than quality"

Eugene Ormandy, Musician

"My present work concerns the problems connected with the theory of elementary particles, the theory of gravitation and cosmology and I shall be glad if I can manage to make some contribution to these important branches of science"

Andrei Sakharov, Physicist

"I think that Mos Def is the best actor, but when you talk about rappers in films, I don't really think the quality of the acting is most important because most rappers are put in movies because of the personality and people want to see that"

Morris Chestnut, Actor

"That's not so important to me, that time thing"

Max Cannon, Artist

"We have eyes, and we're looking at stuff all the time, all day long. And I just think that whatever our eyes touch should be beautiful, tasteful, appealing, and important"

Eric Carle, Author

"We know grooming is important for people. To get their hair done, to get makeup and things like that - that makes a person feel better"

Kenneth Williams, Actor

"That moment was very important because it was political. That's what has to be done, so they struck a deal. She figures his is a well-thought-out motivation that she felt was worthy trade-off. The motivation here is survival, and she has to think like a leader"

Mary McDonnell, Actress

"It's important to say that actors can't act alone, it's impossible. What we have to do is support each other"

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Actor

"Young people in the business have grown up and made the wrong decisions, or bad decisions, and haven't been good role models. To be someone that people look up to is important to me"

Justin Bieber, Musician

"So okay, I accepted, and I realized while working for that concert that I'd been missing something very important and vital to me, and that something was music"

Joseph Jarman, Musician

"When I was growing up, so many of the important changes for African-Americans were being made in the United States Supreme Court and were being made by lawyers. I followed the court very intensely and wanted to do that for my life"

Leah Ward Sears, Judge

"When you cover politics, you realize that knowing how to talk about character matters more and more. The way we hold ideas is more important than the ideas"

David Brooks, Politician

"The most important influence in my childhood was my father"

DeForest Kelley, Actor

"The actor has to develop his body. The actor has to work on his voice. But the most important thing the actor has to work on is his mind"

Stella Adler, Actress

"It's important, I think, for a writer of fiction to maintain an awareness of the pace and shape of the book as he's writing it. That is, he should be making an object, not chattering"

Thomas Perry, Musician

"When you become part of something, in some way you count. It could be a march; it could be a rally, even a brief one. You're part of something, and you suddenly realize you count. To count is very important"

Studs Terkel, Journalist

"We are the most powerful nation in the world, but we're not the only nation in the world. We are not the only people in the world. We are an important people, the wealthiest, the most powerful and, to a great extent, generous. But we are part of the world"

Studs Terkel, Journalist

"To me, it's like we're already in the playoffs. Every game is important for our position. We can't relax at all"

Peter Bondra, Athlete

"In London, nobody comments on what you wear - they think that's not important to you or your state of well-being"

Steven Berkoff, Actor

"I don't want to come to Washington to be just another vote. I want to lead on issues that are important"

Mel Martinez, Politician

"As far as I was concerned the important thing was that the music was getting the attention as well as me so it was always a great way to get more of the public to connect with classical music, and opera particularly"

Lesley Garrett, Musician

"There are plenty of lesbians in Hollywood, but they're not out. And that's their choice, but I can't do that, it's too important to me"

Jill Bennett, Actress

"Two important characteristics of maps should be noticed. A map is not the territory it represents, but, if correct, it has a similar structure to the territory, which accounts for its usefulness"

Alfred Korzybski, Scientist

"Music has always been my back door to life. It is important for people to find something that excites them. I like the concept that if you do what excites you, you will be rewarded generously, whatever form reward takes, which is not necessarily money"

Brandon Boyd, Musician

"I think I thought it would be important for electronics as we knew it then, but that was a much simpler business and electronics was mostly radio and television and the first computers"

Jack Kilby, Scientist

"No one was more important than my mom and dad. I know they are watching from a place up in heaven here today to make sure all their kids are doing good"

Eddie Murray, Athlete

"And like I said, I appreciate my older brothers because they would not allow me to win. They made me learn to play with them, which I think is the most important thing that I learned"

Eddie Murray, Athlete

"When it is important for you to say something and you find a vehicle to say it, then go for it. It is so rare when that happens so I think every minute spent fighting for it is always worth it. Even if nothing ends up happening, it's still worth the fight"

Salma Hayek, Actress

"The important thing is to get the right players on the team so Mike can be successful"

Chuck Daly, Coach

"The U.S. along with China, Japan, South Korea and Russia has an important role to play in containing North Korea's nuclear ambitions and exerting all the influence we can possibly exert"

Zach Wamp, Politician

"We're entering a new world in which data may be more important than software"

Tim O'Reilly

"I think it was the preparation and every thing Lombardi represented, you know, about hard work and that every game was important. So when you get to the real important games, you were ready to go"

Ray Nitschke, Athlete

"I did not know it then, but Frida had already become the most important fact in my life. And would continue to be, up to the moment she died, 27 years later"

Diego Rivera, Artist

"With 30,000 deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations from the seasonal flu, those numbers are certainly higher than what we've seen of the swine flu. Protecting yourself from both viruses is very important"

Kristi Yamaguchi, Athlete

"I like strong girls, as long as they don't get snappish. And furthermore I think it important that you are good buddies and she does not get angry when you don't have your day"

Jonathan Brandis, Actor

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