Important Quotes

"As far as the international issues are concerned, the most important thing is the state of the transatlantic relationships, Euro-Atlantic relationships: how to develop them and how to strengthen them further"

Marek Belka, Economist

"While formal schooling is an important advantage, it is not a guarantee of success nor is its absence a fatal handicap"

Ray Kroc, Businessman

"The two most important requirements for major success are: first, being in the right place at the right time, and second, doing something about it"

Ray Kroc, Businessman

"From the long range point of view, I do not know of anything we can do more important than to make some contribution to the preservation of religion as a vital force in America"

Louis Finkelstein, Clergyman

"I'm doing a very funny show in which we talk about issues. I speak at Aids charities and things. It's great to do something fun with our days and yet we're told we're doing something important"

Eric McCormack, Actor

"The joint lubrication was not what it was when I was competing, and I decided that not having arthritis or rheumatism for the rest of my life was a lot more important to me than returning to the track"

Edwin Moses, Athlete

"I now have two kids of my own in college, so I know how important it is that we keep the dream alive for every family and I share the concern about rising tuition costs"

Mark Kennedy, Politician

"Few things are more important to each individual's future success or to our nation's prosperity than education"

Mark Kennedy, Politician

"Whether you like another band's music or not you never know who is going to take you out on tour or who you are going to be friends with and that is just something that is important to us"

Adam Rich, Actor

"In a world where discovery is more important than delivery, it's the people who find, remix and direct attention to old stuff that should be rewarded, not the people who deliver it or sit on it waiting for someone to show up"

Joichi Ito, Businessman

"Google is in an amazing position to be the target of tons of lawsuits that will set precedent for many important things for us on the Internet"

Joichi Ito, Businessman

"As attorney general, I've had some connection with just about every important public issue in the last eight years in Kentucky. All of the important public issues of the day have, at some point"

Ben Chandler, Politician

"Friends, near or far, are important to us. All of ours have an awareness of other persons' feelings, a courtesy that's inevitable. When I find that consideration in a fan, I'm immediately impressed"

Kent McCord, Actor

"In reference to Cat Stevens, it is very, very important we have accurate information on our terrorist watch list and our no fly list and that you have a remedy"

Asa Hutchinson, Lawyer

"Tax reform and expanded trade are going to be so important to the economy of Illinois, particularly the 11th Congressional District, which is a major manufacturing and a major agricultural district"

Jerry Weller, Politician

"It's been very important for me to follow my gut or my heart, or whichever organ you want to go by"

Lili Taylor, Actress

"I am deeply aware of the dimension of luck. It's so important to be prepared to receive it, but it is a major factor. There's no question"

J. Carter Brown

"And trust, yes, which is important, but that is what I aim towards. Now that is difficult for some people, and with that desire to get things as good as possible, I would say that I'm probably regarded as quite prickly to work with"

Jeremy Irons, Actor

"Critics can be your most important friend. I don't read criticism of my stuff only because when it's bad, it's rough-and when it's good, it's not good enough"

Kevin Bacon, Actor

"Unfortunately the Republican tax cut will deny important revenues to many states facing their own deficits. This will create greater pressure for higher state and local taxes"

Dick Durbin, Politician

"Sometimes, in certain stories, I think we know at the outset essentially what the tone is going to be, or it becomes important that we're groping toward some kind of story with a certain kind of tone that we both get somehow. But I don't think how that's combined with other elements is ever in any way overtly discussed"

Joel Coen, Director

"A lot of artists are much more concerned about how their work is used and how it's disseminated. That, to artists, is as important as the money, for some people"

Hilary Rosen, Businesswoman

"When you get cancer, it's like really time to look at what your life was and is, and I decided that everything I've done so far is not as important as what I'm going to do now"

Herbie Mann, Musician

"Looking ahead, I believe that the underlying importance of higher education, of science, of technology, of research and scholarship to our quality of life, to the strength of our economy, to our security in many dimensions will continue to be the most important message"

Charles Vest, Educator

"It's important to know that if you are dealing with shadows"

Conrad Hall, Artist

"While all of these are important and significant events, it is the United States' foreign policy that furthers the advancement of freedoms and rights for women that is the most striking for me"

Ginny B. Waite

"No issue is more important to this Congress than securing our borders and protecting our homeland, and I guarantee it is very important to our constituents"

Ginny B. Waite

"An essential idea is that if you give to some person or endeavor in life, you will make that more important"

George Weinberg, Psychologist

"We go on and on about our differences. But, you know, our differences are less important than our similarities. People have a lot in common with one another, whether they see that or not"

William Hall, Soldier

"As a mom, I always feel I have to protect them. I talk about them because they are the most important things in my life but they are private people. I won't use them for my own press"

Jami Gertz, Actress

"It's important not to limit the amount of their own money that candidates can spend, but to give other people access to enough money to run competitive races"

Christie Hefner, Businessman

"The most important tribute any human being can pay to a poem or a piece of prose he or she really loves is to learn it by heart. Not by brain, by heart; the expression is vital"

George Steiner, Critic

"Academics act like they are important, but when something is academic it is meaningless. People say, 'It's academic, now let's get work done.'"

Evan Sayet, Comedian

"I am very happy because motor racing is very important outside the states, very big all over the world"

Emerson Fittipaldi, Celebrity

"Last year, I finally got my own grand piano, and that was a big thing for me because it's always been and always will be a very important part of my life"

David Hyde Pierce, Actor

"The ability to perceive or think differently is more important than the knowledge gained"

David Bohm, Scientist

"I'd never directed before and this movie's too important to me to put in the hands of some guy who has never directed. Even if it's me"

Paul Reiser, Comedian

"A lot of attention has been going to social values - abortion, gay rights, other divisive issues - but economic values are equally important"

Robert Reich, Economist

"Suspense is very important. Even though this is humor and they're short stories, that theory of building suspense is still there"

Sergio Aragones, Cartoonist

"I also think it's very important to consider how the food will feel to the person eating it"

Sally Schneider, Writer

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