It is very imprudent to deprive America of any of her privileges. If her commerce and friendship are of any importance to… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Audie Murphy remains a shining example for anyone who believes in the importance of service, for generations now and into the future. — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
There's still a place for marching for instance with the Black Lives Matter movement, we've seen the importance of causing a scene,… — Aldis Hodge Copy Share Image
The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The romance of the old West vanished so fast and so few ever did anything with it. Does it make you realize… — Laura Gilpin Copy Share Image
It is this breathtaking image [of] success that motivates us and motivates kids to follow and understand rocket science: to understand the… — Steve Jurvetson Copy Share Image
Man is the weak being who, in spite of all his self-importance and pride of wealth and capital, is vanquished by the… — Muhammad Atta-ullah Faizani Copy Share Image
All ideas having even the slightest redeeming social importance - unorthodox ideas, controversial ideas, even ideas hateful to the prevailing climate of… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
If sometimes our great artists have been the most critical of our society, it is because their sensitivity and their concern for… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
What frightens me about America today is that in the large majority there is no active sense of the value of the… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
The monsoon is such a dominant part of Indian life that it is hard to overstate its importance. One's life completely changes… — Akhil Sharma Copy Share Image
With "Good Night, and Good Luck," I think it's kind of obvious what [Truman Capote]'s getting at there, and the importance of… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
Beauty is like a train that ceaselessly roars out of the Gare de Lyon and which I know will never leave, which… — Andre Breton Copy Share Image
Westerners often laud their children as 'talented' or 'gifted', while Asian parents highlight the importance of hard work. And in fact, research… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
The British Islands are small islands and our people numerically a little people. Their only claim to world importance depends upon their… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
Undeniably, character does count for our citizens, out communities, and our Nation, and this week we celebrate the importance of character in… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Intellectuals are people who believe that ideas are of more importance than values. That is to say, their own ideas and other… — Gerald Brenan Copy Share Image
A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its causes, its character, its importance or insignificance. — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
The gift that has been given to me says much about our capacity for great compassion and generosity, and I hope it… — Steven Cojocaru Copy Share Image
I wouldn't attach too much importance to these student riots. I remember when I was a student at the Sorbonne in Paris,… — John Foster Dulles Copy Share Image
If Melanchthon were alive today, he might not weep because of controversies that surround the Lord's Supper, but he might well sorrow… — Erwin W. Lutzer Copy Share Image
We do not see and estimate the relative importance of objects so easily and clearly from the level or the waving land… — Albert Pike Copy Share Image
The need to engage businesses and decision makers with customers can only increase in importance, and as it does, the market research… — Alex Johnston Copy Share Image
It's pointless to be critical of your stuff once it's done. I don't spend a lot of time agonising over it. It's… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
What does gene A do? What does gene B do? What does it do in different contexts? What's its importance? We know… — David Baltimore Copy Share Image
Influenced by him, and probably even more so by my brother Theodore a year older than me, I soon became interested in… — Frederick Sanger Copy Share Image
Employers who recognize the importance of investing in their workforce have a more productive workforce, a more efficient workforce, a more loyal… — Valerie Jarrett Copy Share Image
The incessant anxiety and strain of some is a well-nigh incurable form of disease. We are made to exaggerate the importance of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
With the increasing importance of standards for system-level objects such as COM and CORBA, it is particularly important that the C++ bindings… — Bjarne Stroustrup Copy Share Image
Of front-line importance among the most contagious and enduring traits of the leaders of nations and of all callings is that of… — John Mott Copy Share Image
Unaware of the absurdity of it, we introduce our own petty household rules into the economy of the universe for which the… — Alexander Herzen Copy Share Image
Although approximately 80% of osteoporosis sufferers are women, as the longevity of the male population increases, the disease will assume increasing importance… — Gro Harlem Brundtland Copy Share Image
Mozart, Beethoven - how can you not want to share them with everyone and anyone? This stuff is of as great importance… — Charles Hazlewood Copy Share Image
In any matter of moral importance, our first task, before we plunge ahead and decide what to do, is to figure out… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
It's a product of two poles - there's the pole of the one who makes the work, and the pole of the… — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
Some of my competitors overlook the importance of knowing as much as possible about their opponents, but I think that it is… — Keeth Smart Copy Share Image
Men seldom persevere in a vocation unless they believe or can convince themselves that it is fundamentally more important than anyother calling.… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Only after awhile. After it came out and people began to engage in discussions about the social reflections of the film that… — Rod Steiger Copy Share Image
If you have a great deal of knowledge, but you're governed by negative emotions, then you tend to use your knowledge in… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Actors think they're far more important than they are, and that can only lead to hurt. People with colossal self-importance have very… — Julia Sawalha Copy Share Image