How Important Quotes

#1. I realise how important it is to use the time I have. I respect people who want to do that by watching television. I happen to want to read books. But I know I can't read all the books or watch all the movies in one lifetime.

Viggo Mortensen

#2. You are meant to lose the people you love. How else would you know how important they are to you?

Benjamin Button

#3. I can't tell you how important it was for us to be successful in japan.

Trip Hawkins

#4. Kiss me, and you will see how important I am.

Sylvia Plath

#5. After working for 14 years on Wall Street and growing up in a family with strong roots in small business, I know how important the entrepreneurial spirit is to attaining the American dream.

Ellen Tauscher

#6. When literature exists, perhaps we do not notice how important it is, but when it does not exist, our lives become coarsened and brutal. For this reason, I am proud of my profession, but also aware of its importance.

Mo Yan

#7. I never realized before this the emotional power of some really simple, corny tropes: people with top hats, people with batons, confetti going off, how important it is to smile.

Ira Glass

#8. Internet marketing entrepreneurs have truly opened my eyes to just how important a quick turnaround time can be. Often times, an interview they conduct with me today is online by the next morning. The interviewee is then able to start making money less than 24 hours after the initial interview.

Marc Ostrofsky

#9. Most people, it seems like they've only got one part of the equation down. Caring for themselves, or caring for someone else. And I'v learned how important it is to have both.

Deb Caletti

#10. God wants to make us understand and draw our attention to how important it is to learn to value one another

Sunday Adelaja

#11. To me, family is everything. I want children to realize how important their families are and what a support system a family is.

Patricia Reilly Giff

#12. I love yous are exhanged excessively under our roof. Cancer teaches you how important and critical that is.

Tanya Masse

#13. If it awakens in us as a whole how important that is - the theme of how conquest and ambition are meaningless without contribution - I think then as a society we're in better shape. I hope people are inspired to be the best.

Rob Morrow

#14. Once I was unemployed and didn't have money, you can't just go to dinner. The onus is on you to learn to cook ... I learned how important the right equipment is.

Jen Lancaster

#15. that there's no man alive who can honestly say those words and mean them. It just isn't possible, so there's no use trying. But that doesn't mean you can't love them anyway. And it doesn't mean that you should ever stop doing your best to let them know how important they are to you." On

Nicholas Sparks

#16. Now for the first time he realized how important it had been not to admit any alternative to the hard, decent, orthodox choice which need not be regarded as a choice at all; how important not to be different.

Mary Renault

#17. Make time for one another. Don't forget about those date nights. Put on a sexy dress and some sexy high heels and have a great night and enjoy each other. Also, incorporate your husband. Get him involved and let him know how important he is with taking care of your joy.

Tia Mowry

#18. I always had long hair. When you lose it, you realise just how important it is to your identity.

Delta Goodrem

#19. I know how important good mental health care can be because I personally benefited from it.

Tipper Gore

#20. How important is the heart! It is there that character is formed. It alone holds the secrets of true success. It's treasures are priceless - but they can be stolen.

Charles R. Swindoll

#21. So you never know who you are going to touch. You never know how or when you'll have an impact, or how important your example can be to someone else" (20) - Denzel Washington, "So that We Might Follow

Denzel Washington

#22. Experience has taught me how important it is to just keep going, focusing on running fast and relaxed. Eventually it passes and the flow returns. It's part of racing.

Frank Shorter

#23. How important things had become, now that they were gone! I felt a sudden panic that I would soon forget everything.

Elizabeth Berg

#24. It's so hard to keep perspective and keep things in context, and it's so easy to get distracted. This film [Shelter] reminded me how important it is to remain aware, and to keep seeing the things that are happening around the world.

Jennifer Connelly

#25. I understand why we do that now. It's a help, not a threat. It's something to remind you how important words are. Ideas are important. Principles are important. Words are important. Your word is the most important of all. Your word is who you are.

Tom Clancy

#26. How important is excitement to happiness? The key is to get excited about the mundane
not just extraordinary things

Dennis Prager

#27. There is a serious defect in the thinking of someone who wants - more than anything else - to become rich. As long as they don't have the money, it'll seem like a worthwhile goal. Once they do, they'll understand how important other things are - and have always been.

Benjamin Jowett

#28. The older I get, I'm really reminded how important the arts are to our wellbeing as a society.

Rhys Ifans

#29. There's something satisfying to proclaiming humility while knowing just how important you truly are.

Michael R. Fletcher

#30. I can't even begin to explain how important it is to all the people who have been involved in our program, and built it to where it is today. I can't believe we won. I can't believe we have the gold medal.

Lauren Jackson

#31. Anyone who knows me knows that I have never been shy about how important Ferran Adria has been in my life; he is a friend, a mentor, an inspiration.

Jose Andres

#32. Secrecy is for losers. For people who do not know how important the information really is.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan

#33. How important it is to ascertain the will of God, before we undertake anything, because we are then not only blessed in our own souls, but also the work of our hands will prosper.

George Muller

#34. So it was constantly going back and forth between these two cultures that kept raising the question, well, how important is personal freedom? And I think that has always been of interest to me.

