Quotes about importance
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Angelo Vulpini photo

“I Think that one of the most important and precious things that we can give to others as humans, its just the feeling of company of a simple "I'm with you"”

Angelo Vulpini (2003) Venezuelan recording artist

Source: Posted on @angelovulpini, Instagram (May 31, 2019)

Zdravko Krivokapić photo

“Freedom is more important than what the DPS (Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro) and those who are with it offer.”

Zdravko Krivokapić (1958) Montenegrin politician and professor

Source: Zdravko Krivokapić (2021) cited in: " Montenegro’s opposition pulls no-confidence motion against government https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/short_news/montenegros-opposition-pulls-no-confidence-motion-against-government/" in Euractiv, 14 December 2021.

Jonathan G. A. Johnson photo

“It is important that we continue to practice good hand hygiene and physical distancing when necessary (due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic). Remember, if experiencing symptoms, stay at home and contact the Saba Health Care Foundation at telephone number 416-3288 to receive further instructions.”

Jonathan G. A. Johnson (1976) Island Governor of Saba since 2008.

Source: Jonathan G. A. Johnson (2021) cited in: " New positive COVID-19 case registered in Saba https://www.thedailyherald.sx/islands/new-positive-covid-19-case-registered-in-saba" in The Daily Herald, 4 May 2021.

Subramanian Swamy photo

“This is not a Modi wave, but a Hindutva wave. Hindus are rising above caste. The younger generation of voters is very important. They are young nationalists. They don’t care about caste.”

Subramanian Swamy (1939) Indian politician

Source: Subramanian Swamy in an interview, Not Modi Wave, Hindutva Wave: Subramaniam Swamy On Election Results https://www.huffpost.com/archive/in/entry/2019-results-hindutva-wave-not-modi-wave-subramanian-swamy-says_in_5ce62d3ae4b0547bd1323d41, HuffPost India (23 May 2019)

James Inhofe photo

“I believe very strongly that we ought to support Israel; that it has a right to the land. This is the most important reason: Because God said so.”

James Inhofe (1934) American politician

Source: " Peace in the Middle East http://inhofe.senate.gov/pressreleases/peace.htm", Senate Floor speech regarding the Israeli–Palestinian conflict ()

“Getting the vaccine and the booster are the most important things that you can do to protect yourself against this variant.”

Amira Roess researcher

Source: Amira Roess (2021) cited in " Amira Roess Answers Early Questions on the Omicron Variant https://chhs.gmu.edu/news/2021-12/amira-roess-answers-frequently-asked-questions-omicron-variant" on College of Health and Human Services, George Mason University, 7 December 2021.

Jeff Fortenberry photo

“We tend to think of aid as our main mechanism by which we assist people, and of course, it is essential and important. But, without a security overlay and without a deeper understanding of the trauma that is there, we perhaps won't fulfill the fullness of the potentiality of our generosity.”

Jeff Fortenberry (1960) U.S. Representative from Nebraska

Source: Congressman: Security, solidarity, and subsidiarity needed to rebuild Iraqi villages https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/39181/congressman-security-solidarity-and-subsidiarity-needed-to-rebuild-iraqi-villages (17 August 2018)

Karl Lauterbach photo

“We have reached an important milestone (30 million additional COVID-19 vaccinations as of 26 December 2021). We can be proud of that.”

Karl Lauterbach (1963) German politician and Federal Minister of Health

Source: Karl Lauterbach (2021) cited in: " Germany hits goal in push for 30 million new vaccine shots https://www.cbs17.com/news/germany-hits-goal-in-push-for-30-million-new-vaccine-shots/" in CBS17, 26 December 2021.

“For me it's important to make great dance songs, growing up as a dancer. You know, not only just getting lost in the beat but getting lost in the lyrics whether it’s about having a great time or having lyrics with more of a purposeful meaning.”

Victoria Duffield (1995) Canadian actor, singer and dancer

Source: Interview with Victoria Duffield http://www.liveinlimbo.com/2011/09/24/interviews/888-interview-victoria-duffield.html (24 September 2011)

Vladimir Putin photo
G. K. Chesterton photo
Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne photo
Dolly Parton photo
Laurence Tribe photo
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Laurence Tribe photo

“[A]ttempts to treat constitutional doctrine neutrally elide important questions and obscure available answers.”

