It takes too much energy to be against something unless it's really important.

Madeleine L'Engle

The commitment here, not only to education, but to winning and winning with integrity, is very important to me. We're going to educate and graduate student athletes and we're going to compete for championships in all sports.

Keith Tribble

Is a very minor matter, but made very important. ... It was made far bigger than its actual importance.

Caspar W. Weinberger

I do appreciate that the most important thing as a manager is to get good results.

Stuart Pearce

The U.S. economy was obviously a very important factor in these flows.

Roberto Suro

It was very important to me, because I learned how to play onstage at an early age.

Alexandre Bouzlov

Geoff works hard, looks very sharp and he has scored some important goals for us.

Bryan Robson

I think the most important task at hand is to change attitudes.

Joe Jackson

Two things are important to us. We pride ourselves on pitching and defense.

Jeremy Whitaker

Color is important in this collection, but in a different way.

Donatella Versace

Not that it's not important, (but) it's not in the normal curriculum. It's not to do away with sports, it's figuring out some way to pay for them.

Tom Cochran

We're still experimenting. I believe that championships are won with doubles, which is why it's so important for us to get our four best guys out there.

Julia Nelson

I love football, and it's a game where you're supposed to have fun and not dwell on the losses. It's always been a dream to make it to the NFL, and football has helped get me a scholarship, but the most important thing is getting an education.

Austin Raught

We are a 24-hour department. If you see something amiss, report it immediately. Timing is very important.

George Meyer

What we do here is more important than who we are. We have an agenda to move forward here.

Roy Blunt

The merger is a possibility and it would create important synergies for both lenders.

Niccolo Pini

It is very important for the Hinckleys to spend time with each other - not at a Holiday Inn but in their residence.

Robert Phillips

It's not really important who is going to score. The most important thing is that we score goals. It's a matter of time before the other guys are going to get hot.

Marek Svatos

One of the first and most important things for a critic to learn is how to sleep undetected in the theater.

William Archer

This election is very important for the city.

Pat Schmidt

It's an incredible core workout. Which is of course a great thing. But also it's one more way to connect with the ocean, which spiritually is very important.

Scott Bass

His work is important and a major contribution to the world of economics and to theory.

Menachem Begin

It is the most important site because of the fact that it is very much the seat of the government.

Jayantha Dhanapala

How important is it if the FBI discovers that there's -- for a lack of a better word -- the president's DNA on this dress?

Bob Schieffer

The most important thing is picking things you love, things that give you pleasure and bring joy.

Linda Wall

Timely hitting is pretty important when guys are on base and you need to get a knock. It is definitely important.

Jeromy Burnitz

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

Audre Lorde

It's an important project. Everyone will be watching and waiting to see how production goes.

Alex Schott

It was important in this case because there's a couple of subjects I know a little about but I need to know a lot about.

Rowan Woods

There are a lot more important reasons for merging than there are to stay apart. I think it's a good thing.

Kevin O'shea

A healthy love life is not and should not be the preserve of those in their 20s and 30s. It's important at all ages.

Jerry Hall

It's vitally important we get a good result in Estonia.

Brian Flynn

Education was hugely important to her. That's something that will really be a legacy for her.

Gary Pernell

It's going to be a multicultural event and that reflects our community. It's very important that everyone supports this, because it's a big deal for us.

Ward Ald

The consensus is very cautious on ASP development. It is a very volatile number, but it is also very important.

Jari Honko

Blood is not all that important. It's what you have in your heart and how you carry it.

Alan Robinson

It is important for the international community to make balanced moves in the present situation.

Alexander Kalugin

It's a really important piece of the puzzle for us.

Carl Laundrie

The past few games, we've controlled the ball a lot better. It's going to be important this weekend.

Greg Baudo

We think we're going to have a great crowd, we really do. We have almost three weeks and we're going to give this everything we can. We think it's very important to have a good crowd and make a good impression.

Arnold Fielkow

I'm not looking ahead. I was focused on this. It's important to me. And it's another step closer to my goal.