Sheena Iyengar

#35. I met Arthur Ashe a few times. I know how important education was to him.

Caitlyn Jenner

#36. We've invested in Newark's children, the schools and teachers, and these are long-term bets that need a number of years to really pan out. We've seen and learned how important it is to listen to the community and really get a sense of what they need and want. And it's a long journey.

Priscilla Chan

#37. He will return with a greater understanding of himself, greater leadership capabilities, better work habits, and a better knowledge of what it takes to be successful. It really depends on the young man's desire, commitment, work habits, and how important it is to him when he returns.

LaVell Edwards

#38. Time and again I hear how important the darker environment is to those at our vintage-faith worship gathering. Attenders feel they can freely pray in a corner by themselves without feeling that everyone is staring at them.

Dan Kimball

#39. How many quarrels, and how important, has the doubt as to the meaning of this syllable "Hoc" produced for the world!

Michel De Montaigne

#40. I learned how important it is to entertain people and give them a reason to come and watch you play.

Elvis Presley

#41. I don't think at that time I realized how important it was and how important it was for me to be here and carry on that legacy in our family of being a photographer.

Kim Weston

#42. Kiss me and you'll know how important I am.

Sylvia Plath

#43. It gave me a second chance. I'd like everybody to have a second chance if they need it, so I'm trying to let people know how important it is to become an organ donor.

Mickey Mantle

#44. How important the concept of God is, and how instead of valuing what has been given us, we with light hearts spurn it because of absurdities that have been attached to it.

Leo Tolstoy

#45. I think a lot of the time, we don't give our family connections the kind of credit they deserve, like how important they are to us and how much they mean to us. I think family makes all the difference.

JoBeth Williams

#46. Our Hispanic community needs to understand how important the Social Security system is for not only its retired citizens, but also its disabled workers.

Grace Napolitano

#47. 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

#48. I don't think most people in the US realize how important WikiLeaks is and why Julian's case needs support.

Oliver Stone

#49. 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

#50. Nowadays, the Internet decides if you're good, not the big man in the big office. No matter how important that man thinks he is, everyone else knows that he's not important anymore, and the Internet decides these things, here in the modern age.

Alexei Maxim Russell

#51. Pell grants are the foundation of Federal student aid. As someone who attended college with the help of Pell grants and as chairman of the Pell Grant Caucus, I know how important they are for our Nation's low-income students.

Ric Keller

#52. Health is really important to me and my family. It's something that we value and that I strive for on a daily basis. MedImmune, the makers of Flumist Quadrivalent, knew about that and knew how important health is for me, so it was a no brainer for me to collaborate with them.

Tia Mowry

#53. And that just shows you how important the car is in Formula One Racing.

Murray Walker

#54. Scientists must venture outside their comfort zones to show the public how cool - and how important - their work really is.

Francis Collins

#55. Asked if he knew how important Stardust would be, Mitchell Parish said he did have a gut feeling that this was a momentous one. But had no idea it would become a standard. You don't sit down and write a standard, he explained. A standard evolves.

Paul Zollo

#56. How important is it really that you feel satisfied right now for 2 minutes, compared to getting yourself free from addiction forever?

Lee L Jampolsky

#57. I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition.

Bill Gates

#58. When was the last time anyone ever told you how important you are?

Maya Angelou

#59. I can't tell you how important it is for people on the public stage to utilize that stage in a constructive, positive way. When you're in the public eye, you have a decision to make - whether you are going to be an influence or not.

Steve Largent

#60. As I've gotten older, I realize how important my fans are and that I'm here because of them and not the other way around.

Rick Springfield

#61. I realized how important it was to know something about aviation, and it was something I was interested in, so I followed my brother's footsteps and obtained my pilot's license.

Ellen Ochoa

#62. Do we have the Book of Ecclesiastes?"
"One. A man named Harris in Youngstown."
"Montag." Granger took Montag's shoulder firmly. "Walk carefully. Guard your health. If anything should happen to Harris, you are the Book of Ecclesiastes. See how important you've become in the last minute!

Ray Bradbury

#63. I like to dedicate myself wholeheartedly to a cause so that I have more impact. My goal is to shed light on the beauty of the ocean and how important it is for our planet.

Hayden Panettiere

#64. When you really understand that God will accept you on the basis of what Christ did, you don't have to prove to the world how important you really are.

Harold J. Sala

#65. In 1940 I came across a record by Jimmy Yancey. I can't say how important that record is. From then on, all I wanted to do was play the blues.

Alexis Korner

#66. But I should not have to explain to you how important it is for science and simplicity to coexist. One must not fear to be a little child again, when times of wonder are at hand.

Jody Lynn Nye

#67. I wouldn't mind being a hero to a kid. I grew up idolizing players, so I know how important that is for a lot of younger kids.

Johnny Damon

#68. The minute your child is born, your life is changed forever. I think I've become so aware of how important balance is in life.

Nia Long

#69. It's hard to overemphasize how important Ford's deregulation was. True, most of the benefits took years to unfold-rail freight rates, for example hardly budged at first. Yet deregulation set the stage for an enormous wave of creative destruction in the 1980s: ...

