quotes about Importance
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God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.
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I cannot emphasize enough the importance of family encouragement - not just for me, but for everyone.
-- Adora SvitakSource : Interview with Dr. Stephen Edelson, www.autism.com. February 1, 1996.
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The only thing of importance, when we depart, will be the traces of love we have left behind.
-- Albert Schweitzer -
Don't minimize the importance of luck in determining life's course.
-- Alex Trebek -
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The story fails but your faith in the importance of doing the story doesn't fail.
-- Alice Munro -
Dates are important in history because what is done on those dates is of importance
-- Amit Abraham -
Even in the most beautiful music there are some silences, which are there so we can witness the importance of silence.
-- Andrea Bocelli -
I'm dealing with the most important things there are: life and nature. If this doesn't work, if this doesn't sustain me, I can't go back to nature. I'm right there. There's nowhere to go, and that frightens me.
-- Andy Goldsworthy -
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Who you are is of greater importance than what you do.
-- Ann M. Fudge -
It is seldom in life that one knows that a coming event is to be of crucial importance.
-- Anya SetonSource : Anya Seton (2016). “The Turquoise”, p.143, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Entrust a secret to one whose importance will not be much increased by divulging it.
-- Arthur Helps -
For, usually and fitly, the presence of an introduction is held to imply that there is something of consequence and importance to be introduced.
-- Arthur MachenSource : Arthur Machen (2014). “Spirits of Battle: featuring The Bowmen”, p.5, Courier Corporation
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There's nothing of any importance in life-except how well you do your work.
-- Ayn Rand -
American business has just forgotten the importance of selling.
-- Barry Goldwater -
Because when God heals a body, that is temporal; but when God saves a soul, that has eternal importance.
-- Benny Hinn -
To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy.
-- Bertrand Russell -
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I have always maintained that in basketball the importance of the mental to the physical is about four to one.
-- Bobby KnightSource : Source: www.alternativenation.net
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The ability to read becomes devalued when what one has learned to read adds nothing of importance to one's life.
-- Bruno BettelheimSource : Bruno Bettelheim (1976). “The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales”, Vintage
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It is of the utmost importance that our service members are adequately compensated for their duties, and that we offer them a quality of life that will enable them to continue to serve and to live comfortably
-- Carl Levin -
Never underestimate the importance of the beginning. Of anything. The beginning has the seeds of everything else to come.
-- Carolyn ComanSource : Warren W. Wiersbe (2009). “Be Determined: Standing Firm in the Face of Opposition : OT Commentary : Nehemiah”, p.144, David C Cook
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A good beginning is of great importance.
-- Catherine McAuley -
I am inclined to attach some importance to the new system of manufacturing; and venture to throw it out with the hope of its receiving a full discussion among those who are most interestedin the subject.
-- Charles BabbageSource : Charles Babbage (1841). “On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures”, p.8
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You have to see your unimportance before you can see your importance and your significance to the world.
-- Charlie Haden -
It's important to me to say what I really mean.
-- Christopher Reeve -
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Reject the basic assumptions of civilization, especially the importance of material possessions.
-- Chuck PalahniukSource : Read Mercer Schuchardt, Chuck Palahniuk (2008). “You do not talk about Fight Club: I am Jack's completely unauthorized essay collection”, Benbella Books
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People will assign irrational importance to almost anything in quotes on top of a pleasant image
-- Colin Fletcher -
What we do and think in our own lives, then, becomes of extreme importance as it effects everything we're connected to.
-- Dalai Lama -
Western business people often don't get the importance of establishing human relationships.
-- Daniel Goleman -
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Everyone lies about sex, more or less, to themselves if not to others, to others if not to themselves, exaggerating its importance or minimizing its pull.
-- Daphne MerkinSource : Daphne Merkin (1997). “Dreaming of Hitler: Passions & Provocations”, Crown
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Through Kurt I saw the beauty of minimalism and the importance of music that's stripped down.
-- Dave Grohl -
That we can never know," answered the wolf angrily. "That's for the future. But what we can know is the importance of what we owe to the present. Here and now, and nowhere else. For nothing else exists, except in our minds. What we owe to ourselves, and to those we're bound to. And we can at least hope to make a better future, for everything.
