Important Quotes - Page 346

PETA is such an important cause to me. The mistreatment of animals is something that just really gets me. I feel it's really the most important part of what I do. Don't Eat Meat! Don't Wear Fur! I mean, there are so many other options these days.

Being halfway through my life, I think we start feeling less invincible and we start thinking more about the important things.

For me, the shaping of the story is more important than accuracy.

Being in the presence of the "other" seems to show me who I am in a way that is really important to me. I feel radically more comfortable in Laos, say, than I do in Pennsylvania.

Bill Maher can be pretty good, except when he gets "important." Maher's all over the place politically.

I like to take things that are boring-but-important and try to make them interesting. That was definitely what I was after with Eat The Rich.

There is that kind of happiness. There is the love and marriage and family kind of happiness, which is exceedingly boring to describe but nonetheless is important to have and dreadful not to have.

I don't think the amount of belief you have is what's important. I think it's what you have belief in that matters.

I'm doing a lot of things in Africa. I've formed a company with two friends of mine called Made In Africa and we are doing a lot of important things across the continent.

I think for Wes [Anderson] and me, the most important thing was James L. Brooks producing our first movie and giving us a chance to come to Hollywood, because without him, we might never have gotten the chance.

James L.Brooks is just a very original person. So that was definitely the luckiest, most important thing that happened to me [meeting him]. Then I guess also meeting Ben Stiller. He cast me in the only thing I think I ever auditioned for and got: Cable Guy [1996]. And that led to us becoming friends.

The prayer of the saints is never self-important, but always God-important.

Architecture does not change anything. It's always on the side of the wealthy. The important thing is to believe that it can make life better.

Never waste a prayer on something that isn't important.

I come from a very warm island, where colors are very important, very vibrant, and obviously the color has been an influence on my work.

If it isn't a wonderful story first, who cares how "important" it is?

When the urgent crowds out the important, people urgently accomplish nothing of value.

Our culture says Status is more important than Wealth, but we teach the opposite.

Scorecards are common in the political process, but they are inappropriate in the judicial process. The most important tools in the judicial confirmation process are not litmus paper and a calculator.

But it is important to observe that when Europe or the United Nations impose sanctions that are supposed to be aimed against a certain regime, usually generally millions of people end up being directly punished.

We do not control the trade of our resources, which are an important factor of prosperity for the dominant nations.

I haven't made many wedding dresses. It's a dress very, very important for the girl; it's important to know the person, I believe, but at the same time it should be a shock to the person - the person should be shocked to be suddenly revealed. That's the work of a designer sometimes, to propose an ID of look.

I really needed to have something in my life, because I realized there were other things more important than my career. So I love having my children and my family.

I've learned that it's important to spend some time in a relationship with yourself and not being defined by your partner.

Publishing is no longer simply a matter of picking worthy manuscripts and putting them on offer. It is now as important to market books properly, to work with the bookstore chains to getterms, co-op advertising, and the like. The difficulty is that publishers who can market are most often not the publishers with worthy lists.