Important Quotes

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During the course of administration, and in order to disturb it, the artillery of the press has been levelled against us, charged with whatsoever its… — Thomas Jefferson
It is a misfortune incident to republican government, though in a less degree than to other governments, that those who administer it, may forget their… — James Madison
As a manager the important thing is not what happens when you are there, but what happens when you are not there — Ken Blanchard
Measure what is important, don't make important what you can measure — Robert McNamara
Attitude and personality are as important as experience and ability. — Brian Tracy
Your attitude is more important than the events happening around you. Artists develop a syndrome taught in art schools. It is a malady titled, 'Artistic… — Jack White
The single most important thing you can do politically for gay rights is to come out. Not to write a letter to your congressman but… — Barney Frank
True science investigates and brings to human perception such truths and such knowledge as the people of a given time and society consider most important.… — Leo Tolstoy
A human action becomes genuinely important when it springs from the soil of a clear-sighted awareness of the temporality and the ephemerally of everything human.… — Vaclav Havel
Everyone in this world is dealt a different hand-some better, some worse than others-but what's more important is how you play that hand. This is… — Unknown Author
There is nothing more important in life than giving. Tolerance is forged when people look beyond their own desires — Nelson Mandela
Improving the quality of life for people of this country is perhaps the most important duty of Government — John Prescott
Infinitely more important than sharing one's material wealth is sharing the wealth of ourselves-our time and energy, our passion and commitment, and, above all, our… — William E. Simon
The peace we seek in the world is not the flimsy peace which is merely an interlude between wars, but a peace which can endure… — Richard M. Nixon
No matter how convenient it is for us to reach out to people remotely, sometimes the most important task is to show up in person. — Blake Mycoskie
To think the world therefore a general Bedlam, or place of madmen, and oneself a physician, is the most necessary point of present wisdom: an… — Thomas Traherne
The observations, so numerous and so important, of the pendulum as object are especially relevant to the length of its oscillations. Those that I propose… — Leon Foucault
We in America have everything we need except the most important thing of all-time to think and the habit of thought. — Norman Cousins
Darwin's book is very important and serves me as a basis in natural science for the class struggle in history. One has to put up… — Karl Marx
Every time we get slapped down, we can say, Thank you Mother Nature, because it means we're about to learn something important. — John N. Bahcall

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