Important Quotes

"It's really important to go back to where you come from"

"The manufacture of wax candles was another important branch of business in the nunnery"

"One cannot spend one's time in being modern when there are so many more important things to be"

"Our obligation at the network is where do we fit into that and how can we best capitalize on that to make sure that our piece of that remains important to those young people"

Tom Brokaw, Journalist

"I'm heartened by the growing awareness of global warming among important communities and organizations in our nation"

Jim Clyburn, Politician

"I grew up in kind of the last generation of Canadians who thought things that were happening in Britain were more important, almost, than what was happening in Canada. And my mother was fervently of that opinion"

Robert MacNeil, Journalist

"What we learned quite early on is what was really important to early British pop that we produced-and this is where we were distinct from almost everybody else in this respect-is that it had to reflect exactly what the audience wanted us to say"

Pete Townshend, Musician

"Some of the most important stories don't lend themselves to television treatment"

Kurt Loder, Journalist

"And the White Album is important to me for different reasons. One - I had left the band on the White Album"

Ringo Starr, Musician

"What is most important for Europe is economic growth and jobs, security at home and safety in the world"

Peter Mandelson, Politician

"But it is important to observe that when Europe or the United Nations impose sanctions that are supposed to be aimed against a certain regime, usually generally millions of people end up being directly punished"

Omar Bongo, Statesman

"I mean, women are very important to me. I don't know, they just drive me crazy"

Ringo Starr, Musician

"But as a woman, I really started feeling vulnerable on the set, and I really felt that it was important that I should not be open for invitation or making myself look as though I was waiting for something"

John Lone, Actor

"Shortly afterwards, I did a third one to repair the robotic arm of the station. This arm plays a very important role in the ongoing expansion of the station as well as in the deployment of solar panels"

Philippe Perrin, Astronaut

"It is so important to get respect for what you do and at the same time give it"

Estelle Parsons, Actress

"I have always considered that choosing a companion for life was a very important affair and that my happyness or misery in this life depended on the choice"

Ezra Cornell, Businessman

"I think it's important that the rest of the world know that we're not all the same and that we don't all have the sort of arrogance it feels like they're perceiving from our leaders"

James Denton, Actor

"I feel it's important to show that one thing that you do doesn't define you as a human being. It doesn't mean there aren't ramifications or you shouldn't pay for that but its not who you are"

Ryan Gosling, Actor

"The important thing to me is that I'm not driven by people's praise and I'm not slowed down by people's criticism. I'm just trying to work at the highest level I can"

Russell Crowe, Actor

"This is easy to say with the benefit of hindsight, but I think it once again points out how very important style of leadership, that is the way he does what he does, is to his perception"

Robert Teeter, Politician

"Movies were very important. The art-form of the 20th century"

Ray Manzarek, Musician

"Small businesses are the number one job creators in America. Therefore, it is important that the federal government creates an environment that helps them succeed, not one that sets them up to fail"

Randy Neugebauer, Politician

"The things which are most important don't always scream the loudest"

Bob Hawke, Statesman

"In fact, the element of play has an important role in my life, and I think that should be the case in the life of every artist. Our life is occupied with playing, whether we play an instrument or a role"

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Musician

"We should all aspire in life to do a multitude of things well - to be a great father, to be a good husband, to be a good lover, you know, to try to do things the best you can is very important to me"

Matthew Modine, Actor

"Israel has an important principle: It is only Israel that is responsible for our security"

Yitzhak Rabin, Statesman

"A psychologist said to me, there are only two important questions you have to ask yourself. What do you really feel? And, what do you really want? If you can answer those two, you probably can leave your neuroses behind you"

Harold Ramis, Actor

"I think it is important that you care about the characters, and you are not just waiting for the next action sequence but have a vested interested in what happens to them"

Shawn Ashmore, Actor

"Getting along with men isn't what's truly important. The vital knowledge is how to get along with a man, one man"

Phyllis McGinley, Author

"Well, we have two major goals. The most important one is to get the station arm on board the station, because that's this really milestone in the space station building since from now on they will be using this arm to continue building the space station"

Umberto Guidoni, Astronaut

"I think the important thing to remember here is that we haven't been attacked again at home since September of 2001"

Mitch McConnell, Politician

"I had achieved the most important things in my life when I married Joan and had the sons. Given the choice between Joan and the boys, and being a writer, I world give up being a writer without a blink"

Robert B. Parker, Writer

"And I think that that emphasis on keeping a family together, alike, I think it's important"

Janet Suzman, Actress

"I'm going to introduce you to a revolutionary thought - you can go slower and get there quicker. And that's to do with flow. As soon as you made it two lanes and brought in the 70 (mph) and 50 (mph), you got there quicker. It meant the flow of the traffic was better, there were less accidents, less deaths, I think that's an important factor"

John Prescott, Politician

"I'm fairly specific about what I like to wear and looks are important to me, just like they are to everybody"

Jewel Kilcher, Musician

"Education is important because, first of all, people need to know that discrimination still exists. It is still real in the workplace, and we should not take that for granted"

Alexis Herman, Public Servant

"I grow dizzy when I recall that the number of manufactured tanks seems to have been more important to me than the vanished victims of racism"

Albert Speer, Criminal

"The results would have stayed on the watch face until the batteries died. But trying to make time stand still this way would have been a mistake. It is just as important to erase times eventually as to save them at first"

Joe Henderson, Athlete

"I like when my man is worldly, knows the finer things in life, is well traveled, educated. It's important to me that he's able to talk to all types of people, from doctors to dishwashers"

Kiana Tom, Model

"Money's not important to me. Movie star acknowledgement is not important to me. I don't want to be a big studio actress. I don't want to be in the limelight"

Moira Kelly, Actress

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