Matt Moley

Not an important part of whether this is a crime or not.

Valerie Plame

But to me the actual sound of the words is all important; I feel always that the words complete the music and must never be swallowed up in it.

Lotte Lehmann

There are very few African-American nuclear operators. It's important to me to break the stereotypes of what we can or can't do.

Rob Howard

(Relay) is important because the money raised stays here.

Patsy Crisel

Brunswick continues to make community relations a top priority, and in the appointment of Adrian, who has nearly 25 years of experience at the company, we are demonstrating an even greater commitment in this important area that impacts us all.

Dustan E. Mccoy

That's our most important mission.

Patrick Nixon

Scripps is important to the county, but at what risk to taxpayers?

Shannon Larocque

It's important for them to discover and identify who they are.

Whitney Ransome

Winning our first four MAC games was very important not only to set ourselves apart from the rest of the conference, but also in the East Division.

Leigh Ross

Is it an uphill battle? Absolutely. But important principles are stake.

Mark Berman

I really knew he was listening ... It's always been important to me that I knew that some one was listening ... It meant a lot to me.

Jim Nantz

Also our projects in Guadalajara and Saprissa are important.

Hans Westerhof

We try to treat every one of our employers as well as we can because it's important for our students to have access to good paying jobs.

Bob Tomlinson

I don't know what happened. It was a lucky break for us, and we'll take it. It was an important game for us.

Sandis Ozolinsh

It's just as important for us an anyone.

Alan Feldman

Of the earnings this week, I'll be looking at GE, ... They're so broad-based in their business that what they have to say is going to be important.

Peter Green

To me, the most important part is the process. I wish every student could do this.

Rob Schroeder

It was very important to show (the coaches) that I know the defense and they can depend on me to get it done.

Dennis Ellis

I think it's very important that we be able to get some work.

Donovan Mcnabb

I think that's one of the most important gifts we have in television-the ability to heal through laughter.

Soleil Moon Frye

It was really important that my office or studio be in the house.

Scott Stultz

The Cabinet was a very important staging post for us.

Sebastian Coe

We're getting reports of clusters of cases of diarrheal illness, ... In these shelters, it's important for the medical professionals to pay close attention to hygiene.

Tom Skinner

We went there with one voice. I think that's extremely important for the Big Ten. We're talking about one building and one way of doing things.

Rick Fuson

Save what is important, destroy everything else.

David Duncan

I'm happy and lucky to be participating in this. It's an important part of the process.

Joe Harris

It's very good for an idea to be commonplace. The important thing is that a new idea should develop out of what is already there so that it soon becomes an old acquaintance. Old acquaintances aren't by any means always welcome, but at least one can't be mistaken as to who or what they are.

Penelope Fitzgerald

This facility is long overdue but is an important first step. It's crucial that we build these facilities because the fleet is getting older.

Jim Cameron

I would lose weight if I had to. I love my life. My life is more important than football or anything else.

Jeremy Baker

It's the single most important thing we can do to bring stability to our tax-revenue base.

Steve Rafsky

We will ensure that, even in an environment of rising inflationary risks, the ECB will make an important contribution to growth by anchoring inflation expectations.

Axel Weber

I feel good about our defense, which is important considering our inexperience at the goaltending position.

Greg Pfaffenbichler

And that's very important because we need these facilities, knowing that the approach that we are going to use to develop this area is a community-based participation approach.

Kuntoro Mangkusubroto

The most important outcome of education is to help students become independent of formal education.

Paul Gray

Boynton is changing so rapidly right now, it's especially important to share our history.

Janet Devries

It's really important that we try to get everyone in the community involved in what we are trying to do ... so that we can really make a difference in the way women are treated.

Kathryn Xian

I feel good catching and that's what I want, ... I feel good when I make a swing but catching is the important thing.

Yadier Molina

The most important scientific effort that humankind has ever mounted.

Craig Venter

With the assault on labor right now, it was important for us to be out with all the unions.

