Important Quotes

"In country music the lyric is important and the melodies get a little more complex all the time, and you hear marvelous new singers who are interested in writing and interpreting a lyric and in all form of popular music"

Dinah Shore, Actress

"I love doing crosswords, it's so important to keep the brain going"

Magnus Magnusson, Journalist

"Dessert is probably the most important stage of the meal, since it will be the last thing your guests remember before they pass out all over the table"

William Powell, Actor

"I do think that a general liberal arts education is very important, particularly in an uncertain changing world"

Steve Case, Businessman

"I do think that it's extremely important with this character show her assuming power with a great deal of grace, and find out how to do things she won't like - the things she's called upon to do"

Mary McDonnell, Actress

"Once you decide that it is the art that is important and not how popular and well received you are, you no longer have an albatross"

Stephen Stills, Musician

"It's important to see how we can advance in healing wounds"

Ricardo Lagos, Politician

"I guess you should approach the roles differently when they're actual people who have been, this is the difference. Getting the accent exact, or the hair exact is less important in a situation like this"

Mary Stuart Masterson, Actress

"Lifting weights is obviously important, because you want to be strong and fast and all of that, but it's not one of those things you gotta go and try to bench as much as you can every day. A bench press isn't going to help you throw a 15-yard out or a deep comeback. It's not about that. It's about training right"

Mark Sanchez, Athlete

"It is important to recognize the differences between the war in Iraq and the war on terrorism. The treatment of those detained at Abu Ghraib is governed by the Geneva Conventions, which have been signed by both the U.S. and Iraq"

John Yoo, Educator

"I would say keep supporting space flight, keep telling the public and the politicians why it's important to advance science and explore the galaxy. I encourage the Japanese to keep doing what they're doing"

Leroy Chiao, Astronaut

"I think right now we need to look back at the founding values of our country. Rise above partisanship, be less bitter when it comes to important matters that have to be solved"

Walter Isaacson, Writer

"Music and language are a vital element. We, as actors and directors, offer it to people who want to experience it. Sometimes the actual meaning is less important than the words themselves"

Kenneth Branagh, Actor

"But back to your question, it was a wonderful experience with the Art Ensemble, and I keep in contact and sort of follow what's going on, but it was also very important to make this step, you may say this leap of faith"

Joseph Jarman, Musician

"I do have to earn a living, so I'm conscious of probable reactions from readers, but the most important one is still the awareness that if I'm not enjoying a story, the reader won't either"

Thomas Perry, Musician

"What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens"

Ellen Glasgow, Novelist

"To maximize our potential to enhance our health and our knowledge, we should remain open to new understanding and evolving technology or resources that might inspire a change in our approach to these important questions"

Samuel Wilson, Public Servant

"Hit a home run - put your head down, drop the bat, run around the bases, because the name on the front is more - a lot more important than the name on the back"

Ryne Sandberg, Athlete

"Gesualdo was very important to me, I wanted to do something which corresponded to him"

Gyorgy Ligeti, Composer

"The award is important in order to bring people to the movie theater. That's the only principle meaning of any award"

Javier Bardem, Actor

"When rock came along the lyrics and melodies became less important and it bothered me to think that perhaps they might not regain the value they have to music - they are music"

Dinah Shore, Actress

"It is important that the Greek people make decisions on important developments"

Georgios A. Papandreou, Politician

"I really believe that you could do horror very inexpensively. I don't think it has anything to do with the effects, the effects are not the most important parts"

George A. Romero, Director

"The important things are children, honesty, integrity and faith"

Andy Williams, Musician

"We don't have enough people going into those fields and there is a high burnout rate in some health care professions, so it is very important that we get more people into the pipeline right now"

David Obey, Politician

"I don't like things that can be reproduced. Wood isn't important in itself but rather in the fact that objects made in it are unique, simple, unpretentious"

Georg Baselitz, Artist

"It's important to stand up for what you believe in"

Cody Linley, Actor

"Trying different things is very important to me. I see people and want to wear their clothes and drive in their cars for awhile. That's probably one reason I became an actor"

Fred Ward, Actor

"I think I'm drawn to writing about something which feels intense and important"

Rose Tremain, Novelist

"Abroad, our most important policy is to support our troops and continue forward-thinking foreign policy in the war on terror - keeping our enemies on the run and hitting them before they hit us"

Christopher Bond, Politician

"You know, people always think if you start out as a film editor, you shoot less footage. Actually, just the opposite is true. I tend to grab as much coverage as I can because as a former editor I know how important it is to have those few frames"

Robert Wise, Producer

"As I've always said, preproduction is so important. When you cast the actors, you've done much of the work. Now, you may need to guide them a little, take it up or down, have them go faster or slower, but the casting process is crucial"

Robert Wise, Producer

"These are books that want to be read out loud. These are books kids share with each other, and I think that's important"

Brian P. Cleary, Author

"Now, being on the cover of Vanity Fair is as important as being in great movies. The lines are very, very blurred"

Jason Patric, Actor

"My name is more important than myself"

Pierre Cardin, Designer

"But there's not enough time in life to go sit at a party, have a drink, and make idle conversation. There's too many important things to do. Just being together with my husband, spending time alone, which I have very little of"

Pia Zadora, Actress

"I did the first study because I had been exposed to something that I took to be important and interesting - this thought reform process - in the military"

Robert Jay Lifton, Psychologist

"One of the hardest things to believe is that anyone will abandon the effort to escape a charge of murder. It is extremely important to suspend disbelief on that. If you don't, the story is spoiled"

Rex Stout, Writer

"I think it's real important to show style now. The majority of style right now is to act like you don't have style at all, so most companies are getting rich off clothes that look torn, clothes that look worn"

Andre Benjamin, Musician

"When the news wants to tell you something is important, they put dramatic theme music behind it. They scare you into watching the story"

Aaron McGruder, Artist

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