Importance Quotes
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Self-regulation stands in relation to regulation the way self-importance stands in relation to importance.
Willem Buiter
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Promote then as an object of primary importance, Institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
George Washington
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Given the importance of the election and the fact that the present margin is approximately 300 votes in the state, I believe the people of Palm Beach County have entrusted us with the power to voice their right to participate in their government.
J. M. Roberts
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Trifles discover a character, more than actions of importance.
William Shenstone
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When making a decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous to consider all the pros and cons.
Sigmund Freud
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If our dreams were more regular, more connected, more stable, they would also have more practical importance for us.
Ernst Mach
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As a painter I shall never signify anything of importance. I feel it Absolutely.
Vincent Van Gogh
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In politics, reality and appearance are of equal importance. You cannot attend to one and neglect the other. A man must determine both what he is, and what others believe him to be.
Steven Saylor
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None of us got to where we are alone. Whether the assistance we received was obvious or subtle, acknowledging someone's help is a big part of understanding the importance of saying thank you.
Harvey Mackay
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Well, I think that as a country, we've drifted away from appreciating the importance of imagination.
Terry Brooks
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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.
Michael Rostovtzeff
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I could never overstate the importance of a musician's need to develop his or her ear. Actually, I believe that developing a good 'inner ear' - the art of being able to decipher musical components solely through listening - is the most important element in becoming a good musician.
Steven Siro Vai Alcatrazz
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In terms of wilderness preservation, Alaska is the last frontier. This time, given one great final chance, let us strive to do it right. Not in our generation, nor ever again, will we have a land and wildlife opportunity approaching the scope and importance of this one.
Mo Udall
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Another point is that ultimately, as far as the budget is concerned, of major importance is who offers more money during the bidding that must be organized as a part of the privatization process. In this sense, we cannot discriminate against any market participants, not one of them, but this is not relevant at the moment, as the Government has decided to postpone the privatization of Bashneft.
Vladimir Putin
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If you look up the word "gab" in the dictionary, it's insignificant of importance, of no substance. That's what gab is.
Malachy McCourt
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If we believe in nothing, if nothing has any meaning and if we can affirm no values whatsoever, then everything is possible and nothing has any importance.
Albert Camus
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A toothache will cost a battle, a drizzle cancel an insurrection.
Vladimir Nabokov
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He had taken seriously words which were without importance, and it made him very unhappy.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Comic book readers are just as abandoned by the corporate system as the creators, despite the importance supposedly given their hard-earned dollars. The average comics shop can offer only a tiny fraction of an industrywide selection that is itself extremely limited in scope. And even when readers know exactly what they want, the search can be maddeningly futile.
Scott McCloud
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I hope in time N. H. as well as the other States will feel the importance of Sovereignty.
William Whipple
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The price pattern reminds you that every movement of importance is but a repetition of similar price movements, that just as soon as you can familiarize yourself with the actions of the past, you will be able to anticipate and act correctly and profitably upon forthcoming movements.
Jesse Livermore
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Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself.
George Washington
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The soul consists of two parts, one irrational and the other capable of reason. Whether these two parts are really distinct in the sense that the parts of the body or of any other divisible whole are distinct, or whether though distinguishable in thought as two they are inseparable in reality, like the convex and concave of a curve, is a question of no importance for the matter in hand.
Aristotle
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Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance.
Jean Anouilh