Bob Rose

He was very important and it's important to remember that. He had a very strong testimony.

Kelly Eisenhour

I've got to be in the best shape of my life. This is a contract year for me, probably the most important year of my career.

Josh Parry

The important thing is to remember what most impressed you and to put it on canvas as fast as possible.

Pierre Bonnard

I'm going with a cupboard full of trophies and for me that's the most important thing.

Fernando Morientes

The theme is absolutely important. We don't realize how much of our lives are absolutely random.

Robert J. Shiller

I am still against any kind of censorship. It's a subject in my life that has been very important.

Bernardo Bertolucci

Parents are the child's most important teacher from the time they are born through high school.

Renae Dreier

It's clear that newspaper advertising is still an important vehicle for our stores.

Jim Sluzewski

Despite its important energy resources, Africa generates only 3,1% of the world electricity, less than any other region of the world.

Joshua Ofedie

We won't risk him. That's the most important thing.

Robert Wiley

Fifty percent of the job is getting the client in the door, ... The other 50 percent is their ability to talk about their company and answer important questions, that's where we can assist clients as well.

Tom Nelson

These are the last three tournaments of my college career and the most important ones. I just have to believe in myself and try to win. If it happens it happens. If not, it's OK.

Alejandro Canizares

In comparing men and books, one must always remember this important distinction,-that one can put the books down at anytime.

Nathaniel Parker Willis

While this is just a first step, it's an incredibly important first step.

Denis Hayes

Our destiny is sort of in our own hands. We need to get back on track. This is really the most important game of our season because we need to get back on track.

Derek Coleman

It is much more important to know what sort of a patient has a disease than what sort of a disease a patient has.

Sir William Osler

This was for me. It was important for me to win this title because I knew I was capable of doing it and my team knew that too. I knew I was in good shape.

Paula Radcliffe

Our families are a very important part of our volunteer work.

Gerald Newman

We thought it was very important to keep our users out of jail.

Peter Norvig

Variety selection is most important of all factors.

Brandon Morrow

It is vital that these communities have a good relationship with each other. And it's important that everyone gets intentional about this.

Michael Shore

I feel like we're part of the ORH family. We represent the hospital and that's important to us.

Sophia Samaniego

The Chinese are going to want to stretch it out, and we're going to want to accelerate it. In 2006, China is the big enchilada and this is the most important bilateral relationship in the world.

James Lilley

It was very, very challenging. There was never a doubt that it was important.

Fran Allen

The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures.

Humphrey Davy

It's important to be playing your best basketball right now, and we've won four straight.

James Slaton

We have some great face-off men. These battles will be important because time of possession allows the offense to control the ball and get their goals.

Zac Jungers

It's been my number all through my career, so it's important to me.

Danny Granger

I feel it's important to show that one thing that you do doesn't define you as a human being. It doesn't mean there aren't ramifications or you shouldn't pay for that but its not who you are.

Ryan Gosling

We can't make it important to anybody else. Some of the audience we serve doesn't really care about what you did yesterday and you have to be cognizant of that ... But it's important to us.

Don Cornelius

It is up to us to let people know what is very important and passing a class-size amendment is very important.

Rep. Ralph Arza

It is important that we exchange information and tat is why I launched my appeal to my colleague to help us.

Bernard Bot

Her victory will be an important moment, but she won't have long to savor it.

Frank Umbach

The most important object in Boy Scout training is to educate, not instruct.

Sir Robert Baden powell

We felt it was important to do something that really reflected Joe's passion.

Clarence Otis

It's important that America recognizes its own great artists while they're still alive.

Dana Gioia

That's one of the most important fossils on the planet - yet it's here in a plastic box in little old Albuquerque.

Adrian Hunt

He played a good game, he tried hard at the beginning. It was important that he scored a goal, I hope that helps him. But he can do better.

Robert Mancini

Here is an important fact: The greatest value for each of us is what we really want.

