Importance Quotes

Next in importance to having a good aim is to recognize when to pull the trigger.

I ascribe a basic importance to the phenomenon of language. To speak means to be in a position to use a certain syntax, to grasp the morphology of this or that language, but it means above all to assume a culture, to support the weight of a civilization.

I dare say that a majority of the American people think that having a fair hearing on an issue of importance in our relations with Mexico is extremely important to our national interest, as well as theirs.

The prime purpose of being four is to enjoy being four, of secondary importance is to prepare for being five.

The importance of an artist is bringing new signs into a language.

It is only natural that for any statesman at the helm of any government the question of his country's security should be a concern of the utmost importance.

In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.

As problems like identity theft become more prevalent, now more than ever, Americans need to take their financial health seriously - and this information is of the utmost importance.

When elected officials abandon our environment and ruin our natural resources, public health is endangered. I know the importance of providing a clean environment for our children; I have attended more than one funeral for a child who has died from an asthma attack.

The importance to the writer of first writing must be out of all proportion of the actual value of what is written.

Four years ago, I felt the importance of the Olympics and how it is different from other events. It's a completely different atmosphere. The main advice I can give my teammates is to try to enjoy the experience.

Just once in a while let us exalt the importance of ideas and information.

Meanwhile the fact that the connection with the activity of memory in ordinary life is for the moment lost is of less importance than the reverse, namely, that this connection with the complications and fluctuations of life is necessarily still a too close one.

Let's not give the electoral process so much importance. We have to be cynical about it. Let's give importance to the real democracy that's constructed on a day-to-day basis. That's my hopeful perspective on it.

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 the coherence of the environment as a whole. One or the other always dominates.

Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance.

It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance... and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.

Technological considerations are of great importance to architecture and cities in the informational society.

Finally, the ecological health of the Mississippi River and its economic importance to the many people that make their living or seek their recreation is based on a healthy river system.

All I know for certain is that reading is of the most intense importance to me; if I were not able to read, to revisit old favorites and experiment with names new to me, I would be starved - probably too starved to go on writing myself.

It is proclaimed by the great leaders of that party, by its political conventions, by its ministers of the Gospel, and by every other means they have of giving currency and importance to the declaration, that it is its mission to abolish slavery in the Union.

No life if it is properly realized is without its cosmic importance.

It's the level that allows us each to live our own chosen lives. But I notice not everyone agrees with the primary importance of that level, and I try to account for how they don't.

The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take.

The effort invested in 'getting it right' should be commensurate with the importance of the decision.

The tragic case of Terri Schiavo in Florida highlights the importance of making our health-care wishes known.

I think it's very important not to confuse the importance of dealing with Social Security in the long term with these short-term deficit reduction challenges. They're different issues.

You are a person of the greatest importance when you are a mother of a family. Just do your job right and your kids will love you.

The education of my brother and myself was of paramount importance to my parents, and in addition to their strong encouragement, they were prepared to make any sacrifice to further our intellectual development.

What is the effect of unlimited coinage of silver in this country? and I invite your attention to this particularly, because it is a question of vital importance.