Important Quotes

When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.

Money differs from an automobile or mistress in being equally important to those who have it and those who do not.

An important lever for sustained action in tackling poverty and reducing hunger is money.

Money isn't the most important thing in life, but it's reasonably close to oxygen on the "gotta have it" scale.

After you're older, two things are possibly more important than any others: health and money.

Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill.

Of course, to have money is just great because you can do what you think is important to you. I always was a rich person because money's not related to happiness.

There are necessary evils. Money is an important thing in terms of representing freedom in our world. And now I have a daughter to think about. It's really the first time I've thought about the future and what it could be.

The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money, and his religious opinions.

Sure, I have friends, plenty of friends, and they all come around wantin' to borrow money. I've always been generous with my friends and family, with money, but selfish with the important stuff like love.

There was one thing my daddy wouldn't tolerate in any shape, form or fashion, and that was being unkind or rude to somebody. That was just very important to my folks. And as it turns out, that was a legacy that he left me that money can't buy, is how to be able to treat people.

Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.

Prices are important not because money is considered paramount but because prices are a fast and effective conveyor of information through a vast society in which fragmented knowledge must be coordinated.

It's very important that every movie I do makes money because I want the people that had the faith in me to get their money back.

I think what both Republicans and Democrats need to do and the leaders on both sides is to recognize that if sequester takes place, it would be disastrous for our national defense and very frankly for a lot of very important domestic programs. They have a responsibility to come together, find the money necessary to de-trigger sequester.

Working on films where the money's more important than the creativity, I just get a bit freaked out by that. I just don't feel comfortable.

I think money is important for everyone, because the lack of it is so painful.

Awards are important for all directors because they improve your working conditions. You're only as good as your last film, so if you get prizes or large audiences, then you get more money for your next film.

By going solo I could lose a fortune but money is not important.

My inspiration was my mom. She's a great cook, and she still cooks, and we still banter back and forth about cooking. Growing up in a mostly Portuguese community, food was important and the family table was extremely important. At a very young age I understood that.

Growing up my whole life, my mom was telling me how incredible and special I was and that I was going to change the world. I think it's important for girls to know that they can change the world, that they do have an impact.

After my mom died, there was so much written about her fashion and her style and all that, and I felt that one of the most important parts of her was missing, her real intellectual curiosity.

Also, my mom and family are very important to me and I know that this is not expected.

As far as I'm concerned, there's no job more important on the planet than being a mom.

As a mom, I always feel I have to protect them. I talk about them because they are the most important things in my life but they are private people. I won't use them for my own press.

No one was more important than my mom and dad. I know they are watching from a place up in heaven here today to make sure all their kids are doing good.

Commitment means that it is possible for a man to yield the nerve center of his consent to a purpose or cause, a movement or an ideal, which may be more important to him than whether he lives or dies.

A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.

The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.