Importance Quotes · Page 36

Mary Anning [is] probably the most important unsung (or inadequately sung) collecting force in the history of paleontology.

— Stephen Jay Gould

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

— Benny Hinn

Self-importance requires spending most of one's life offended by something or someone.

— Carlos Castaneda

People who say they're too busy to have lunch have a false impression of their own importance.

— John Howard

I always tell beginning runners: Train your brain first. It's much more important than your heart or legs.

— Amby Burfoot

Probably the biggest problem I had was I didn't understand the importance of scheduling.

— Anne Donovan

No book is of much importance; the vital thing is, What do you yourself think?

— Elbert Hubbard

For material progress and physical well being, peace of mind is of utmost importance.

— Dalai Lama

If the double helix was so important, how come you didn't work on It? Ther husband, Linus Pauling, when the Nobel Prize…

— Ava Helen Pauling

It is of immense importance for the understanding of the word of God, to read it in course, so that we may…

— George Muller

Though beauty gives you a weird sense of entitlement, it's rather frightening and threatening to have others ascribe such importance to something…

— Candice Bergen

Growing up, I had a sense of the importance of commerce and trade to everyday life. Our family lived in several countries,…

— Muhtar Kent

How come life is so important in the nine months before birth, but then we sort of forget about the importance, we're…

— Birch Bayh

Considering the great importance to the public liberty of the freedom of the press, and the difficulty of submitting it to very…

— Thomas Jefferson

I'm thrilled to be joining Gap Inc., a company that understands the importance of integrating technology and retail in ways that improve…

— Padmasree Warrior

A lot of political people, especially people on the left, have forgotten the importance of humor as an incredible weapon, and a…

— Michael Moore

“Whether it’s your health, wealth, happiness, or any other element of your entire life experience, it is essential to keep in mind…

— Wayne W. Dyer

The elimination of ignorance, of illiteracy... and of needless inequalities in opportunities (is) to be seen as objectives that are valued for…

— Amartya Sen

I mean people are really crazy about minor decrements down. And then, if you act on them, then you get into reciprocation…

— Charlie Munger

Kitsch is the daily art of our time, as the vase or the hymn was for earlier generations. For the sensibility it…

— Harold Rosenberg

No cause more frequently produces bashfulness than too high an opinion of our own importance. He that imagines an assembly filled with…

— Samuel Johnson

I'm still agnostic. But in the words of Elton Richards, I'm now a reverant agnostic. Which isn't an oxymoron, I swear. I…

— Anonymous

Amos Vogel was a mentor, a guiding light for me. In his presence, you always rose. But his importance to me is…

— Werner Herzog

I'm fortunate to have some really great people around me, my fiancee being one, my parents being another. Over the last couple…

— Randall Cobb

We must still think of ourselves as pioneers to understand the importance of space.

— Buzz Aldrin

Fans want to see their favorite players as invested in games as they are, regardless of the perceived importance.

— Joy Taylor

Swallow your pride and open your mind before you miss out on the importance of life.

— Nishan Panwar

I wish the private sector worked as hard at explaining its importance as much as the public sector.

— Kemi Badenoch

The conscious life of the mind is of small importance in comparison with its unconscious life.

— Gustave Le Bon

To the Indian mind there is nothing higher than religious ideals, that this is the keynote of Indian life.

— Swami Vivekananda

“Life wants you to know that people are more important than things.”

— Bryant McGill

The 'Black Panther' world taught me about the importance of exfoliating.

— Letitia Wright

The verb is relatively of much greater importance in an Indian tongue than in a civilized language.

— John Wesley Powell

A novelist must preserve a childlike belief in the importance of things which common sense considers of no great consequence.

— W. Somerset Maugham

It is of first importance that the military be subordinate to civilian government

— John Rawls

A father's calling is eternal and its importance transcends time. It is a calling for both time and eternity.

— Ezra Taft Benson

There's nothing of any importance in life-except how well you do your work.

— Ayn Rand

In a utilitarian age, of all other times, it is a matter of grave importance that fairy tales should be respected.

— Charles Dickens

My parents taught my sister and me the importance of giving back and making a difference in another person's life.

— Beyonce Knowles

The video was of paramount importance, because 'Take on Me' was not an instant hit.

— Morten Harket