Laurence Tribe (1941) American lawyer and law school professor

American Constitutional Law (1978), Preface to the First Edition

Stepan Bandera photo

“Creation, formation of personnel for the liberation struggle - this is the most important, the main task of the whole revolutionary process.”

Stepan Bandera (1909–1959) Ukrainian anti-communist

"On the Question of the Main Cadres of the National Liberation Revolution" (1953)

Linus Torvalds photo

“I know most of us are preparing for Christmas, but give it a whirl, ok? How important are those presents (and that family) anyway?”

Linus Torvalds (1969) Finnish-American software engineer and hacker

Torvalds, Linus, 2021-12-19, <nowiki>Linux 5.16-rc6</nowiki>, 2022-01-06 https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wgWuZPhK6dgXsS42iMz4o610Uw4QXeUsTSOQheNo1tf5A@mail.gmail.com/T/#u,
2010s, 2021

Jay Samit photo

“Self-perception is more important than any other factor in predicting success.”

Jay Samit (1961) American businessman

Future Proofing You (2021)

Fiamē Naomi Mata'afa photo

“As the Pacific approaches the Cyclone Season, it is important to consider the fact that this is an important opportunity to further strengthen localise humanitarian action in the Pacific.”

Fiamē Naomi Mata'afa (1957) Samoan politician

Source: Fiamē Naomi Mata'afa (2021) cited in: " Shining a light on NZ's aid sector and its relationship with the Pacific https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/454383/shining-a-light-on-nz-s-aid-sector-and-its-relationship-with-the-pacific" in RNZ, 27 October 2021.

David Motiuk photo

“We like to do all the talking, but it's so important to listen.”

David Motiuk (1962) Canadian bishop

Source: Ukrainian Catholic Bishops of western Canada: Ad limina http://www.archivioradiovaticana.va/storico/2017/03/31/ukrainian_catholic_bishops_of_western_canada_ad_limina_/en-1302402 (31 March 2017)

Múte Bourup Egede photo

“There are two issues that have been important in this election campaign: people's living conditions is one, and then there is our health and the environment.”

Múte Bourup Egede (1987) Prime Minister of Greenland

Source: Múte Bourup Egede (2021) cited in " Greenland’s government bans oil drilling, leads indigenous resistance to extractive capitalism https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/greenlands-government-bans-oil-drilling-leads-indigenous-resistance-to-extractive-capitalism/" on Open Democracy, 10 November 2021.

Jiddu Krishnamurti photo
Fridolin Ambongo Besungu photo

“It has always been important for the Capuchins to encourage lay people to take an active part in the Church and in effect we have many local lay Catholics in the Franciscan Tertiary Order. This is very encouraging for us because the collaboration of well-prepared lay people is necessary for the apostolate.”

Fridolin Ambongo Besungu (1960) Congolese theologian and catholic cardinal

Source: AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “I am grateful to the Pope for this act of confidence in me” the newly appointed Bishop of Bokungu-Ikela in Congo told Fides http://www.fides.org/en/news/3549-AFRICA_DEMOCRATIC_CONGO_I_am_grateful_to_the_Pope_for_this_act_of_confidence_in_me_the_newly_appointed_Bishop_of_Bokungu_Ikela_in_Congo_told_Fides (6 April 2020)

Benjamin Disraeli photo
Jessamyn Stanley photo

“It’s so idealized, like, your life must be perfect if you can hold a balance posture on the beach. But the actual practice of yoga isn’t about that at all. The image isn’t important. The practice is.”

Jessamyn Stanley (1987) American yoga teacher and author

Source: Finding a More Inclusive Vision of Fitness in Our Feeds, Jenna Wortham, July 6, 2017, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/06/magazine/finding-a-more-inclusive-vision-of-fitness-in-our-feeds.html,

Vera Stanley Alder photo
Xiomara Castro photo
Stepan Bandera photo
Vera Stanley Alder photo

“The importance of the goodwill of every single human being in this respect would be brought home to them. Not merely the service of their hands but that of their hearts and minds would be held in esteem as the riches of the community.”

