Important Quotes

• One important object of this original spectroscopic investigation of the light of the stars and other celestial bodies, namely to discover whether the same chemical elements as those of our earth are present throughout the universe, was most satisfactorily settled in the affirmative. (1909)

  

  William Huggins
  • Science
  • Originals
  • Affirmative

• For newspapers to continue to play an important role in civic engagement, they need more access to capital. Their decline has created a real threat to independent reporting at the state and local level.

  

  Ajit Pai
  • Real
  • Independent
  • Engagement

• It's important to keep up momentum, when I'm home alone I get stagnant, I go crazy and have to see my therapist. Being on the road keeps me busy. I'm okay when I'm busy.

  

  Gerard Way My Chemical Romance
  • Important
  • Momentum
  • Keep Up

• As long as you leave everything out on the basketball court, you can go into the locker room and feel good about yourself and that's important..............

  

  Allen Iverson
  • Good
  • Long
  • Basketball

• Are you going to give a speech?' she asked gaily. He gave a choked laugh. 'Of course not,' he said. 'Not for ages.' 'My cousin Davey gave one on his very first day!' ... 'In the Lords, I remember. It was about how he didn't like strawberry jam.' 'Be nice, Charles! It was a speech about fruit importation, which I admit devolved into something of a tirade.' She couldn't help but laugh. 'Still, you could talk about something more important.' 'Than jam? Impossible. We mustn't set the bar too high, Jane.

  

  Charles Finch
  • Remember
  • Age
  • Impossible

• I tried to minimize exposure to technology before two. After that, I've taught the kids to use devices in moderation. It's important for them to learn how to control their behaviour themselves. Simply restricting access makes them want it more.

  

  Anne Wojcicki
  • Kids
  • Control
  • Technology

• Some parents place undue priority on temporal and material possessions. Some are far less diligent in their efforts to immerse their children in the gospel of Jesus Christ. Remember that having religious observance in the home is as important as providing food, clothing and shelter.

  

  Quentin L. Cook
  • Children
  • Home
  • Remember

• I think it's just important to not judge people based on their physicality because it's really about personality and people's hearts and souls. That's what drew me to Audrey Hepburn who is kind of like my icon.

  

  Lily Collins
  • People
  • Personality
  • Judge

• Money's important. Everyone cares about money. And when you don't have money, money becomes the overriding obsession of your life.

  

  Paul Auster
  • Important
  • Care
  • Obsession

• I make art primarily for myself and to show my friends, so I guess it's important to make art that they can connect to.

  

  Marcel Dzama
  • Important
  • Art
  • Friends

• It is always important that we have transparency, that we have shareholder protection. Then again, I think it is important that there are not so many regulations that management can't make a decision without asking a lawyer whether he can do it.

  

  Michael Otto
  • Protection
  • Asking
  • Transparency

• It was always important to me that I made a record where I really sang well, and I don't think it's happened yet. There's always a possibility with each album that I might not record again, and I wanted to produce one that I could feel was mine.

  

  Alison Moyet
  • Important

• I liked the challenge of writing in a very concise structure in which both meaning and form are important.

  

  Jeffery Deaver
  • Important
  • Writing
  • Challenge

• The most important thing is to have a sense of responsibility, commitment, and concern for each of our fellow human beings.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Important
  • Responsibility
  • Commitment

• More important than the material issue . . . the opening of a new, high frontier will challenge the best that is in us . . . the new lands waiting to be built in space will give us new freedom to search for better governments, social systems, and ways of life.

  

  Gerard K. O'Neill
  • Government
  • Challenges
  • Materials

• Pop music was supposed to be a flash in the pan, but here we are 50 years later and it means something to us, and it always will do. It's incredibly important.

  

  Paul Weller Incognito
  • Music
  • Important

• Looking good has never been the most important thing to me. Maybe it's because I'm more conventionally, um, acceptable, so it's not an issue for me. I don't know.

  

  Kim Cattrall
  • Good
  • Important

• Don't give up your life because balance is important, but when you're young you have energy, use it!

  

  Dana Bash
  • Life
  • Important
  • Energy

• Having a great idea is important. But having a great team is also important.

  

  Steve Case
  • Important
  • Team
  • Idea

• 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
  • People
  • Done
  • Academic

• Makeup is part of my daily routine. It's the time in my mornings when I can concentrate on me, and me alone. Giving yourself the kind of attention is so important - and is something that is definitely glossed over by to many women

  

  Kat Von D
  • Giving
  • Attention
  • Morning

• I happen to agree with many of President Obama's policies, but in our system, it is often as important how you do something as what you do.

  

  Jonathan Turley
  • Important

• Music or sound in a film is a character as important as another character.

  

  Melvin Van Peebles
  • Character
  • Film
  • Sound

• Sometimes we laugh to keep from crying, but the important thing is to laugh, every chance we get.

  

  Cassandra King
  • Important
  • Chance
  • Laugh

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