“The search for the truth is the most important work in the whole world — and the most dangerous.”
James Clavell (1921–1994) American novelist
François Delambre (Vincent Price) to André's son, Philippe.
The Fly (1958)
"Author's note", Flight Behavior, page 599 (ISBN 978-0-571-29081-9).
Flight Behavior (2012)
“The search for the truth is the most important work in the whole world — and the most dangerous.”
James Clavell (1921–1994) American novelist
François Delambre (Vincent Price) to André's son, Philippe.
The Fly (1958)
Phil Vischer (1966) American puppeter
Keynote speech at Christian Management Association conference in Denver, Colorado (March 2006)
Shunryu Suzuki (1904–1971) Japanese Buddhist missionary
Lecture in Los Altos, CA (1 September 1967)
Context: So it is not a matter of whether it is possible to attain Buddhahood, or if it is possible to make a tile a jewel. But just to work, just to live in this world with this understanding is the most important point, and that is our practice. That is true zazen.
Hendrik Willem Mesdag (1831–1915) painter from the Northern Netherlands
translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek
(original Dutch: citaat van Hendrik Willem Mesdag, in het Nederlands:) Aan de kust zie je de mooiste zee. Daar heb ik ook mijn panorama gemaakt. Dat beschouw ik als mijn belangrijkste werk; omdat 't zoo'n groote impressie geeft van de natuur. Maar'k zou 't niet graag nog's weer beginnen; daar zestien honderd meter doek te schilderen..
Quote of Mesdag (after 1881), cited by Godfried Bomans?, in magazine De Volkskrant, 23 July, 1966
after 1880
“Family is the most important thing in the world.”
Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–1997) First wife of Charles, Prince of Wales
Princess Diana: 10 most inspiring quotes from the 'people's princess', Hello Magazine Daily News, (1 July 2015) http://us.hellomagazine.com/royalty/1201411051084/princess-diana-s-10-most-inspiring-quotes/
Zhang Zhijun (1953) Chinese politician
Zhang Zhijun (2014) cited in " Top mainland Chinese official Zhang Zhijun arrives in Taipei to sound out public https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1541249/top-mainland-chinese-official-zhang-zhijun-arrives-taipei-sound-out" on South China Morning Post, 27 June 2014.
Marcelo Tas (1959) Brazilian actor
In a news magazine Alfa, talks about his daughter being gay. Vote em mim, Ronaldo Bressane, September 12, 2010, Alfa, Portuguese http://web.archive.org/web/20101006030234/http://revistaalfa.abril.com.br/cultura-e-sociedade/cultura-entretenimento/vote-em-mim/,
“What's the most important thing in the world? Walking the walk.”
Jack Terricloth (1970)
What Would Jack Do?
“The hell this ain't the most important hole in the world. I'm in it.”
Bill Mauldin (1921–2003) American editorial cartoonist
Mud & Guts : A Look at the Common Soldier of the American Revolution (1978) Foreword
Context: My outlook on warfare is best illustrated by a cartoon I did some thirty-odd years ago of a soldier in an Italian foxhole reading about the Normandy invasion and observing to his buddy that: "The hell this ain't the most important hole in the world. I'm in it."