Vera Stanley Alder (1898–1984) British artist

Source: Humanity Comes of Age, A study of Individual and World Fulfillment (1950), Chapter VII The Council for Agriculture and Industry

Prevale photo

“Not giving importance to the misconduct of many people: is not selfishness, but an act of survival.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) Non dare importanza al comportamento scorretto di molte persone: non è egoismo, ma un atto di sopravvivenza.
Source: prevale.net

Francis Picabia photo

“Naturally, form has come to take precedence over color with me, though when I began painting color predominated. Slowly artistic evolution carried from color to form and while I still employ color, of course, it is the drawing which assumes the place of first importance in my pictures.”

Francis Picabia (1879–1953) French painter and writer

Quote of Picabia, in an interview in an American newspaper, 1915; as quoted by William A. Camfield, in Francis Picabia: His Art, Life and Times, Princeton, 1979, p.77
Picabia emphasised that line took precedence over colour in his works since 1915
1910's

Prevale photo

“Buying the necessary or the important is not synonymous with avarice, but with knowing how to give the right value to money.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) Acquistare il necessario o l'importante non è sinonimo di avarizia, ma di saper dare il giusto valore al denaro.
Source: prevale.net

José Luís Mumbiela Sierra photo

“In Kazakhstan, the people of God continue to grow in number and, above all, in quality, that it is the most important thing.”

José Luís Mumbiela Sierra (1969) Spanish bishop

The Bishop of Almaty: "The Pope's visit to this land will bear many fruits" http://www.fides.org/en/news/72045-ASIA_KAZAKHSTAN_The_Bishop_of_Almaty_The_Pope_s_visit_to_this_land_will_bear_many_fruits (25 April 2022)

Jonathan Bailey photo

“When you’re working with a genre like romance, which is about something fundamental which connects all humans, it’s so important that we can allow everyone to see themselves in that story, and that wasn't necessarily there for me growing up.”

Jonathan Bailey (1988) British actor

"Jonathan Bailey: Jonathan Bailey is Redefining the Hollywood Heartthrob" on TIMEs Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oitewpYmQdY&ab_channel=TIME (13 May 2022)

Kyūichi Tokuda photo
Dilgo Khyentse photo

“It is important to become more and more clearly convinced that the only thing worth achieving is supreme enlightenment.”

Dilgo Khyentse (1910–1991) Bhutanese Buddhist Lama

The Heart of Compassion (2006)

Ron English photo

“If listening was as important as speaking, you would have twice as many ears as mouths.”

Ron English (1959) American artist

Ron English's Fauxlosophy: Volume 2 (2022)

A. C. Grayling photo

“Symbols have the unfortunate power to acquire the importance of what they symbolise.”

A. C. Grayling (1949) English philosopher

Source: Life, Sex, and Ideas: The Good Life Without God (2002), Chapter 4, “Symbols” (p. 19)

A. C. Grayling photo

“Of all the questions we can ask ourselves the most important is: how is one best to live?”

A. C. Grayling (1949) English philosopher

Source: Life, Sex, and Ideas: The Good Life Without God (2002), “Introduction” (p. xi)

Prevale photo

“One of the rarest and most important privileges that can happen to a good person is to be loved for who you are.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) Uno dei privilegi più rari ed importanti che possa capitare ad una brava persona è di essere amati per ciò che si è.
Source: prevale.net

Elio Sgreccia photo

“I think that to safeguard the earth and maintain its great heritage it is important to exalt human responsibility, because the only being responsible for the other beings is man. Nothing less can come about from his humanity and his responsibility.”

Elio Sgreccia (1928–2019) Catholic cardinal

Christian Personalism's Place in Bioethics https://zenit.org/2004/07/06/christian-personalism-s-place-in-bioethics/ (6 July 2004)

Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel photo

“I pray to the Spirit, not vaingloriously with this title, as titles aren't the most important in life, but the fraternal service of love. What is decisive, what makes us worth more, is to love God and our neighbor.”

Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel (1940) Mexican bishop

Consistory of Cardinals: Exclusive Interview with Monsignor Felipe Arizmendi https://zenit.org/2020/11/27/consistory-of-cardinals-exclusive-interview-with-monsignor-felipe-arizmendi/ (27 November 2020)

Jessica Minh Anh photo

“Since shipping and logistics are such a critical part of the fashion industry, it is important to highlight the option of green logistics solutions, which help minimize environmental damages and reduce transport-related emissions.”

Jessica Minh Anh (1988) Vietnamese model

Jessica Minh Anh (2020) cited in: " DHL put on a fashion show on the tarmac at New York's JFK Airport right in front of a Boeing 767 cargo plane https://www.businessinsider.com/dhl-fashion-show-at-jfk-airport-for-sustainability-logistics-2020-2" in Business Insider, 12 February 2020.

Jessica Minh Anh photo

“I wanted to highlight the importance of sustainability through artistic and cinematic captures.”

Jessica Minh Anh (1988) Vietnamese model

Jessica Minh Anh (2019) cited in: " Catwalk Call-to-Action: Jessica Minh Anh’s Sustainability Series https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/catwalk-call-to-action-jessica-minh-anhs-sustainability-series-1203216605/" in Women's Wear Daily, 8 July 2019.

Olena Zelenska photo
Witness Lee photo

“Whether a matter is great or small, its importance and weight depend on whose hands it is in.”

Witness Lee (1905–1997) Chinese Christian preacher

Character, of Witness Lee - By Living Stream Ministry, ISBN 978-0-87083-322-9

“When you got right down to it, every important decision in life was made with inadequate information.”

Source: Behrooz Wolf (aka The Proteus Trilogy), Proteus In The Underworld (1995), Chapter 14 (p. 190)

Fala Chen photo

“Even while filming we knew how important it was that we get this opportunity to showcase our culture and our uniqueness, but also, as human beings, our stories, our emotions, and, at the end of the day, our humanity.”

Fala Chen (1982) Hong Kong actress

"Fala Chen Is Bringing Her Excellence to Hollywood" in Town & Country https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a37223279/fala-chen-jiang-li-shang-chi-marvel-interview/ (1 September 2021)

Gary Locke photo
Viktor Yanukovych photo

“It is important for me to feel that the barometer, which the business is, helps me understand whether the winds blow the right way or not.”

Viktor Yanukovych (1950) Ukrainian politician who was the President of Ukraine

Source: [2011-06-23, Янукович хочет понять, куда движется Украина, https://news.liga.net/economics/news/yanukovich-khochet-ponyat-kuda-dvizhetsya-ukraina, 2022-06-12, LIGA, ru]

Vitali Klitschko photo

“If in earlier times one in six people died in intensive care, now it's every other person. This is very important. We are elevating [the quality], we are saving lives.”

Vitali Klitschko (1971) Ukrainian boxer and politician

Source: [Ненко, Илья, Лучшие цитаты Виталия Кличко — в честь 50-летия главного оратора планеты MAXIM, https://www.maximonline.ru/guide/luchshie-citaty-vitaliya-klichko-v-chest-50-letiya-glavnogo-oratora-planety-id668472/, 2022-06-13, www.maximonline.ru, ru]
Source: [2019-02-22, "Раньше у нас умирал каждый шестой человек, сейчас - каждый второй". Кличко снова оговорился в прямом эфире, https://tsn.ua/ru/tsikavinki/ranshe-u-nas-umiral-kazhdyy-shestoy-chelovek-seychas-kazhdyy-vtoroy-klichko-snova-ogovorilsya-v-pryamom-efire-1302129.html, 2022-06-13, ТСН.ua, ru]

“Our main concern now is to bring peace to the hearts of the people. Schools have an important role in this since classes have children of different ethnic groups and this is where they can be educated to live side by side.”

