Quotes of: Greater-importance Keyword

The Cern laboratory in Geneva was set up in 1955 to bring together European scientists who wished to pursue research into the nuclear and sub-nuclear world. Physicists then had greater clout than other scientists because the memory of their role in t...

Martin Rees

I believe we have become paralyzed, paralyzed by our desire to be loved. Now our founding fathers had the wisdom to know that social acceptance and popularity were fleeing, and that this country's principles needed to be rooted in strengths greater t...

Chris Christie

A broad base of knowledge is critically important to our ability to investigate terrorism.

Raymond Kelly

Creativity is an import-export business.

Ethan Zuckerman

Faith is important to me.

Vera Farmiga

The values of life are most important.

Leonardo Del Vecchio

Good dialogue is very important.

Clive Owen

It's important to set your own goals and work hard to achieve them.

Yuichiro Miura

If, then, I were asked for the most important advice I could give, that which I considered to be the most useful to the men of our century, I should simply say: in the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.

Essays, Letters and Miscellanies

Never Underestimate. Just as in any other negotiation, watching before acting is as important as listening before speaking. It's doubly important in China, however, where customs are time-honored and breaches of protocol not so quickly forgiven.

An Entrepreneur in Asia: A Personal Journey of Global Proportions

But perhaps the most important lesson I learned is that there are no walls between humans and the elephants except those that we put up ourselves, and that until we allow not only elephants, but all living creatures their place in the sun, we can nev...

The Elephant Whisperer

Teaching our children to live a quiet, sane, and balanced life is one of the most important parental tasks of our day.

Finding Inward Stillness: Practical Applications of Christ's Atonement in Everyday Living

I believe that the duel between Christianity and atheism is the most important in the world. I further believe that the struggle between individualism and collectivism is the same struggle reproduced on another level.

God and Man at Yale: The Superstitions of 'Academic Freedom'

I see fashion as a proclamation or manifestation of identity, so, as long as identities are important, fashion will continue to be important. The link between fashion and identity begins to get real interesting, however, in the case of people who don...

Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us

Let go of the idea of winning or losing. In the game of life, the most important thing is just showing up and doing your best.

The Happiness Code: Ten keys to being the best you can be

Ina May Gaskin is the most important person in maternity care in North America, bar none.

Born in the USA: How a Broken Maternity System Must Be Fixed to Put Women and Children First

If you are trying to get information across to someone, your ability to create a compelling introduction may be the most important single factor in the later success of your mission.

Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School

I was born in 1952, so obviously the sixties were important. That's when I came of age. It was also a revolutionary period, a complete break with the generation before us in terms of culture, literature, music, and in politics, of course. 1968 was an...

Per Petterson

We came to realise - first with astonishment, then bitterness, and finally with indifference - that intellect apparently wasn't the most important thing...not ideas, but the system; not freedom, but drill. We had joined up with enthusiasm and with go...

All Quiet on the Western Front

Few of us would regret the years it takes to complete an education or master a crucial skill. So why complain about the perseverance needed to become a well-balanced and truly compassionate human being?

Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill

Even men of the noblest possible moral character are extremely susceptible to the influence of the physical charms of others. Modern, no less then Ancient History, supplies us with many most painful examples of what I refer to. If it were not so, ind...

The Importance of Being Earnest