Important Quotes

I've got a bit of an independent streak. I'm not afraid of bipartisan compromise on issues that are important to the nation.

I think that was very important to Bacon... personally. I think he went to great efforts to get a house for the Stratford man, to make it so difficult for us to prove that it was Francis Bacon, because it is very difficult to prove.

I am convinced that nothing we do is more important than hiring and developing people. At the end of the day you bet on people, not on strategies.

A durable, long-term U.S.-China strategic relationship is even more important now than in previous decades. The relationship will continue to grow and prosper to the mutual benefit of all peoples.

How strange it is that murder has the sanction of law in one and only one of the human relationships, and that is the most important of all, that of nation to nation.

It's important not to lose sight of the fact people of all sorts are still putting themselves at risk. It happens to straight and gay, single and married. I have never been comfortable thinking of AIDS as something that 'other people' get.

Storytelling is the important thing.

The most important thing is story-telling. It's as singular and old-fashioned as that.

The story is more important to me than the part.

The most important aspect of any story, to me, is character.

Well, a lead is the most important thing about the story.

Sometimes I wouldn't give an interview because I didn't have the time or something else was more important. So they come up with a story which I don't think is always true, but they have to sell papers.

I think it's linked to the realisation that we're not going to live forever and that the way of saying and the language become more important than the story.

The story of a love is not important-what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity.

I think we're doing the right things for the right reasons. We're not doing it to sell products. We're not doing it to be popular. We're doing it because in our judgment these stories are important to do, and at this length and this much depth.

Sometimes stories are inherently important whether or not they have a direct relation to your life.

You know, I'm Australian, so I'm not too flashy or glitzy... I've stopped dressing for other people. If I think I look good, that's the most important thing.

But I think that the most important thing was to really stop drinking.

Although I am a public figure, I'm still a little shy. I don't think my own personality is important. I prefer to keep some small dosage of privacy.

The important thing is to be there, score when needed. It's better if the goals are beautiful, better still if they are important.

I'm still a geek on the inside, that's the important thing.

I still believe there is a need to open up search and it will come eventually. It is very important to challenge the current models.

There were two sides to David Lean: on the one side, he was kind of a rather stiff, disciplined Englishman. And then he had this kind of romantic side to him. I think being true to both sides of your nature is important.

Part of Steve's job was to drum into us how important what we were doing actually would be to the world.

The Iraqi elections were an important first step.

I am pleased that Prince Charles and Mrs Camilla Parker Bowles have decided to take this important step.

My psycho-analytic work has convinced me that when in the baby's mind the conflicts between love and hate arise, and the fears of losing the loved one become active, a very important step is made in development.

In time of war steamships and improved arms are the most important things.

The night before I compete, I like to have steak. Meat is especially important for female athletes because it provides them with the nutrients they need to perform at their best.

I love the feeling of having as close to a steady job as you can ever have as an actor. I'm not an extravagant spender, so when I work on a TV show for a season or do a bunch of episodes as a reoccurring, I try to spread the money that comes from that out so that I can do these movies that are important to me.