-- David Clement-Davies -
One can measure the importance of a scientific work by the number of earlier publications rendered superfluous by it
-- David HilbertSource : Quoted in Howard Eves, Mathematical Circles Revisited (1971)
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Never do anything that someone else can and will do, when there is so much of importance to be done which others cannot or will not do.
-- Dawson Trotman -
I began to learn the importance of lifting things up and looking underneath.
-- Deb Caletti -
If there's ever an example of the importance of making bold bets and focusing on what you love, it's Twitter.
-- Dick CostoloSource : Dick Costolo's Commencement Address at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, www.c-span.org. May 4, 2013.
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This idea that there is generality in the specific is of far-reaching importance.
-- Douglas Hofstadter -
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Work to recognize the primary importance of the present moment.
-- Eckhart Tolle -
Encouraged, we recognise the importance of living artistically, aesthetically and creatively as creative creatures of the creator.
-- Edith SchaefferSource : "The Hidden Art of Homemaking: Creative Ideas for Enriching Everyday Life" by Edith Schaeffer, Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House, 1972.
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Unemployment is of vital importance, particularly to the unemployed.
-- Edward Heath -
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But the fact that the word "chattel" has survived as the inclusive legal term for all movable goods, points, not merely to the great importance of cattle in primitive times, but to the importance of the notion of sale or barter in generating the institution of property.
-- Edward JenksSource : Edward Jenks (1922). “A Short History of English Law: From the Earliest Times to the End of the Year 1919”
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Just once in a while, let us exalt the importance of ideas and information.
-- Edward R. Murrow -
In this world the inclination to do things is of more importance than the mere power.
-- Edwin Hubbel Chapin -
Nothing really matters except what you do now in this instant of time.
-- Eileen Caddy -
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It seems to me of great importance to teach children respect for life.
-- Eleanor Roosevelt -
The most important thing for you to do is see that in hoping to be affected by other things as fully as possible, you become more yourself.
-- Eli Siegel -
I wanted to come back to Sighet to tell you the story of my death. So that you could prepare yourselves while there was still time. To live? I don't attach any importance to my life any more. I'm alone. No, I wanted to come back, and to warn you. And see how it is, no one will listen to me.
-- Elie Wiesel -
One cannot understate the importance of eliminating Bin Laden. He was a symbolic head of the organisation and, as we now know, an operational head of the organisation.
-- Eric Holder -
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The importance of reading, for me, is that it allows you to dream.
-- Eric Ripert -
If our dreams were more regular, more connected, more stable, they would also have more practical importance for us.
-- Ernst MachSource : Ernst Mach (1914). “The Analysis of Sensations, and the Relation of the Physical to the Psychical”
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Of capital importance is to have a good diet and exercise a lot.
-- Evelyn Lauder -
For the sick it is important to have the best.
-- Florence Nightingale -
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The things of another world being distant, operate but faintly upon us: to remedy this inconvenience, we must frequently revolve their certainty and importance.
-- Francis Atterbury -
Great Britain is not part of the euro-zone; but the decision we take will have great importance for Great Britain.
-- Francois Fillon -
I have always attached great importance to the manner in which an experiment is set up and conducted ... the experiment should be set up to open as many windows as possible on the unforeseen.
-- Frederic Joliot-Curie -
It is more important to know the properties of chlorine than the improprieties of Claudius!
-- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell -
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Those who have tried meekness know the importance of being important.
-- George Ade -
The transcendent importance of love and goodwill in all human relations is shown by their mighty beneficent effect upon the individual and society.
-- George David Birkhoff -
Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself.
-- George Washington -
The conscious life of the mind is of small importance in comparison with its unconscious life.
-- Gustave Le BonSource : Gustave Le Bon (2013). “The Crowd”, p.17, Simon and Schuster
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You must make the main thing in your picture appear most important. If anyone tells me my hat is more important than my head - by God I'm taking off my hat.
-- Harvey Dunn -
They pondered the importance of coffee in silence.
-- Henning Mankell -
Seek the strongest color effect possible... the content is of no importance.
-- Henri Matisse -
It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance.
