Top 1200 Important Things Quotes & Sayings - Page 17

Our podium is the music. It's really important that we stay focused, because things become misconstrued in the media.

I always thought that was one of the single most important things a prosecutor could do is to seek justice for the families of victims.

It's important to understand it's OK to control the subject. If most editorial stories were photographed just as they are, editors would end up throwing most in the waste basket. You have to work hard at making an editorial picture. You need to re-stage things, rearrange things so that they work for the story, with truth and without lying.

When we're talking about friendships, generosity and fairness and equanimity and sharing and all those things are super-important to me.

I try to be thoughtful about spreading the wealth: young designers. Mixing things up is important to me.

Of course what is talked about in the U.N. General Assembly is very important. Officials, the leaders of nations, appear there to speak of the most important topics - what they perceive to be the most important topics.

One of the most important things that a Thatcher government did was change the mood of the nation to give it back its confidence.

He told them tales of bees and flowers, the ways of trees, and the strange creatures of the Forest, about the evil things and the good things, things friendly and things unfriendly, cruel things and kind things, and secrets hidden under brambles.

One of the most important things a person can learn to do is to make something out of whatever he or she happens to have at the moment.

I think it's really important to not be afraid of failure and to push yourself to try things and jump in the cold water.

You look at things you enjoy in your life, but much more important is what you can do to make the world a better place.

Storytelling is very important. It is through context and relations that we understand the importance of human dignity. The concept means nothing as an abstraction. It's important for us to understand why people do the things they do, including the monsters - the suicide bomber and the war criminal. Understanding is not acceptance. Understanding is exploring the human psyche. If we want to put an end to violence, we need to have the sort of conversation I had with the teenage suicide bomber.

It almost makes the secrets more important, those few things you actually do choose to keep to yourself.

In a world without Chevron, very little would change except perhaps the most important things.

I should like to insist that nearly all the important questions, the things we ponder in our profoundest moments, have no answers.

This is our one and only chance at mortal life-here and now. The longer we live, the greater is our realization that it is brief. Opportunities come, and then they are gone. I believe that among the greatest lessons we are to learn in this short sojourn upon the earth are lessons that help us distinguish between what is important and what is not. I plead with you not to let those most important things pass you by. As you plan for that illusive, nonexistent future when you will have time to do all that you want to do. Instead, find you in the journey now.

There are some things more important than physical survival. You gotta be able to look at yourself in the mirror.

If the most important thing for your project is to put on a circus, then you have less chance of winning things.

Lowering the cost of prescription drugs is one of the most important things Congress can do to help people in western Pennsylvania.

... it's important to have the right monetary policy. It's important for, to have the right fiscal policy. But it's nowhere near as important as just the normal regenerative capacity of American capitalism.

One of the most ephemeral and important things is atmosphere and tone and it's very hard to put your finger on what creates that.

The public is usually slow to catch on to new things, and it's important that musicians stick to their guns and not look for that instant gratification.

You'll always see me doing things that I have no business doing. Whether it's directing a major motion picture or meeting with the most important people in government and dealing with the biggest subjects on Earth. The story of the millennia. These are things I aspire to tackle. It doesn't mean I'm going to win on all of them, but God damn, it looks like I've got a pretty good shot at it.

Remember then that there is only one important time, and that time is now. The most important one is always the one you are with. And the most important thing is to do good for the one who is standing at your side. This is why we are here.

Today I believe that man cannot escape his destiny to create whatever it is we make - jazz, a wooden spoon, or graffiti on the wall. All of these are expressions of man's creativity, proof that man has not yet been destroyed by technology. But are we making things for the people of our epoch or repeating what has been done before? And finally, is the question itself important? We must ask ourselves that. The most important thing is always to doubt the importance of the question.

I have told somebody in court that 'I understand yours is the most important case in the world, and I'm trying to treat it as the most important case in the world, but five minutes from now I'm going to be dealing with the next person's most important case in the world.' For every litigant, theirs is the most important case.

One of the most important things that teachers teach students is you, you can work harder. You are mentally tougher than you think.

