Importance Quotes

It is of first-class importance that our answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx should be in step with how we conduct our civilisation, and this should in turn be in step with the actual workings of living systems.
Gregory Bateson

Living, Step, Turn

The gift that has been given to me says much about our capacity for great compassion and generosity, and I hope it sends an inspiring message to others about the importance of organ donation.
Steven Cojocaru

Great, Hope, Others

Celebrity gives us delusion of self importance.
Al Goldstein

Self, Delusion, Celebrity

The best thing about lying in bed late is that you learn to distinguish between first things and trivia, for whatever presses on you has to prove its importance before it makes you move.
Max Lerner

Best, Before, Between

It is probable that there is no one thing that it is of eminent importance for a child to learn.
William Godwin

Learn, Child, Eminent

The importance and influence of books on me has been cumulative: the result of hearing and reading lots of stories about interesting people and places.
Louise Brown

Reading, Books, Result

Bob Dylan was the source of pop music's unpredictability in the Sixties. Never as big a record-seller as commonly imagined, his importance was first aesthetic and social, and then as an influence.
Jon Landau

Music, Big, Social

I have my parents to thank for that, they raised me to be active and play all sports. They taught me the importance of staying healthy, being focused and setting goals in whatever I do.
Kiana Tom

Sports, Parents, Play

Research is of considerable importance in certain fields, such as science and history.
Fred Saberhagen

History, Science, Research

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.
Gwen Moore

Health, Children, Child

The fact that books today are mostly a string of words makes it easier to forget the text. With the impact of the iPad and the future of the book being up for re-imagination, I wonder whether we'll rediscover the importance of making texts richer visually.
Joshua Foer

Future, Today, Forget

By and large, the critics and readers gave me an affirmed sense of my identity as a writer. You might know this within yourself, but to have it affirmed by others is of utmost importance. Writing is, after all, a form of communication.
Ralph Ellison

Yourself, Writing, After

I always knew the importance of it, since I was three or four years old my mother used to feed me wine and water. I grew up with wine as liquid food.
Robert Mondavi

Food, Mother, Old

My wife taught me the importance of living well.
Robert Mondavi

Wife, Living, Taught

The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.
Thomas More

Home, Soul, Might

Going forward, as we work to strengthen our border in the interests of homeland security, we must also recognize the economic importance of immigration reform.
Dave Reichert

Work, Forward, Security

But what is of great importance to me is observation of the movement of colors.
Robert Delaunay

Great, Movement, Colors

I am deeply interested in the progress and elevation of journalism, having spent my life in that profession, regarding it as a noble profession and one of unequaled importance for its influence upon the minds and morals of the people.
Joseph Pulitzer

Life, Minds, Progress

Let's not give the electoral process so much importance. We have to be cynical about it. Let's give importance to the real democracy that's constructed on a day-to-day basis. That's my hopeful perspective on it.
Gael Garcia Bernal

Real, Democracy, Give

I wouldn't overestimate the importance of my popularity in the country and abroad but at the end of the day it's not as important because I believe that my presence here could make some difference and it could encourage people.
Garry Kasparov

End, Important, Country

Growing up, when we would get dragged to these events, I didn't want to be there. Over time, as we got older, I developed a real appreciation of the importance of being involved in the democratic process.
Julian Castro

Time, Real, Older

I believe in the importance of individuality, but in the midst of grief I also find myself wanting connection - wanting to be reminded that the sadness I feel is not just mine but ours.
Meghan O'Rourke

Sadness, Find, Grief

The importance of an artist is bringing new signs into a language.
Steve Sabol

Artist, Language, Signs

As governor, I learned the importance of having an agenda.
John Engler

Learned, Agenda, Governor

It is difficult to overstate the importance of the Civil Rights Act.
Bobby Scott

Difficult, Rights, Act

Because when God heals a body, that is temporal; but when God saves a soul, that has eternal importance.
Benny Hinn

God, Soul, Body

When we can begin to take our failures seriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them. It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.
Katherine Mansfield

Laugh, Afraid, Learn

It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.
Katherine Mansfield

Laugh, Learn, Ourselves

Finally, the ecological health of the Mississippi River and its economic importance to the many people that make their living or seek their recreation is based on a healthy river system.
Ron Kind

Health, Living, Healthy

The key to any successful plan is buy-in from the public, and what this process has demonstrated is the importance of including citizens in formulating a consensus plan that preserves our beautiful refuge.
Ron Kind

Beautiful, Successful, Plan

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