Alan Greenspan

#70. No matter how important a man at sea may consider himself, unless he is fundamentally worthy the sea will some day find him out.

Felix Riesenberg

#71. Things change all the time; but how much of it is real? Does any choice any of us ever makes, no matter how important it seems, really cause a ripple in the greater scheme of things?

Joan D. Vinge

#72. Death has dominion because it is not only the start of nothing but the end of everything, and how we think and talk about dying - the emphasis we put on dying with 'dignity' - shows how important it is that life ends appropriately, that death keeps faith with the way we have lived it.

Ronald Dworkin

#73. It was easy to get an incomplete picture of the world if one relied solely on experts, and how important is would be to further rely on oneself

Robert Kurson

#74. Some people, who always talk about how busy they are, are really trying to claim how 'important' they are.

Donna Lynn Hope

#75. I got fired when I was a dishwasher at Denny's. That set me back a little bit. You don't realize how important dishwashers are until you do the job.

Kelsey Grammer

#76. As far as how important the real-life resonance of the stories is, I think it must play at least a small role in the show's success, because it gives the show this sense of suspense from the fact that it seems at least plausible.

Michael Loceff

#77. And I know that your childhood wasn't all that great-that you felt a lot of pain,and that you are in a lot of pain right now. But maybe you have to go through all that so you'll learn just how important having a happy childhood can be, so you will provide one for our daughter.

Matthew Quick

#78. Though we loved school, we hadn't realized how important education was until the Taliban tried to stop us. Going to school, reading and doing our homework wasn't just a way of passing time, it was our future.

Malala Yousafzai

#79. Angela Duckworth has shown how important grit and perseverance are to lifetime outcomes. College students who report that they finish whatever they begin have higher grades than their peers, even ones with higher SATs.

David Brooks

#80. How important to set aside time each day for the unknowable. How important to reach out: it doesn't matter that I don't yet believe.

Sy Safransky

#81. It's mind-boggling when you think about how important it is to do what you feel is right. You don't know what you'll be missing when you make a bad choice.

Jay Alton

#82. You see, no matter how important everything else is to magical success,
belief is the most crucial.

Dorothy Morrison

#83. Part of Steve's job was to drum into us how important what we were doing actually would be to the world.

Andy Hertzfeld

#84. When someone takes away your pens you realise quite how important education is.

Malala Yousafzai

#85. Raising your level of performance requires a proper mentality and meaning from within. This gives you the ability and drive to work on the things necessary to go to a higher level. When people ask me how to raise their level of performance, the first thing I ask is, How important is it to you?

Dan Gable

#86. He waits a moment. And then murmurs, 'I love you, Janie Hannagan. I can't get enough of you. I wake up in the morning and all I want to do is be with you.' He props himself up on his elbow. 'Do you have any idea how unusual, how important that is to me?

Lisa McMann

#87. Don't ever put yourself in that position again, do you understand me?

I can't promise that, I whispered quietly. I'd rather do it than lose you. Don't you understand how important you are to me?

Arielle Caldwell

#88. I grew up working for the minimum wage at Hardee's and knows first hand how important the minimum wage is. I support a state based minimum wage so every state can set their own minimum wage based on their cost of living.

Joni Ernst

#89. It'll help you be imaginative if you listen to classical music. It helps you understand dynamics and how important they are to create an environment.

Brittany Howard

#90. One of the things we want to do is find ways, first, to impress these parents how important it is to have children in a situation where they can respond to them and, second, to bring intergenerational relationships into play.

C. Everett Koop

#91. One of the things I appreciate more was how important struggle was as the instrument that helped to keep us knit together.

Ossie Davis

#92. I cannot tell you how important fresh, crisp writing is for an aspiring writer. Plot is great. The overall concept is super important. But the writing is what sells your work. It all boils down to the words you choose and the order in which you arrange them.

Darynda Jones

#93. History is a process of transformation through conversation. In our efforts to produce change,we often forget how important it is to pay attention to what is being conserved.

Humberto Maturana

#94. At the minor-league and major-league level, you know how important your coaching staff is, but in a big market it becomes absolutely huge.

Mike Quade

#95. I stay very much undercover and behind the scenes - most places I go, people don't know how important I am. But I will admit that my favorite piece of clothing to wear out is an old T-shirt from a Boston tour that does have a Boston logo. But that doesn't change anything.

Tom Scholz

#96. I will compensate all your one-inch, two-inch losses because I know how important every inch is to you aged, decrepit men.

Kim Harrison

#97. I don't remember those early playoff games. Keep it positive. I'm a different player. More focused. I know how important it is to score in the playoffs.

Pavel Datsyuk

#98. The moment you see how important it is to love yourself, you will stop making others suffer.

Gautama Buddha

#99. Prayer endows us with the power to draw near to our Eternal Father. How important it is, then, that one of our fundamental teachings to our children is how to pray.

L. Tom Perry

#100. People didn't change when asked by others, no matter how important the asker was. True change had to come entirely from within.

Elise Kova