Important Quotes - Page 271

As she always did on any really important day, Penelope Hayes wore red.

More important than a clean house is a close family.

Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a life other than our own, which in turn makes us more empathetic beings.

It is important to show our European partners that Portugal is a governable country.

I want to keep everything balanced. That's why it's important not to have too much fanfare.

So we might say that the most important thing one can acquire in college is a well-functioning bullshit meter.

Look how great we are. We are to blame for everything in the world, which means we are really, really important.

It's important for me who is at the table with me; the moment when everyone speaks to each other and everyone listens. If there's good food, it's much better.

Living is dangerous. The important thing is to know the limits.

To me, it’s encounters that matter, pictures are much less important.

What I wanted to do was put a woman of color, front and center, in my movie combining a lot of themes that were relevant to both men and women. I actively wanted her to carry the weight of this movie because I'm a woman. And I actively wanted to explore many of the issues that affected her as a woman of color. That was very important to me. And although these issues affect some women of color, I don't think they're only of interest to women of color. They're of universal interest.

This wasn’t just an attack against the Boston Marathon... It was an attack against the American public and our democratic use of the streets. We have used our public roadways for annual parades, protest marches, presidential inaugurations, marathons, and all manner of other events. The roads belong to us, and their use represents an important part of our free and democratic tradition.

The Korean War has also show quite clearly that in a major conflict manpower is as important as horsepower.

Business can change you, and chew you up, and spit you out, and be rid of you, and on to the next thing. That's why it's so important to know who you are and stand up for something.

The most important thing is to be proud of the work that you put into something, and put the ego aside.

Honestly, that is the most important thing to me: Can I continue to live up to my own expectations of myself - and not fall back into slacking?

We all know our dates of birth but . . . every year there is another date that we pass over without knowing what it is but it is just as important it is the other date the death date.

It is far more important to resist apathy than anarchy or despotism, for apathy can give rise, almost indifferently, to either one.

Boxers are role models for a lot of young people. The sporting aspects should always be more important than business aspects.

Sex? Unfortunately, as you get older - and I shouldn't admit this - there are other things that become more important in your daily life.

I look back upon my youth and realize how so many people gave me help, understanding, courage - very important things to me - and they never knew it. They entered into my life and became powers within me.

The school has always been the most important means of transferring the wealth of tradition from one generation to the next. This applies today in an even higher degree than in former times, for through modern development of economic life, the family

In matters of trust and justice there can be no distinction between big problems and small, for the general principles which determine the conduct of men are indivisible. Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted in important affairs.

The most important method of education always has consisted of that in which the pupil was urged to actual performance.

Scripture is so counter culture. Christ was counter culture. It's not like we're supposed to be weird or anything, but as we grow closer to Christ, we won't care about the things of the world as much. As a believer, you're just going to be countercultural. That's the way its always been and it will always continue to be that way. That's why it's important for us as believers to encourage other believers that it's okay to be that way.