Jim Steffen

These kids are finally starting to believe and that's important.

Al Melanson

Whenever they're here it's something that's really important to me. It's something that I really take to heart because they don't get to see me play much.

Joe Knight

We're not taking donations of books or sending books. It's important they buy the books they need.

Vicki Burns

More importantly - and this is really the most important thing - the majority of Americans do not agree with him. The majority of Congress doesn't agree.

Jack Kessler

We got some important steals in the second half that set up points for us to get back into the game.

Willie Goolsby

A lot of people who move here aren't even aware how important the county was to the citrus industry. Even though there's not as much citrus grown here now, we try to pay respect to that history.

Wayne Vutech

The extemporaneous thinking is important. It is a really important skill in life.

Scott Mills

We feel in the areas important from an academic standpoint, we have really met the standard.

Warren May

We won an important game but not a decisive one.

Ronald Koeman

We are playing our best basketball of the season at the most important time.

Chris O'connor

It's a good win today, not a must-win but pretty darn important. The little things are something we've really got to do consistently.

Scott Hatteberg

We all consider it a very important issue. And one of the primary things that will have to be dealt with is whether companies can inadvertently add new genetic components to foods they produce.

Rebecca Goldburg

Before the game against Scotland, there are four other games that are just as important for us.

Pierre Berbizier

It's important to get an update on the current physical and mental health status.

Dr. Lorna Thorpe

The easiest and most important thing a family can do is simply have a conversation about what they would do in the event of a disaster and put together a disaster kit.

Darren Irby

It's not going to delay the project. We think this decision is so important that we (must) get it right.

Ron Rienas

Today they found a way to get it done against a team that I have a lot of respect for. We knew this was going to be a competitive game for us, where we are, and it was important for us to come out here and try and battle and get it done. And we did that.

Joe Tornetta

I think it is really important that we listen to what people in the field of education have to say.

Bob Morrison

China is a very special market, a very important market.

Michael Whitaker

He knows we're here. That's the important thing, he knows we're here.

Duane Lunak

It's really about seeing opportunities in a very fast-growing and important marketplace.

Tom Beermann

He is the governor and he thinks it's important for the future, whether he's here or not.

Charles Gargano

The Beefeaters are an important part of the football family in the community. If everyone's healthy, we're all healthy. It's really good for all the members to be functioning well. It's a healthy football environment when there are more and more opportunities to play.

Larry Haylor

Those rules are important in monitoring the integrity of the election.

Jonah Brown

Well, I've got my book carousel over here that was built for me and the bench to match it. The guy that I date did it for me, and it's real important to me.

Nancy Allen

It's really important to me to keep that traditional vow in there, to use the ones that my parents used and my grandparents used.

Brooke Barber

Consumer loyalty is important and business travelers have to work hard to make airline loyalty [work] for both them and their employer.

Daniel Baker

I think it's important for residents to understand what they're getting for their $40 million.

Sen. Shan Tsutsui

I picked him because he is a good man who knows how to run a very important organization and I am proud of my friend.

Joe Allbaugh

And when people take on more of that responsibility, it's important they be compensated for that (extra work they do).

Mike Journee

We're not always going to agree on every issue, that's for sure, but we certainly agree on what I believe are the most important issues facing our great state, and those are economic issues.

Bill Simon

I feel it's very important that we stay in this fight, ... A lot of people want this place open.

Hilly Kristal

This may be the most important [Senate] election in the last half-century.

Lloyd Smith

It is always important that students actively participate in decisions that affect them.

Lynette Mundey

Service is more important to me than any of the features.

Caitlin Johnston

I want to know who we can count on to be there. It's even more important that we respect the laws when we get there.

Gloria Hernandez

All paths lead nowhere, so it is important to choose a path that has heart.

Carlos Casteneda

It is important that we face up to, face into and deal with these issues, and then move on to helping our churches reach North America for Christ.

Bob Reccord

Java will play an important new role in application development.

Joseph Feiman

It's important to recognize that we need to get our communities back on their feet quickly.

