I've now realised for the first time in my life the vital Importance of Being Earnest. Votes: 4
Oscar WildeA work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual. Votes: 4
Vladimir NabokovThe Importance of Being Earnest' is important, but it says nothing about anything. Votes: 3
Tom StoppardThe first professional play I ever saw was The Importance Of Being Earnest, and I just fell in love. Votes: 3
Kim CattrallExaggerated self-importance is deemed an individual fault, but a racial virtue. Votes: 2
Kelly MillerBeing happy is of the utmost importance. Success in anything is through happiness. Votes: 2
Maharishi Mahesh YogiEverything of importance has been said before by somebody who did not discover it. Votes: 2
Alfred North WhiteheadThe activity of art is... as important as the activity of language itself, and as universal. Votes: 2
Leo TolstoyThe importance of information is directly proportional to its improbability. Votes: 0
Jerry PournelleWherever progress is to ensue, deviating natures are of greatest importance. Votes: 0
Friedrich NietzscheAlgebra reverses the relative importance of the factors in ordinary language. Votes: 0
Alfred North WhiteheadNothing is of greater importance than the right early instruction of youth. Votes: 0
Peter StuyvesantInspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance. Votes: 0
Jean AnouilhNothing carries meaning. People carry meaning. We are the porters of importance. Votes: 0
Jarod KintzDon't ever underestimate the importance of treating others with respect and kindness. Votes: 0
Alison LevineSelf-importance requires spending most of one's life offended by something or someone. Votes: 0
Carlos CastanedaWestern business people often don't get the importance of establishing human relationships. Votes: 0
Daniel GolemanReject the basic assumptions of civilization, especially the importance of material possessions. Votes: 0
Chuck PalahniukLike all trial attorneys, he knew the importance of not dressing too well. Votes: 0
Michael CrichtonMore men are killed by overwork than the importance of the world justifies. Votes: 0
Rudyard KiplingIt is impossible to overestimate the importance of being filled with the Spirit. Votes: 0
Smith WigglesworthThis idea that there is generality in the specific is of far-reaching importance. Votes: 0
Douglas HofstadterIt is of first importance that the military be subordinate to civilian government Votes: 0
John RawlsResearch is of considerable importance in certain fields, such as science and history. Votes: 0
Fred SaberhagenPeople attach too much importance to intangibles like heart, desire and clutch hitting. Votes: 0
Nate SilverOne of the things that characterizes good intellectual work is a certain self-importance Votes: 0
Whitfield DiffieMaintaining self-respect in the face of a devastating experience is of prime importance. Votes: 0
Ann LandersOne of the things that characterizes good intellectual work is a certain self-importance. Votes: 0
Whitfield DiffieA jest often decides matters of importance more effectively and happily than seriousness. Votes: 0
HoraceOur pride and self-importance are European, while our development and actions are Asiatic. Votes: 0
Anton ChekhovThe threat from extreme weather events highlights the importance of investing in preparedness. Votes: 0
Sheri FinkIowans do understand the importance of breaking down barriers and increasing international trade. Votes: 0
Terry BranstadJust once in a while let us exalt the importance of ideas and information. Votes: 0
Edward R. MurrowJust once in a while, let us exalt the importance of ideas and information. Votes: 0
Edward R. MurrowA lot of self-importance goes on in the fashion industry. I'm not like that. Votes: 0
Alice TemperleyI have always considered desserts to be of equal importance to the savory food. Votes: 0
Charlie TrotterAs a painter I shall never signify anything of importance. I feel it Absolutely. Votes: 0
Vincent Van GoghWe'll make our voices heard loud and clear on the importance of cost-based power. Votes: 0
Maria CantwellWhat makes you imagine ... that anything of importance can be taught in a school? Votes: 0
Iris MurdochThe soul is often in the surface, and the importance of 'depth' is overestimated. Votes: 0
Italo CalvinoAh, Kurosaki, I see you've finally realized the importance of a cape. ~Uryu Ishida Votes: 0
Tite KuboDear sisters and brothers, we realize the importance of light when we see darkness. Votes: 0
Malala YousafzaiLeadership is an opportunity to serve. It is not a trumpet call to self-importance. Votes: 0
J. Donald WaltersWe must still think of ourselves as pioneers to understand the importance of space. Votes: 0
Buzz AldrinI believe in the paramount importance of entertainment, but I have something to say. Votes: 0
Wendelin Van DraanenFor material progress and physical well being, peace of mind is of utmost importance. Votes: 0
Dalai LamaThe Depression taught me what frugality means and the importance of not losing money. Votes: 0
Irving KahnOur educational system needs to give equal importance to the intellect and the heart. Votes: 0
Mata AmritanandamayiChildren, to me, are of the utmost importance. They're really the future, aren't they? Votes: 0
Nicolas CageWe shall know what things are of overmastering importance when they have overmastered us. Votes: 0
Dorothy L. SayersThe moment you understand the importance of loving yourself, you will stop hurting others. Votes: 0
Nhat HanhA trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance. Votes: 0
SophoclesIts hard to exaggerate the importance of preserving the financial integrity of Social Security. Votes: 0
Bill DelahuntIt's hard to exaggerate the importance of preserving the financial integrity of Social Security. Votes: 0
Bill DelahuntThe importance of discretion increases with closeness to the top of a hierarchical organization. Votes: 0
Rosabeth Moss KanterThe sympathy of most people consists of a mixture of good-humour, curiosity, and self-importance. Votes: 0
Marie von Ebner-EschenbachAll I ask of Life is a constant and exaggerated sense of my own importance. Votes: 0
Ashleigh BrilliantMost men judge your importance in their lives by how much you can hurt them. Votes: 0
Marilyn MonroeNo book is of much importance; the vital thing is, What do you yourself think? Votes: 0
Elbert HubbardBut what is of great importance to me is observation of the movement of colors. Votes: 0
Robert DelaunayOne thing I learned from his holiness the Dali Lama is the importance of humor. Votes: 0
Marina AbramovicThe only thing of real importance that leader do is to create and manage culture Votes: 0
Edgar ScheinWhat's matter of importance is that if you can make your ownself laugh and smile. Votes: 0
Shailee J-NThe story fails but your faith in the importance of doing the story doesn't fail. Votes: 0