It is not my place to make judgments about the behavior of any other footballer. Cars and women, things like that, have never been important to me. My family, and my belief in God and Jesus are the things which determine my life. I do want to live my life in the right way, and live my life close to God.

Being the vice-captain, you see a lot of things on the field. You have to try and help the captain as much as you can and lead by example on the field. Small things like getting a run-out or taking a catch makes the other boys try and lift their standards. So yes, I do have an important role, even if I'm not captain.

How important is excitement to happiness? The key is to get excited about the mundane-- not just extraordinary things

I liked Dalgety Bay, but my life did not revolve around the house. I was a teenager there, and these things aren't that important at that age.

If you're trying to be more creative, one of the most important things you can do is increase the volume and diversity of the information to which you are exposed.

I feel like I could devote myself to far more important things than writing novels.

Limitations force you to find the essence of what you want to say, which is one of the most important things to know for an artist.

One of the things that is very important to me is how I feel about my team. And not just what their jobs are but what they mean to one another.

I've been a reporter for 20 years, and I don't ever get things wrong. That's important in terms of my professional status.

In certain situations, players should protect themselves by not losing track of the most important things in their job.

That was one of the saddest things about people--their most important thoughts and feelings often went unspoken and barely understood.

You start blocking out things, and that's a really important part of taking a picture is the ability to isolate what you're - what you're concentrating on.

We humans lack imagination, to the point of not even knowing what tomorrow's important things will look like.

The public is usually slow to catch on to new things, and its important that musicians stick to their guns and not look for that instant gratification.

For me, it's a matter of balance. Living inside your head and experiencing real things - both are important.

It's important to dabble in things that interest you, and for me, I'm interested in the tech space that is here in Silicon Valley, fashion and golf.

Every movie has three things you have to do - you have to have a compelling story that keeps people on the edge of their seats; you have to populate that story with memorable and appealing characters; and you have to put that story and those characters in a believable world. Those three things are so vitally important.

Inspiration is the most valuable commodity for an artist; it is for me anyway. I can't move forward in any way if I don't feel a strong spark of excitement or creativity. Sometimes it is very difficult to get things flowing. It's important to be in a peaceful state of mind, and then I invite the spirits to come into the studio. I don't stare into a blank canvas or paper. I look through my various collections of books, toys, statues, photographs and other things, and something will trigger an idea. My studio is packed full of things that inspire me.

Eliminate the clutter. That's the key. Eliminate the clutter and understand the important things. First and foremost, the most important thing is affecting the people around you in a positive way. Second thing is, be one of those guys that's going to out-study every person there is on what you need to do from a game-plan standpoint, what you need to do from a characteristic standpoint to stand apart. The last thing is, throw it to the color jersey we're wearing.

I believe that one of the most important things to learn in life is that you can make a difference in your community no matter who you are or where you live.

Attention is the most important currency that anybody can give you. It’s worth more than money, possession, or things.

Every day is sort of a jigsaw puzzle. You have to make sure that you're putting the most important things first.

They say fame is important and that maintaining your fame is even more important. But to me, the most important thing is to deserve the respect of your fans.

You learn to exploit genre for the more important things - to my mind - like story, character, image, language.

I sometimes truly despair at ever being meaningfully altered and affected by the things I claim are so important to me.

After you're older, two things are possibly more important than any others: health and money.

I don't want to be romantic, but one of the most important things is to have happy buildings... it's like having a family with a lot of children.

It is very important for me to do different things so that people see that my range is more than just comedy.

I want to get on to defeating ISIS, because I want to get on to creating jobs, because I want to get on to having a strong border, because I want to get on to things that are very important to me and that are very important to the country.

The web is at a really important turning point right now. Up until recently, the default on the web has been that most things aren’t social and most things don’t use your real identity. We’re building toward a web where the default is social.

It's important to be able to keep things fresh, no matter what age you are, or how many years you've been in the industry.

Finding someone to share your life with is one of the most important things a human can do and was preached to me by my mother.

For me, one of the most important things I look for in an actor is whether we can converse. Do we have a similar ability to discuss a character?