Craig Fugate

It was a pretty good weekend for us. Getting our first conference win was important. Especially missing one of our starters, that was a big boost of confidence for us.

Jody Bronson

Despite our differences, we all agree this election and this process are important. And we all agree that all of us are part of a greater American family.

Vanessa Kerry

What we're doing is important for the future, for our children and our children's children.

Ken Bowersox

It's really important that those two (Shakespeare and contemporary playwrights) are both under the same umbrella.

Oskar Eustis

The important thing for us is to get back to .500 in these next two games and build from there.

Luke Ridnour

Sometimes (money) doesn't allow you to look at what's most important to you.

Kathleen Gurney

Labor Day weekend is not as important from an economic standpoint as it used to be.

Lee Sentell

This is an environment where we can teach our children. This is good for the boys. It's important for them to learn what we know.

Daniel Leonhardt

If there is one important duty it is to yourself.

Andrew Ridings

Any win on the road, when it's a three game series, is important.

Nykesha Sales

We can't forget how desperately they need our help and how important they are.

Wendie Malick

I asked someone what one of the most important elements of a film festival is, and he immediately said the event's destination. Because Delray is a great city with beautiful weather and ideally located, I felt that a film festival would make a nice fit.

Michael Posner

We cater to 'smart kids' as well. It's important that the smart kids help others that need it.

James Garvin

The two textile agreements eliminate most uncertainties faced by Chinese clothing enterprises when exporting goods to two of the most important overseas markets.

Mei Xinyu

Did he want to perform his best? Of course he did. But this could be one of the most important character-building events of his life.

Lisa Mininni

I think this is important that this is coming before the council in an election season.

Dennis Rosa

... The most important thing right now is the crew's safety.

Alan Adler

We have many important things to talk about and this isn't one of them.

Sue Gamble

The quality of life is more important than life itself.

Alexis Carrel

It's important that we have stability in city government to make sure that that growth occurs.

Lawrence Cavallero

We anticipate reaching this important milestone for our company sometime in April or early May, and that's the only hint I am going to give.

Olly Culverhouse

The most important job you'll ever have is in the walls of your own home.

Jane Clayson

It's more important to me it gets passed, so if something happens to me, (my wife) gets that benefit.

Neal Cummings

That area could anchor a very important development corridor stretching from Indianapolis Boulevard to Five Points.

Mark Kalwinski

Everything must have a home, and that's especially important in a small kitchen where space is at a premium.

Barry Izsak

The findings have important implications for estimating the level of mental health services that may be needed.

Col. Charles Hoge

Marketing is too important to be left to the marketing department.

David Packard

The businesses in this area are very good about supporting our efforts because it benefits them as well as us. Their contributions are very important because our annual operating costs are between $100,000 and $150,000.

David Hull

What men turn to is more important than what they turn from, even if that to which they turn is only a higher moral truth.

Roland Allen

The credibility of that competition is extraordinarily important to us.

Peter Liguori

A race against Stanford is always important. They have a great team this year.

Dave O'neill

The most important thing for people who are here is for them to go out and make change in their own individual ways.

Craig Stevenson

There is nothing more important in this world than this. Nothing.

Ashley Judd

Speed, that is what is important.

Glen Gould

We've had to battle back. Points are too important now and we've got to find a way to shake ourselves out of those doldrums early.

Randy Carlyle

It was very important to be here. It's a continuation of life.

Dudley Moore

Setting high goals for your staff, and guiding them to think with an out-of-the-box mentality is important.

Lalit Panda

We're certainly delighted to be able to add this important series to our research collection ...

Donald Fraser

We are going to encourage families to sign up for Activate Chester County. Starting to be active at an early age is really important.

Carol Boerlin

We have to go through it (the report) very, very carefully. There's never been a facility done like this anywhere in the world. That's why analyzing it is both difficult and extremely important.

Susan Jordan

They are allegations at this point. I think it's important to keep that in mind.

Tysen Kendig