Alice MunroYou can't be admitted to the ranks of writers of importance unless you have sales. Votes: 0
James SalterTo love someone is to show to them their beauty, their worth and their importance. Votes: 0
Jean VanierDates are important in history because what is done on those dates is of importance Votes: 0
Amit AbrahamTragedy has the great moral defect of giving too much importance to life and death. Votes: 0
Nicolas ChamfortThe biggest impact my father had on my life was teaching the importance of literacy. Votes: 0
Thomas SteinbeckThe importance of the arts to the societies in which they thrive is well documented. Votes: 0
Karen KainLeadership is an opportunity to serve. It is not a trumpet call to self- importance. Votes: 0
Goswami KriyanandaEntrust a secret to one whose importance will not be much increased by divulging it. Votes: 0
Arthur HelpsLove shouldn't make our choices for us; it should just add importance to our choices. Votes: 0
Abbi GlinesIsraelis do not need to be lectured about the importance of peace by foreign leaders. Votes: 0
Benjamin NetanyahuHistory is not to be whitewashed "by a screening out of the importance of suffering." Votes: 0
Johann Baptist MetzOne thing the gay rights movement taught the world is the importance of being visible. Votes: 0
Charles M. BlowOh, the self-importance of fading stars. Never mind, they will be black holes one day. Votes: 0
Jeffrey BernardNo one at this time can duly estimate the importance of Mrs Marcet's scientific works. Votes: 0
Mary SomervilleThe more we give importance to skill development, the more competent will be our youth. Votes: 0
Narendra ModiFew if any countries understand the growing importance of water as fully as Turkey does. Votes: 0
Stephen KinzerBesides the five senses, there is a sixth sense, of equal importance--the sense of duty. Votes: 0
Christian Nestell BoveeWe need to value the importance of simplicity, focus and living according to our values. Votes: 0
John Bernard Philip Humbert, 9th Count de Salis-SoglioWe need to give importance to skill development because this way we can end unemployment. Votes: 0
Narendra ModiHe had taken seriously words which were without importance, and it made him very unhappy. Votes: 0
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyI understand the importance of giving back, and that's something I definitely want to do. Votes: 0
Jacoby EllsburyOne must understand the importance of an endless drive to get information and seek value. Votes: 0
Seth KlarmanOnce one's up against it, the precise manner of one's death has obviously small importance. Votes: 0
Albert CamusGod has given you two ears--that should tell you something about the importance of listening. Votes: 0
Jim GeorgeThe importance of coming into God's presence is worth overcoming all obstacles along the way. Votes: 0
Aiden Wilson TozerIn a representative republic, the education of our children must be of the utmost importance! Votes: 0
James MonroeCharacter is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is of more importance than the highest. Votes: 0
Thomas John BarnardoWilderness, then, assumes unexpected importance as a laboratory for the study of land - health. Votes: 0
Aldo LeopoldEveryone tends to remember the past with greater fervor as the present gains greater importance. Votes: 0
Italo SvevoThe awareness of the all-surpassing importance of social groups is now general property in America. Votes: 0
Johan HuizingaRenown awaits the commander who first restores artillery to its prime importance on the battlefield. Votes: 0
Winston ChurchillIf you have anything to tell me of importance, for God's sake begin at the end. Votes: 0
Sara Jeannette DuncanOne thing you have to give up is attaching importance to what people see in you. Votes: 0
Jeanne MoreauYou are a person of the greatest importance when you are a mother of the family. Votes: 0
Ethel WatersNearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it. Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiNext in importance to having a good aim is to recognize when to pull the trigger. Votes: 0
David LettermanNo theory of life seemed to him to be of any importance compared with life itself Votes: 0
Oscar WildeProbably the only thing my mom and dad agreed on was the vital importance of guilt. Votes: 0
Linda BarnesThe importance to the world of what we scribblers write is in doubt, I would think. Votes: 0
Frederick BuschIn this world the inclination to do things is of more importance than the mere power. Votes: 0
Edwin Hubbel ChapinAs you begin to think more in terms of importance, you begin to see time differently. Votes: 0
Stephen CoveyThe importance of money flows from it being a link between the present and the future. Votes: 0
John Maynard KeynesWhile some part of the artwork may fail, the whole may have its own unique importance. Votes: 0
Eric MaiselThe people will not understand the importance of the Second Amendment until it is too late. Votes: 0
Thomas JeffersonIf Christianity is only one more bit of good advice, then Christianity is of no importance. Votes: 0
C. S. LewisAnd as a nurse, I know very well the importance, for example, of electronic medical records. Votes: 0
Lois CappsTo acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy. Votes: 0
Bertrand RussellThrough Kurt I saw the beauty of minimalism and the importance of music that's stripped down. Votes: 0
Dave GrohlThe conscious life of the mind is of small importance in comparison with its unconscious life. Votes: 0
Gustave Le BonScale is of prime importance and I think that oversized scale is better than undersized scale. Votes: 0
Nancy LancasterAjax is an important development for Web applications, and its importance is only going to grow. Votes: 0
Jesse James GarrettPeople will assign irrational importance to almost anything in quotes on top of a pleasant image Votes: 0
Colin FletcherConfusion and mistakes come when we forget the importance of God's word as our unwavering guide. Votes: 0
Hugh W. PinnockDon't underestimate the importance of happiness. As long as you're happy, who cares what you do? Votes: 0
John LennonIt is necessary to be concerned about the importance of educating a really beautiful human spirit Votes: 0
Shinichi SuzukiThere is great significance and importance in all our day-to-day actions in both words and deeds. Votes: 0
Jennifer YoungsIn the view of the fact that nature is dying, political developments are of secondary importance. Votes: 0
Wolfgang HildesheimerIt is necessary to be concerned about the importance of educating a really beautiful human spirit. Votes: 0
Shinichi SuzukiAnti-intellectualism is a disposition to discount the importance of truth and the life of the mind. Votes: 0
