It's very important to me to be an American poet, a Jewish poet, a poet who came of age in the 1960s. — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
Mail from home was so important when you were traveling. It kept you in touch with the familiar, even the part you… — Helen Van Slyke Copy Share Image
In a free society with a government based on reason, it is inevitable that there will be no uniform opinion about important… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Knowing when to keep your mouth shut is invariably more important than opening it at the right time. — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
The most important eugenic policy at this time is to see that birth control is made equally available to all individuals in… — Frederick Osborn Copy Share Image
I believe that you can, by taking some simple and inexpensive measures, lead a longer life and extend your years of well-being.… — Linus Pauling Copy Share Image
I think it's important to, from afar, listen to what audiences enjoy, period. — Quinta Brunson Copy Share Image
What is important is how much service you can give to the world and how much better you can make things. These… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
There's a gift in your lap and it's beautifully wrapped and it's not your birthday. You feel wonderful, you feel like somebody… — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
Thought is more important than art....To revere art and have no understanding of the process that forces it into existence, is finally… — Amiri Baraka Copy Share Image
It's important for a dancer to wear very tight underpants. I used to feel a bit exposed if I wasn't being held… — Bruce Forsyth Copy Share Image
It's very important that your parents have careers of their own. When the kid becomes the breadwinner of the household, that's when… — Jaleel White Copy Share Image
I think it is probably more important to attend specialized conventions for a journeyman writer than any other, but it's useful at… — Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Copy Share Image
Character is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is more important than the highest parentage. — Thomas John Barnardo Copy Share Image
Marriage is not mainly about prospering economically; it is mainly about displaying the covenant-keepin g love between Christ and his church. Knowing… — John Piper Copy Share Image
We must not pick and choose which commandments we think are important to keep but acknowledge all of God’s commandments. We must… — L. Tom Perry Copy Share Image
I've always loved great upholstery, and think that a great sofa is one of the most important pieces of furniture in your… — Bobby Berk Copy Share Image
Organising free and fair elections is more important than the result itself. — Fatos Nano Copy Share Image
Effective use of Braille is as important to the blind as independent mobility, knowledge in the use of adaptive technology, and the… — Bob Ney Copy Share Image
That's an important Obama accomplishment: he raised taxes back to Bill Clinton levels, and made a major dent in inequality doing so.… — Jonathan Chait Copy Share Image
Through all the bad guys that I've played, they're justifiably bad - they have their reasons. It's been important to me. — Cam Gigandet Copy Share Image
I'm not so mean. I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a… — Dick Butkus Copy Share Image
I am convinced that an important stage of human thought will have been reached when the physiological and the psychological, the objective… — Ivan Pavlov Copy Share Image
That a majority of women do not wish for any important change in their social and civil condition, merely proves that they… — Lydia M. Child Copy Share Image
Age, they say, is only important if you're cheese. or a wine. They also say, if you are stuck behind one on… — Terry Wogan Copy Share Image
I think it's important that people know what they are eating and especially to know what their children are eating. — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
It's important to me that I don't get trapped in the whole teen scene, because I feel that you can get lost… — Kirsten Dunst Copy Share Image
Every violinist has a different style, so it's important to be able to recognise their styles. You don't have to like everyone's… — Ruggiero Ricci Copy Share Image
It is so important that our federation stands by our athletes. — Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Copy Share Image
More and more I've come to understand that listening is one of the most important things we can do for one another.… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
Avoiding where others go wrong is an important step in achieving investment success. In fact, it almost assures it. — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
Every director should take an acting class. At least one. You know, you panic with actors. It's like, "Okay, this is back… — Shane Black Copy Share Image
The important things to me are your faith, your family and your friends. If you have that, you have everything. — John Wooden Copy Share Image
Of course, you see your body changing as you age, but it's more important to live than be too preoccupied with that… — Jacqueline Bisset Copy Share Image
Teaching Plato in Palestine shows how philosophical thinking can illuminate important topics-in particular, the problem of finding ways to engage people with… — Gary Gutting Copy Share Image