-- Henry James -
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No life, if it is properly realized, is without cosmic importance.
-- Hortense Odlum -
Not enough gets said about the importance of abandoning crap.
-- Ira Glass -
I don't attach importance to great speeches or philosophy.
-- Jacques Santer -
The things which cannot be adequately represented by words are more important than those which can.
-- James Fitzjames StephenSource : James Fitzjames Stephen (1873). “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”, p.298
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By actively thinking about the implications a space has on its inhabitants, we can create great experiences for those who enter. Make Space is an articulate account about the importance of space; how we think about it, build it and thrive in it.
-- James P Hackett -
I believe 100 percent in the power and importance of music.
-- James TaylorSource : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
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The importance of a warm up and cool down can't be stressed enough.
-- Jamie Redknapp -
To love someone is to show to them their beauty, their worth and their importance.
-- Jean VanierSource : Jean Vanier (2001). “Seeing Beyond Depression”, p.19, Paulist Press
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The importance of information is directly proportional to its improbability.
-- Jerry Pournelle -
We had a sense of importance that would have led us to risk our lives for our rhetoric.
-- Jerry Rubin -
Change in society is of secondary importance; that will come about naturally, inevitably, when you as a human being bring about the change in yourself.
-- Jiddu Krishnamurti -
The amount of time we give to something indicates it's importance to us.
-- Jim GeorgeSource : Jim George (2008). “A Man After God's Own Heart: Devoting Your Life to What Really Matters”, p.47, Harvest House Publishers
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History is not to be whitewashed "by a screening out of the importance of suffering."
-- Johann Baptist Metz -
As governor, I learned the importance of having an agenda.
-- John Engler -
I am writing a book and that takes third place of importance.
-- John Entwistle -
O my soul, I am now addressing myself to the greatest work that ever a creature was employed about - I am going into the solemn presence of God about business of everlasting importance!
-- John Flavel -
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The importance of the assistant director cannot be overemphasized.
-- John Frankenheimer -
The importance of repetition until automaticity cannot be overstated. Repetition is the key to learning.
-- John Wooden -
[W]e need to talk over not only those things which are of vital importance to us as women, but also the things that are of especial interest to us as colored women.
-- Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin -
The importance of the arts to the societies in which they thrive is well documented.
-- Karen Kain -
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It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.
-- Katherine MansfieldSource : Katherine Mansfield, Margaret Scott (1997). “The Katherine Mansfield notebooks”
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There is only one history of any importance, and it is the history of what you once believed in, and the history of what you came to believe in.
-- Kay BoyleSource : Kay Boyle (1992). “Fifty Stories”, p.64, New Directions Publishing
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I am reminded of the importance of small kindnesses.
-- Kay Redfield Jamison -
Money is central to our lives. Yet money is not of central importance. It has nothing whatsoever to do with the lasting values that make life worth living.
-- Kent Nerburn -
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Poetry and prose are of equal importance to me as a reader, and there doesn't seem to be much difference in my own writing.
-- Kevin Powers -
There are some things in life that shouldn't be given so much importance, if they don't change what is essential.
-- Laura Esquivel -
We're just beginning to learn the importance of music in our society.
-- Lester Bowie -
The importance of poetry is not measured, finally, by what the poet says but by how he says it.
-- Mahmoud Darwish -
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I love Thanksgiving because it's a holiday that is centered around food and family, two things that are of utmost importance to me.
-- Marcus Samuelsson -
In times of crisis, it is of utmost importance to keep one's head.
-- Marie Antoinette -
Teaching is of more importance than urging.
-- Martin Luther -
it is of equal importance with the discovery of facts to know what to do with them ...
-- Mary Parker Follett -
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Like all trial attorneys, he knew the importance of not dressing too well.
-- Michael Crichton -
To eat or be eaten, to escape or be takena matter of utmost importance to the one concerned, yet it happens all the time and we don't even notice.
-- Nahoko Uehashi -
I believe there are Steve Jobses all around us. Really, what is happening is that they're being edited out of importance.
-- Nolan Bushnell -
Anti-intellectualism is a disposition to discount the importance of truth and the life of the mind.
-- Os Guinness -