Os GuinnessWell, I think that as a country, we've drifted away from appreciating the importance of imagination. Votes: 0
Terry BrooksIt is of great importance to me to be an example for young people of my country. Votes: 0
Lorena OchoaIf you tell me how you get your feeling of importance, I'll tell you what you are. Votes: 0
Dale CarnegieThe life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster. Votes: 0
David HumeThe importance of a problem should not be judged by the number of pages devoted to it. Votes: 0
Albert Einsteinit is of equal importance with the discovery of facts to know what to do with them ... Votes: 0
Mary Parker FollettWhen will the world learn that a million men are of no importance compared with one man? Votes: 0
Henry David ThoreauIt had been a whim, and there was nothing Magnus attached more importance to than a whim. Votes: 0
Cassandra ClareTo attach no importance to public opinion, is a proof that you do not merit its suffrage. Votes: 0
Napoleon BonaparteTeach us...... that we may feel the importance of every day, of every hour, as it passes. Votes: 0
Jane AustenI think the biggest lesson I learned from my Dad was the importance of telling the truth. Votes: 0
Sean McDonoughNothing of any importance can be taught. It can only be learned, and with blood and sweat. Votes: 0
Robert Anton WilsonMy journey to the land of the Shuar tribe had taught me the importance of practical gifts. Votes: 0
Tahir ShahThe least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble. Votes: 0
Blaise PascalI want to teach my daughter the importance of exercising and eating healthy as she grows up. Votes: 0
Ellen PompeoWe are disgusted by gossip; yet it is of importance to keep the angels in their proprieties. Votes: 0
Ralph Waldo EmersonA good supply of resignation is of the first importance in providing for the journey of life. Votes: 0
Arthur SchopenhauerThe moment Germany rises as a great power, France gains a new importance as a cultural power. Votes: 0
Friedrich NietzscheI love the fact that very often the most everyday objects take on another level of importance. Votes: 0
Nick VeaseyI hate churches, all of them. But they used to know something about the importance of silence. Votes: 0
Ferdinand MountPeople who say they're too busy to have lunch have a false impression of their own importance. Votes: 0
John HowardSome parents do not send their children to school because they don't know its importance at all. Votes: 0
Malala YousafzaiNever underestimate the vital importance of finding early in life the work that for you is play. Votes: 0
Ken RobinsonAs of essential importance in town churches which are not at all equally necessary in the country. Votes: 0
George Edmund StreetThe verb is relatively of much greater importance in an Indian tongue than in a civilized language. Votes: 0
John Wesley PowellThe Scriptures of God are my only foundation and substance in all matters of weight and importance. Votes: 0
John KnoxThere's no one in Israel who appreciates more than me the importance of American support for Israel. Votes: 0
Benjamin NetanyahuThe importance of a journey is not measured by the distance covered, but by the destination reached. Votes: 0
Narendra ModiIt is seldom in life that one knows that a coming event is to be of crucial importance. Votes: 0
Anya SetonWe had a sense of importance that would have led us to risk our lives for our rhetoric. Votes: 0
Jerry RubinI hope in time N. H. as well as the other States will feel the importance of Sovereignty. Votes: 0
William WhippleThe only thing of importance, when we depart, will be the traces of love we have left behind. Votes: 0
Albert SchweitzerMan is busy desiring to find something which only he can do so that his ego acquires importance. Votes: 0
RajneeshWhen we realize the shortness of life, we begin to see the importance of making every moment count. Votes: 0
Dillon BurroughsI've grown up a little bit. I understand the importance of the negotiation. It is a collective act. Votes: 0
Thom MayneI believe in the importance of sincerity and emotion and honesty in TV, even when it's goofy comedy. Votes: 0
Michael SchurRespect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man. Votes: 0
Norman CousinsThe importance of poetry is not measured, finally, by what the poet says but by how he says it. Votes: 0
Mahmoud DarwishThe less I understood of this farrago, the less I was in a position to judge of its importance. Votes: 0
Robert Louis StevensonIn times of crisis, it is of the utmost importance that one does not lose her head. Marie Antoinette Votes: 0
Robert AsprinIt's more fun to be a pirate than to join the navy. On the importance of loving what you do... Votes: 0
Steve JobsMaking me into a role model is placing too much importance on what I see as a work in progress. Votes: 0
P. J. HarveyMaking me into a role model is placing too much importance on what I see as a work in progress. Votes: 0
PJ HarveyThe day you start giving importance to the life of even a little fly, you turn into a holy man! Votes: 0
Mehmet Murat ildanIt is probable that there is no one thing that it is of eminent importance for a child to learn. Votes: 0
William GodwinI'm a vegan. I respect the environment, and I do my best to spread the importance of such an issue. Votes: 0
Jared LetoWe haven't lost romance in the digital age, but we may be neglecting it. In doing so, antiquated art forms are taking on new importance. The power of a handwritten letter is greater than ever. It's personal and deliberate and means more than an e-mail or text ever will. Votes: 2 Ashton Kutcher
Character is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is of more importance than the highest. Votes: 1 Thomas John Barnardo
My childhood was safe and sane. No abuse and no traumas. I was surrounded by a large and loving family who taught me the importance of hard work and a meaningful education. Votes: 1 Ronnie James Dio
I had done quite a bit of research about math education when I spoke before Congress in 2000 about the importance of women in mathematics. The session of Congress was all about raising more scholarships for girls in college. I told them I felt that it's too late by college. Votes: 1 Danica McKellar
One of the most treasured books that I own is Donald Allen's 'The New American Poetry, 1945-1960.' It was a totem of great importance and potency to my group of writer friends in college from 1960 to 1964. Votes: 1 Peter Coyote
The biggest lesson I've learned by living abroad for the last four years is the importance of communication. Votes: 1 Hidetoshi Nakata
Google has helped raise the importance of DNS above the network engineering community, which has been really good. Votes: 1 David Ulevitch
I'm sure mothers are important across every culture, but particularly in Korean society, the role of the mother is of great importance. Votes: 1 Bong Joon-ho