Angelo Moreschi (1952–2020) Italian Catholic Bishop

Slowly Calm Returns to Gambella After Fierce Ethnic Clashes. Concern for 16,000 People in Flight Towards Sudan http://www.fides.org/en/news/1553-AFRICA_ETHIOPIA_SLOWLY_CALM_RETURNS_TO_GAMBELLA_AFTER_FIERCE_ETHNIC_CLASHES_CONCERN_FOR_16_000_PEOPLE_IN_FLIGHT_TOWARDS_SUDAN (20 January 2004)

Aristotle photo
Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow photo

“No one can possess what we call good judgement, which is about the same thing as an instinct for recognizing Reasonable Probabilities, whose mind is not trained to follow truth. And in many of the most important things of life. Reasonable Probabilities are our only guides.”

Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow (1887–1952) British politician, agriculturalist and colonial administrator (1887-1952)

12 September 1936, Advice to the pupils of the Bishop Cotton School, Simla, also quoted in Speeches and Statements of the Marquess of Linlithgow, p. 19-20

Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow photo
Zhang Yimou photo

“It is true that I was a cinematographer, so for me, the narration of the spectacular is powerful and important. I always pay special attention to the expression of the pictures. It has always been my style.”

Zhang Yimou (1950) Chinese actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer

"No one to be Missed" in Off Screen https://offscreen.com/view/zhang_yimou (April 1999)

“When the records of our civilization are balanced, then—but perhaps not before—the real importance of dental science will be appreciated. Now it is merely valued at the moment of toothache.”

Avram Davidson (1923–1993) novelist

Help! I am Dr. Morris Goldpepper (p. 59)
Short fiction, Or All the Seas with Oysters (1962)

Robert Habeck photo

“It is important for us (European Union) not to give a signal that we will be blackmailed by Putin.”

Robert Habeck (1969) German politician

Robert Habeck (2022) cited in: " Russia's Putin tells Europe: Pay in roubles or we'll cut off your gas https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/russias-putin-tells-europe-pay-in-roubles-or-well-cut-off-your-gas" in The Straits Times, 1 April 2022.

Vladimir Putin photo

“It is important to prevent terrorist infiltration into our neighboring countries. Even when they pretend to be refugees.”

Vladimir Putin (1952) President of Russia, former Prime Minister

Putin does not want to receive Afghan migrants for fear of terrorism: “fighters disguised as refugees” https://palnws.be/2021/08/poetin-wil-geen-afghaanse-migranten-opvangen-uit-vrees-voor-terrorisme-als-vluchteling-vermomde-strijders/
2020s, 2021

Jean Ingelow photo

“The Christian presence in the East, even in Aleppo is thousands of years old, since the time of the Apostles; therefore, it is very important that it continues, because this also benefits the universal Church - not only the East.”

Joseph Tobji (1971) archeparch of Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo

War and economic crisis in Aleppo cause Christians to flee https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2021-12/syria-war-christian-tobji-joseph.html (13 December 2021)

Leonid Kuchma photo
Frank Lloyd Wright photo
Bill Engvall photo

“I discovered two very important facts that day - Number one: The springs will pull the hair out of your legs, and Number two: the dog doesn't like to jump.”

Bill Engvall (1957) American comedian and actor

about trampolines
Source: Blue Collar Comedy Tour, Blue Collar Comedy Tour: One For the Road (2006)

Prevale photo

“The most important and valuable quality of a person is his or her authenticity.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: La qualità più importante e preziosa di una persona è la sua autenticità.
Source: prevale.net

Frank Herbert photo
Prevale photo

“In life, the important is not what happens, but how we deal with it.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Nella vita, l'importante non è ciò che accade, ma come lo si affronta.
Source: prevale.net

Zafar Mirzo photo
Zafar Mirzo photo
Teal Swan photo
Prevale photo

“Each of us is the result of his past. The important thing is that you never become a prisoner of it. Never.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Ognuno di noi è il risultato del suo passato. L'importante è non diventarne mai prigioniero. Mai.
Source: prevale.net

Teal Swan photo
Prevale photo

“During the days of your life, one of the most important resources you must learn to control is patience. Those who can master calmness, live in harmony with entire world.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Durante i giorni della tua vita, una delle risorse più importanti che devi imparare a controllare è la pazienza. Chi riesce a dominare la calma, vive in armonia con il mondo intero.
Source: prevale.net

Prevale photo

“In love, the most important and relevant act is to be there.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: In amore, l'atto più importante e rilevante è esserci.
Source: prevale.net