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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.
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
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)
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
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
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
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
It is important to understand what I mean by semiosis . All dynamic action, or action of brute force, physical or psychical, either takes place between two subjects, whether they react equally upon each other, or one is agent and the other patient, entirely or partially, or at any rate is a resultant of such actions between pairs. But by "semiosis" I mean, on the contrary, an action, or influence, which is, or involves, a cooperation of three subjects, such as a sign, its object, and its interpretant, this tri-relative influence not being in any way resolvable into actions between pairs.
charles sanders peirce— "Pragmatism" (1907) in The Essential Peirce : Selected Philosophical Writings (1998) edited by the Peirce Edition Project, Vol. 2, p. 411, Indiana University Press.
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]
The World Heritage properties situated in the northern parts of Mali have been subjected to destructive attacks since they were occupied by armed rebel groups in April this year [2012]. In Timbuktu, nine mausoleums have been desecrated , including two at the Mosque of Djingareyber, the most important mosque in the town.
— UNESCO, in Creation of a Special Fund for the Safeguarding of Mali’s World Heritage sites (25 July 2012)
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
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)
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).
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)
The central assertion of this view, I repeat, is that each new stage of words literally created new perceptions and attentions, and such new perceptions and attentions resulted in important cultural changes which are reflected in the archaeological record.
julian jaynes— Book I, Chapter 6, p. 132 (Italics as per text...)
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)
One of the things — the important aspects of this race — is role modeling what good families should look like. Our view was that, if you can't run your own house, you certainly can't run the White House.
michelle obama— Speech Speech at a Women for Obama rally, Chicago (August 2007). YouTube video
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
It is important to have an attitude of gratitude.
Amelia Nazer— Believe and Receive, Chapter 2 (2015)
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.
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).
Motivation is very important. We can show love, respect for others, and honesty in whatever we do to help humanity.
Dalai Lama— Official Twitter account
The important thing to you is not how many years in your life, but how much life in your years!
edward stieglitz— Found in an advertisement published in the Chicago Daily Tribune in 1947 promoting The Second Forty Years, a self-help book by Edward Stieglitz. Often misattributed to Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States.