I'm thrilled to be joining Gap Inc., a company that understands the importance of integrating technology and retail in ways that improve the lives of its customers. Votes: 1 Padmasree Warrior
The importance of education is ingrained in Scottish history. Votes: 1 Nicola Sturgeon
I cannot emphasize enough the importance of family encouragement - not just for me, but for everyone. Votes: 2 Adora Svitak
You cannot compare your athletic achievement to the importance of children and giving them a safe environment in which to grow up and enjoy life. Votes: 1 Steffi Graf
I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to consider yourself not as a single individual who may have achieved whatever but to be a part of an ongoing historical movement. Votes: 1 Angela Davis
The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men. Votes: 2 Emile Zola
The Christ-symbol is of the greatest importance for psychology in so far as it is perhaps the most highly developed and differentiated symbol of the self, apart from the figure of the Buddha. Votes: 2 Carl Jung
As problems like identity theft become more prevalent, now more than ever, Americans need to take their financial health seriously - and this information is of the utmost importance. Votes: 2 Ruben Hinojosa
For me archaeology is not a source of illustrations for written texts, but an independent source of historical information, with no less value and importance, sometimes more importance, that the written sources. Votes: 1 Michael Rostovtzeff
The importance of education is ingrained in Scottish history. Votes: 1 Nicola Sturgeon
There's nothing of any importance in life-except how well you do your work. Votes: 3 Ayn Rand
The first professional play I ever saw was The Importance Of Being Earnest, and I just fell in love. Votes: 1 Kim Cattrall
The importance of building relationships among colleagues, of trying to create coalitions behind the issues that you are championing, was not something I ever had much insight into until I was elected and started serving in the Senate. Votes: 1 Hillary Clinton
Don't minimize the importance of luck in determining life's course. Votes: 2 Alex Trebek
The first professional play I ever saw was The Importance Of Being Earnest, and I just fell in love. Votes: 2 Kim Cattrall
I did go through this period where girls would be mean and I had a lot of guy friends. But I've found as an adult the importance of having female and male friends. Votes: 1 Zooey Deschanel
You are a person of the greatest importance when you are a mother of a family. Just do your job right and your kids will love you. Votes: 1 Ethel Waters
A guy named Charlie Beacham was my first mentor at Ford. He taught me the importance of the dealers, and he rubbed my nose in the retail business. Votes: 1 Lee Iacocca
Being a father has been, without a doubt, my greatest source of achievement, pride and inspiration. Fatherhood has taught me about unconditional love, reinforced the importance of giving back and taught me how to be a better person. Votes: 2 Naveen Jain
Mozart, Beethoven - how can you not want to share them with everyone and anyone? This stuff is of as great importance as the food we eat and the air we breathe. Votes: 1 Charles Hazlewood
The proportion between the velocity with which men or animals move, and the weights they carry, is a matter of considerable importance, particularly in military affairs. Votes: 2 Charles Babbage
The importance of the arts to the societies in which they thrive is well documented. Votes: 1 Karen Kain
I think with age you get wiser and understand the importance of taking care of your skin. I think you're also more aware of your mortality. Votes: 1 Josie Bissett
Through Kurt I saw the beauty of minimalism and the importance of music that's stripped down. Votes: 1 Dave Grohl
The Importance of Being Earnest' is important, but it says nothing about anything. Votes: 1 Tom Stoppard
Being happy is of the utmost importance. Success in anything is through happiness. Votes: 1 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
I think the number one thing that I find important is the importance of honesty with your friends and your parents, if you can be. But I think that telling people how you really feel, being who you truly are, being safe and taking care of yourself is the most important thing. Votes: 1 Emma Stone
I belong to the generation of workers who, born in the villages and hamlets of rural Poland, had the opportunity to acquire education and find employment in industry, becoming in the course conscious of their rights and importance in society. Votes: 1 Lech Walesa
As a father, I understand the importance of the bond that develops through reading picture books with your child. Votes: 1 Anthony Browne
Whether I'm on or off the field, I know the importance of getting enough sleep and starting the day with a wholesome breakfast like oatmeal made with milk and fruit. Votes: 1 Andrew Luck
Dear sisters and brothers, we realize the importance of light when we see darkness. Votes: 1 Malala Yousafzai
American business has just forgotten the importance of selling. Votes: 1 Barry Goldwater
Western business people often don't get the importance of establishing human relationships. Votes: 1 Daniel Goleman
As of essential importance in town churches which are not at all equally necessary in the country. Votes: 1 George Edmund Street
When you're your parents' one shot at a genetic legacy, you may get to attend all the best schools, wear all the best clothes and eat all the best foods - at least relative to children in multiple-sibling households. But you also wind up with an overweening sense of your own importance. Votes: 1 Jeffrey Kluger
One of the most treasured books that I own is Donald Allen's 'The New American Poetry, 1945-1960.' It was a totem of great importance and potency to my group of writer friends in college from 1960 to 1964. Votes: 1 Peter Coyote
The biggest lesson I've learned by living abroad for the last four years is the importance of communication. Votes: 3 Hidetoshi Nakata
To succeed, you will soon learn, as I did, the importance of a solid foundation in the basics of education - literacy, both verbal and numerical, and communication skills. Votes: 1 Alan Greenspan
We didn't know the importance of home computers before the Internet. We had them mostly for fun, then the Internet came along and was enabled by all the PCs out there. Votes: 1 Burt Rutan
We didn't know the importance of home computers before the Internet. We had them mostly for fun, then the Internet came along and was enabled by all the PCs out there. Votes: 3 Burt Rutan
The adoption by Jefferson and the Republicans of the political structure of their opponents is of an importance hardly inferior to that of the adoption of the Constitution by the states. Votes: 1 Herbert Croly
