Importance Quotes
1777 quotes by 1373 authors
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The health of the people is of supreme importance. All measures looking to their protection against the spread of contagious diseases and to the increase…
— Chester A. Arthur
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I am inclined to attach some importance to the new system of manufacturing; and venture to throw it out with the hope of its receiving…
— Charles Babbage
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The proportion between the velocity with which men or animals move, and the weights they carry, is a matter of considerable importance, particularly in military…
— Charles Babbage
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The awful importance of this life is that it determines eternity.
— William Barclay
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Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.
— John Adams
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The essential element in personal magnetism is a consuming sincerity - an overwhelming faith in the importance of the work one has to do.
— Bruce Barton
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A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.
— Robert Benchley
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Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth.
— Warren G. Bennis
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Though beauty gives you a weird sense of entitlement, it's rather frightening and threatening to have others ascribe such importance to something you know you're…
— Candice Bergen
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Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that…
— Irving Berlin
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Even in the most beautiful music there are some silences, which are there so we can witness the importance of silence.
— Andrea Bocelli
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Popularity gets up people's noses. But I understand the importance and the function of popular music. There is an artistic purpose. Popular music helps people…
— Andrea Bocelli
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And that is why marriage and family law has emphasized the importance of marriage as the foundation of family, addressing the needs of children in…
— John Boehner
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It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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The importance to the writer of first writing must be out of all proportion of the actual value of what is written.
— Elizabeth Bowen
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I have always been amazed at the way an ordinary observer lends so much more credence and attaches so much more importance to waking events…
— Andre Breton
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Is there any purpose to translating poetry? A poem does not contain information of importance, like a signpost or a warning notice.
— James Buchan
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My intention in making a comment about the importance of breastfeeding has nothing to do with the law. It comes from my passion and beliefs…
— Gisele Bundchen
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I believe there are Steve Jobses all around us. Really, what is happening is that they're being edited out of importance.
— Nolan Bushnell
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Nowadays, the process of growth and development almost never seems to manage to create this subtle balance between the importance of the individual parts, and…
— Christopher Alexander
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