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Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.
bill gates— In the Independent on Sunday, 12 October 1997.
It is important to teach young people at school that violence is a fruitless approach to solving problems.
Dalai Lama
Family is the most important thing in the world.
Princess of Wales Diana— OK Magazine's special Princess Diana 50th birthday tribute issue, p. 67.
One person I do feel a little sorry for, though, is the Archbishop of Canterbury, the most important clergyman in Britain and he's only got two lousy palaces to live in. What sort of life is that for a man of God? I bet if Jesus came back, even he'd be embarrassed for him; I bet he wouldn't be able to look him in the eye.
pat condell— YouTube video (April 17, 2007; from YouTube)
In finding love, I think it's important to be patient. In being in a relationship, I think it's important to be honest, to communicate, to respect and trust, and to strive to give more than you take.
Kina Grannis— Found in Dating! 10 Helpful Tips for a Successful Relationship by Laura Buddenburg
Male circumcision provides a degree of protection against acquiring HIV infection, equivalent to what a vaccine of high efficacy would have achieved. Male circumcision may provide an important way of reducing the spread of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa.
Bertran Auvert— Dr Auvert, et al, PLoS Medicine, November 2005
Self-censorship as a result of intimidation or social pressures, sometimes referred to as “political correctness”, constitutes a serious obstacle to the proper functioning of democracy. It is important to hear the views of all persons,including the “silent majority”, and to give heed to the weaker voices.
alfred de zayas— Interim report of the Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, Alfred Maurice de Zayas [4]
Perhaps the most important single characteristic of modern organizational cybernetics is this: That in addition to concern with the deleterious impacts of rigidly-imposed notions of what constitutes the application of good "principles of organization and management" the organization is viewed as a subsystem of a larger system(s), and as comprised itself of functionally interdependent subsystems.
— Richard F. Ericson (1969) Organizational cybernetics and human values p. 14-15
It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.
Martin Luther King Jr.— Speech at Cornell College, Mt Vernon, Iowa. Reported in the Wall Street Journal, 13 November 1962
You need your family in this business. It's one of the most important things to keep you grounded. You come home and your mom's like, "Clean the kitty's litter box." It's not like it's all about me.
kirsten dunst— Interview in The Guardian (14 October 2000)
It makes me itchy, this wry fatalism, but it doesn't make me itch nearly as much as the heroes of so many other modern novels for whom stalking the savage libido is more fun than kinship or community; who will leave town either to find their callow selves, as if they'd lost anything important, or, more transgressively, to kill a bear, a bull, a whale, a unicorn, a hippogriff, a signifier or, preferably, their fathers.
john leonard— "The Accidental Matriarch", The New York Times (20 May 2001)
Adam Smith, and other able writers to whom I have alluded, not having viewed correctly the principles of rent, have, it appears to me, overlooked many important truths, which can only be discovered after the subject of rent is thoroughly understood.
David Ricardo— Original Preface, p. 1
Since the liberation of the ancient city of Timbuktu by the French army “operation serval” important leaders visited the historic city all focus on development, rebuilding, and restoration of its ancient historic sites.
— In "Visit of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Timbuktu."
I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?
Robert Redford— American actor, director, producer, businessman, environmentalist, philanthropist
Before I get out of bed, I am saying thank you. I know how important it is to be thankful.
Al Jarreau— American singer and musician (1940 - 2017)
It is important to have an attitude of gratitude.
Amelia Nazer— Believe and Receive, Chapter 2 (2015)
I've made the most important discovery of my life. It's only in the mysterious equation of love that any logical reasons can be found.
— John Forbes Nash (portrayed by Russell Crowe, in A Beautiful Mind (2001).
The three most important things to have are faith, hope and love. But the greatest of them is love.
— Paul of Tarsus, in 1 Corinthians 13:13 (New. International Readers Version).
And what I've learned isnot to believe in magical leaders any more; that character and compassion are more important than ideology; and that even if it's absurd to think you can change things, it's even more absurd to think that it's foolish and unimportant to try.
Peter C Newman— 1973 Home Country: People, Places, and Power Politics.
It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.
Dalai Lama— Kindness, Clarity, and Insight (1984) Tenzin Gyatso
Awards are not as important to me as when I meet a 10-year-old kid who says, "I love Captain Jack Sparrow."
johnny depp— Quoted in Bernard Weintraub, "Playboy Interview: Johnny Depp," Playboy (May 2004)
Apart from their work and production, households perform other important economic functions. Most CONSUMPTION occurs within the household. ...In developed capitalist economies, private consumption spending accounts for half or more of GDP.
jim stanford— Economics For Everyone (2008), Part 2, Chapter 9, Reproduction (for Economists), p. 114.
The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers, And heavily in clouds brings on the day, The great, the important day, big with the fate Of Cato, and of Rome.
joseph addison— Joseph Addison, Cato, A Tragedy (1713), Act I, scene 1.
Education is important because, first of all, people need to know that discrimination still exists. It is still real in the workplace, and we should not take that for granted.
— Alexis Herman, in Praeger Handbook on Understanding and Preventing Workplace Discrimination ..., p.13
A strong sense of humor, a really awesome personality, and maturity is also really important in a boyfriend.
Elizabeth Gillies— Seventeen interview, "Five Questions with Victorious star Elizabeth Gillies", by Lauren Brown.