What does gene A do? What does gene B do? What does it do in different contexts? What's its importance? We know the answer to that for a very small number of genes, the ones that made themselves evident many years ago. Votes: 0 David Baltimore
The critical importance of honest journalism and a free flowing, respectful national conversation needs to be had in our country. But it is being buried as collateral damage in a war whose battles include political correctness and ideological orthodoxy. Votes: 1 Juan Williams
I remember my dad supporting everyone on the local and national level. I was pretty much born into it. I saw the importance of politics firsthand. It gave you a chance to be at the table. Votes: 1 Nicole Avant
Playing on the streets of Iraq, or in Israel or the Gaza strip, I'd sing angry protest songs against war. People would say, 'Make us clap, make us dance, and laugh and sing.' It really made me think about the importance of happy music. Votes: 1 Michael Franti
It is clear from all these data that the interests of teenagers are not focused around studies, and that scholastic achievement is at most of minor importance in giving status or prestige to an adolescent in the eyes of other adolescents. Votes: 1 James S. Coleman
I am a firm believer in the importance of democracy, not only as the ultimate goal, but also as an essential part of the process. Votes: 3 Dalai Lama
I've always thought that design can have equal importance to the idea of internal architecture. Professionally, things can be very dogmatic - you do the architecture, someone else does the interiors, someone else does the furniture, the fabric, etc. But I think design is all-encompassing. Votes: 3 Zaha Hadid
Attention to detail is of utmost importance when you want to look good. Votes: 1 Carolina Herrera
Only after awhile. After it came out and people began to engage in discussions about the social reflections of the film that I realized it had an importance I hadn't thought of. Votes: 1 Rod Steiger
The drive behind what I do is really to make sure that people don't go to bed hungry. It's not just that I have a love of diversity, it's the importance of the uses of that diversity. Votes: 1 Cary Fowler
As a doctor, I've learned the importance and value of listening. Votes: 1 Ami Bera
The importance of 'Dream School' is monumental. Helping to inspire these students to reach their potential is personally gratifying. Votes: 1 Curtis Jackson
You should not forget that without all the work in law and economics, a great part of which has been supported by the John M. Olin Foundation, it is doubtful whether the importance of my work would have been recognized. Votes: 1 Ronald Coase
As a child I experienced firsthand the severe effects of poverty and illiteracy, especially upon women and children. My parents taught me the importance of education and that it was a key to improving an individual's life. Votes: 5 Naveen Jain
I believe in the importance of sincerity and emotion and honesty in TV, even when it's goofy comedy. Votes: 1 Michael Schur
Google has helped raise the importance of DNS above the network engineering community, which has been really good. Votes: 1 David Ulevitch
I had passed through the entire British education system studying literature, culminating in three years of reading English at Oxford, and they'd never told me about something as basic as the importance of point of view in fiction! Votes: 1 Philip Pullman
I had passed through the entire British education system studying literature, culminating in three years of reading English at Oxford, and they'd never told me about something as basic as the importance of point of view in fiction! Votes: 0 Philip Pullman
I believe in the paramount importance of entertainment, but I have something to say. Votes: 3 Wendelin Van Draanen
Of capital importance is to have a good diet and exercise a lot. Votes: 1 Evelyn Lauder
You don't have to convince Muslims of God's existence or importance. Votes: 1 Peter Kreeft
Manifold subsequent experience has led to a truer appreciation and a more moderate estimate of the importance of the dependence of one living being upon another. Votes: 1 Richard Owen
The essential element in personal magnetism is a consuming sincerity - an overwhelming faith in the importance of the work one has to do. Votes: 1 Bruce Barton
My grandmother impressed upon me the importance of family, and my grandfather encouraged my hunger for learning. Votes: 5 Harley Viera-Newton
One other fact is significant: the domestic feasts and sacrifices of single families, which in David's time must still have been general, gradually declined and lost their importance as social circles widened and life became more public. Votes: 1 Julius Wellhausen
I completely appreciate the importance of fathers but millions of children are without loving homes. I think a child is lucky with one parent who truly loves her. Votes: 3 Jillian Michaels
Being closer to the genesis of this whole period, it captured the importance of the concept of making contact and accurately depicted the paranoia of the time. It's an excellent film. Votes: 1 Dwight Schultz
I have always considered desserts to be of equal importance to the savory food. Votes: 1 Charlie Trotter
After visits to several Communist countries (USSR, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Slovenia, East Germany, Vietnam, China, Cuba), I feel strongly that most "revolutionary" types around the world don't realize the importance of freedom of the press and the air, a right to peaceably assemble and discuss anything, including the dangers of such discussions. Votes: 3 Pete Seeger
As the years progress one increasingly realises the importance of friendship and human solidarity. And if a 90-year-old may offer some unsolicited advice on this occasion, it would be that you, irrespective of your age, should place human solidarity, the concern for the other, at the centre of the values by which you live. Votes: 3 Nelson Mandela
Shake It Up' definitely teaches kids about the importance of reaching for your dreams and setting high goals. It also teaches great lessons about friendship and family. Votes: 1 Zendaya
Shake It Up' definitely teaches kids about the importance of reaching for your dreams and setting high goals. It also teaches great lessons about friendship and family. Votes: 1 Zendaya
Experience taught me that working families are often just one pay check away from economic disaster. And it showed me first-hand the importance of every family having access to good health care. Votes: 1 Dave Obey
The realistic way to reduce the amount of money in politics is to reduce the amount of politics in money -- the importance of government in allocating wealth and opportunity. Votes: 3 George Will
I want to teach my daughter the importance of exercising and eating healthy as she grows up. Votes: 1 Ellen Pompeo
Don't underestimate the importance of happiness. As long as you're happy, who cares what you do? Votes: 3 John Lennon
The tragic case of Terri Schiavo in Florida highlights the importance of making our health-care wishes known. Votes: 1 Bill Nelson
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. Votes: 3 Charles Vest
The importance of education is ingrained in Scottish history. Votes: 1 Nicola Sturgeon
We didn't know the importance of home computers before the Internet. We had them mostly for fun, then the Internet came along and was enabled by all the PCs out there. Votes: 3 Burt Rutan
I think the number one thing that I find important is the importance of honesty with your friends and your parents, if you can be. But I think that telling people how you really feel, being who you truly are, being safe and taking care of yourself is the most important thing. Votes: 3 Emma Stone
The importance of human life should be universally respected - and that refers to children before they are born and after. All children have the right to be brought up in a loving two-parent family where the notion of divorce is not even possible. Votes: 3 Christopher Monckton
As problems like identity theft become more prevalent, now more than ever, Americans need to take their financial health seriously - and this information is of the utmost importance. Votes: 1 Ruben Hinojosa
The importance of information is directly proportional to its improbability. Votes: 3 Jerry Pournelle
The nature of the Internet and the importance of net neutrality is that innovation can come from everyone. Votes: 1 Al Franken
Most of the results of using technical bugging devices were of little importance for my service. It may have been different in counter-intelligence, where bugs in flats, etc., were used to obtain a lot of information about what counter-intelligence was interested in. Votes: 1 Markus Wolf
The nature of the Internet and the importance of net neutrality is that innovation can come from everyone. Votes: 1 Al Franken
Jesus may have had an immense sense of importance or destiny, but he never claimed to be the Son of God. Votes: 1 Paul Verhoeven
The critical importance of honest journalism and a free flowing, respectful national conversation needs to be had in our country. But it is being buried as collateral damage in a war whose battles include political correctness and ideological orthodoxy. Votes: 1 Juan Williams
Apart from the scientific interest attached to my various journeyings, it has been made clear to me that human needs and aspirations differ little the world over and that no great difficulties arise in one race dealing with another when matters of scientific importance are involved. Votes: 1 Howard Florey
I hope that a move toward clemency with Judge Afiuni would be a step towards the importance of maintaining a properly functioning justice system. Votes: 1 Noam Chomsky
Many men fail because they do not see the importance of being kind and courteous to the men under them. Kindness to everybody always pays for itself. And, besides, it is a pleasure to be kind. Votes: 1 Charles M. Schwab
The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy. Votes: 3 Kamisese Mara
We need leadership that can elevate religion and morality to their position of paramount importance and thus eliminate growing selfishness, immorality and materialism. Votes: 1 George W. Romney
I've seen the most remarkable thing. It's in the New York Public Library. They've got the original typescript of 'The Importance of Being Earnest' - all four acts of it. Votes: 1 Peter Shaffer
The only incontrovertible fact of my work is the importance of life. Votes: 4 Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
God has given you two ears--that should tell you something about the importance of listening. Votes: 4 Jim George
There is a wealth of readership for regional language literature in India that is not given importance. We must give respect to our own languages. Votes: 1 Amish Tripathi
Japan's alliance with the U.S. will only grow in importance amid the increasingly difficult security situation surrounding our country, thus I think it is necessary to keep the marines in Okinawa, a geographically strategic location from the standpoint of maintaining deterrence. Votes: 1 Yoshihiko Noda
The transcendent importance of love and goodwill in all human relations is shown by their mighty beneficent effect upon the individual and society. Votes: 4 George David Birkhoff
I think a lot of people overlook the importance of the menu as a marketing tool and a way of communicating to the customer what the ambition of their restaurant is. Not only the typeface and the design, but what is it printed on? Is it cheap-looking? Is it the right kind of paper for that restaurant? Votes: 1 Joe Bastianich
And that is why marriage and family law has emphasized the importance of marriage as the foundation of family, addressing the needs of children in the most positive way. Votes: 3 John Boehner
I had done quite a bit of research about math education when I spoke before Congress in 2000 about the importance of women in mathematics. The session of Congress was all about raising more scholarships for girls in college. I told them I felt that it's too late by college. Votes: 1 Danica McKellar
I had done quite a bit of research about math education when I spoke before Congress in 2000 about the importance of women in mathematics. The session of Congress was all about raising more scholarships for girls in college. I told them I felt that it's too late by college. Votes: 1 Danica McKellar
I have always been amazed at the way an ordinary observer lends so much more credence and attaches so much more importance to waking events than to those occurring in dreams... Man... is above all the plaything of his memory. Votes: 1 Andre Breton
The importance of money flows from it being a link between the present and the future. Votes: 3 John Maynard Keynes
Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child. Votes: 1 Dan Quayle
Through Kurt I saw the beauty of minimalism and the importance of music that's stripped down. Votes: 3 Dave Grohl
A guy named Charlie Beacham was my first mentor at Ford. He taught me the importance of the dealers, and he rubbed my nose in the retail business. Votes: 1 Lee Iacocca
The Silent Service is all together too silent. It's important to begin to highlight the critical importance of the Silent Service to our national security. Votes: 1 Rob Simmons
When elected officials abandon our environment and ruin our natural resources, public health is endangered. I know the importance of providing a clean environment for our children; I have attended more than one funeral for a child who has died from an asthma attack. Votes: 1 Gwen Moore
Google has helped raise the importance of DNS above the network engineering community, which has been really good. Votes: 1 David Ulevitch
I understand the importance of political power, so I will use my strength and influence to convince as many people as I can within the party and outside the party that a Palestinian state is bad news for Israel. Votes: 1 Danny Danon
There's something missing about how we're informing the youngsters coming along about what matters in the world. We teach them the numbers and the letters, but we fail to communicate the importance of our connection to the living world. Votes: 1 Sylvia Earle
Unless everyone grasps the importance of having only two children per couple, wars won't be over just oil anymore, they will be over water and food. Votes: 1 Alexandra Paul
Of course, relative citation frequencies are no measure of relative importance. Who has not aspired to write a paper so fundamental that very soon it is known to everyone and cited by no one? Votes: 1 Abraham Pais
I understand the importance of bondage between parent and child. Votes: 3 Dan Quayle
I understand the importance of bondage between parent and child. Votes: 2 Dan Quayle
Basically, I don't ever move too far past the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus, because it's of first importance. And I make sure it's of first importance with anyone I'm talking to. It all comes down to that, really, when you get right down to it. So it's not complex. Jesus removed our sins and guarantees we can be raised from the dead. Votes: 1 Phil Robertson
Art and religion first; then philosophy; lastly science. That is the order of the great subjects of life, that's their order of importance. Votes: 3 Muriel Spark
The concept of being a locavore, or one who chooses whenever possible to incorporate locally grown or locally produced food into one's nutrition plan, is of great importance. Votes: 1 Tyler Florence
The first professional play I ever saw was The Importance Of Being Earnest, and I just fell in love. Votes: 1 Kim Cattrall
The importance of poetry is not measured, finally, by what the poet says but by how he says it. Votes: 5 Mahmoud Darwish
I remember my dad supporting everyone on the local and national level. I was pretty much born into it. I saw the importance of politics firsthand. It gave you a chance to be at the table. Votes: 5 Nicole Avant
As a practicing neurologist, I place central importance in applying current science to the notion of disease prevention. Votes: 1 David Perlmutter
It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process. Votes: 1 Max Eastman
Child psychology and animal psychology are of relatively slight importance, as compared with the sciences which deal with the corresponding physiological problems of ontogeny and phylogeny. Votes: 1 Wilhelm Wundt
I was raised on the values of speaking up and making a positive difference in a very political family that believed in the importance of public service. Votes: 1 Scott McClellan
As a former teacher and a mother and grandmother, I know firsthand the importance of a quality education. Votes: 1 Sue Kelly
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. Votes: 1 Kevin Powers
As for what's the most challenging aspect of teaching, it's convincing younger writers of the importance of reading widely and passionately. Votes: 5 Chang-Rae Lee
As a father, I understand the importance of the bond that develops through reading picture books with your child. Votes: 1 Anthony Browne
There is no doubt that the recognition by economists of the importance of the role of the firm in the functioning of the economy will prompt them to investigate its activities more closely. Votes: 2 Ronald Coase
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. Votes: 2 Charles Vest
The Trail of Tears should teach all of us the importance of respect for others who are different from ourselves and compassion for those who have difficulties. Votes: 3 Joseph Bruchac
I understand the damage the expenses crisis has done to Parliament, and the paramount importance of restoring trust in our politics. Votes: 3 George Osborne
What we have ignored is what citizens can do and the importance of real involvement of the people involved - versus just having somebody in Washington make a rule. Votes: 3 Elinor Ostrom
The importance of 'Dream School' is monumental. Helping to inspire these students to reach their potential is personally gratifying. Votes: 2 Curtis Jackson
I'm big on the importance of science, particularly right now at this point in time when there's sort of a systematic rejection of science by a lot of people in America. Votes: 7 Seth MacFarlane
Whether I'm on or off the field, I know the importance of getting enough sleep and starting the day with a wholesome breakfast like oatmeal made with milk and fruit. Votes: 1 Andrew Luck
Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth. Votes: 1 Warren Bennis
I am sorry to say that sometimes matters of very small importance waste a good deal of precious time, by the long and repeated speeches and chicanery of gentlemen who will not wholly throw off the lawyer even in Congress. Votes: 1 William Whipple
The importance that our society attaches to sport is incredible. After all, is football a game or a religion? The people of this country have allowed sports to get completely out of hand. Votes: 3 Howard Cosell
What makes a story a story is that something changes. Internal, external, small or large, trivial or of earth-shattering importance. Doesn't matter. Votes: 1 Sarah Monette
I'm hooked on food competition shows. It's unique, different... I definitely understand the importance of strategy. Votes: 3 Bill Rancic
Information of fundamental importance to the general problem of atomic structure has resulted from systematic studies of the cosmic radiation carried out by the Wilson cloud-chamber method. Votes: 1 Carl D. Anderson
I cannot emphasize enough the importance of a good teacher. Votes: 3 Temple Grandin
We must acknowledge the importance of teachers to the society. Votes: 3 Narendra Modi
It's important that our children are raised to be educated, well-rounded tax-paying citizens that understand the importance of technology and science. Votes: 3 Bill Nye
Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realise the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom. Votes: 3 Bertrand Russell
The absence of significant development aid has only increased the importance of trade for Central America's future. Votes: 3 Oscar Arias
I would not minimize the digital divide, which separates the computerized world from the rest, nor would I underestimate the importance of traditional books. Votes: 3 Robert Darnton
The Nixon years were trying. They honed my judgment for everything I did later on. The experience also illustrated for me the importance of training young lawyers properly. Votes: 3 Fred F. Fielding
I understand the damage the expenses crisis has done to Parliament, and the paramount importance of restoring trust in our politics. Votes: 1 George Osborne
Skill in the digital age is confused with mastery of digital tools, masking the importance of understanding materials and mastering the elements of form. Votes: 3 John Maeda
This dullness of vision regarding the importance of the general welfare to the individual is the measure of the failure of our schools and churches to teach the spiritual significance of genuine democracy. Votes: 1 Henry A. Wallace
We'll make our voices heard loud and clear on the importance of cost-based power. Votes: 1 Maria Cantwell
Trumpeting the importance of voting deludes people into thinking that they have a leash on the government. Votes: 3 James Bovard
Few if any countries understand the growing importance of water as fully as Turkey does. Votes: 1 Stephen Kinzer
Few if any countries understand the growing importance of water as fully as Turkey does. Votes: 1 Stephen Kinzer
Few if any countries understand the growing importance of water as fully as Turkey does. Votes: 1 Stephen Kinzer
Few if any countries understand the growing importance of water as fully as Turkey does. Votes: 1 Stephen Kinzer
To be sure, Kennedy did not discount the importance of words in rallying the nation to meet its foreign and domestic challenges. Winston Churchill's powerful exhortations during World War II set a standard he had long admired. Kennedy was hardly unmindful of how important a great inaugural address could be. Votes: 3 Robert Dallek
I can't stress the importance of working hard enough, work on all aspects of your game. If you does that and you have the ability, you'll come through. Votes: 3 Frank Lampard
I can't stress the importance of working hard enough, work on all aspects of your game. If you does that and you have the ability, you'll come through. Votes: 3 Frank Lampard
For Stevie, the words are of prime importance; the song moves around the words, rather than the words moving around the song. Votes: 1 Christine McVie
For Stevie, the words are of prime importance; the song moves around the words, rather than the words moving around the song. Votes: 1 Christine McVie
Being a black artist, the first thing people want to talk about is your blackness, the importance of your blackness, and your black presence. Votes: 3 Toyin Odutola
My unanticipated success as a sportscaster is a perfect example of the importance of saying yes to yourself, even when you are uncertain. Votes: 1 Phyllis George
I'm excited to create more awareness about the importance of giving the youth of America a choice. There's a 24-hour music channel. There's a 24-hour comedy channel. I believe there's a 24-hour gay channel coming. Why isn't there a 24-hour Christian channel that's edgy and hip and cool and new and different, like all that other stuff? Votes: 1 Stephen Baldwin
As a father, I understand the importance of the bond that develops through reading picture books with your child. Votes: 1 Anthony Browne
A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual. Votes: 1 Vladimir Nabokov
The nature of the Internet and the importance of net neutrality is that innovation can come from everyone. Votes: 1 Al Franken
The importance of an artist is bringing new signs into a language. Votes: 1 Steve Sabol
My grandmother impressed upon me the importance of family, and my grandfather encouraged my hunger for learning. Votes: 1 Harley Viera-Newton
The finished product is often of less importance than the skills and confidence gained through the process and the way in which the community is strengthened through people in it work and are brought together. Votes: 3 Ben Edwards
I've seen the most remarkable thing. It's in the New York Public Library. They've got the original typescript of 'The Importance of Being Earnest' - all four acts of it. Votes: 1 Peter Shaffer
There is a wealth of readership for regional language literature in India that is not given importance. We must give respect to our own languages. Votes: 1 Amish Tripathi
It seems to me that references to bands like Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin meant more to me a year ago and all those old things are totally losing importance. Votes: 3 Billy Corgan
I had done quite a bit of research about math education when I spoke before Congress in 2000 about the importance of women in mathematics. The session of Congress was all about raising more scholarships for girls in college. I told them I felt that it's too late by college. Votes: 1 Danica McKellar
The importance of money flows from it being a link between the present and the future. Votes: 1 John Maynard Keynes
A guy named Charlie Beacham was my first mentor at Ford. He taught me the importance of the dealers, and he rubbed my nose in the retail business. Votes: 1 Lee Iacocca
The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble. Votes: 1 Blaise Pascal
God is of no importance unless He is of supreme importance. Votes: 5 Abraham Joshua Heschel
Western business people often don't get the importance of establishing human relationships. Votes: 1 Daniel Goleman
From a young age, I saw and placed importance on spirituality within religion. Votes: 1 Lizzo
Our teachers at the public school level are the most underpaid for the importance of their job in America. Votes: 1 Dean Smith
Wikipedia was a big help for science, especially science communication, and it shows no sign of diminishing in importance. Votes: 1 Aubrey de Grey
Where there's self importance, there's only a very little bit of you and that little bit is distorted. It's in a holding pattern that is false to what it knows. That holding pattern forbids you, in that little bit of you, from being the rest of you. Votes: 4 John de Ruiter
Self-importance requires spending most of one's life offended by something or someone. Votes: 7 Carlos Castaneda
The importance that our society attaches to sport is incredible. After all, is football a game or a religion? The people of this country have allowed sports to get completely out of hand. Votes: 1 Howard Cosell
The biggest impact my father had on my life was teaching the importance of literacy. Votes: 1 Thomas Steinbeck
I love Thanksgiving because it's a holiday that is centered around food and family, two things that are of utmost importance to me. Votes: 2 Marcus Samuelsson
Unless everyone grasps the importance of having only two children per couple, wars won't be over just oil anymore, they will be over water and food. Votes: 2 Alexandra Paul