Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.

Listening has importance only when one is not projecting one’s own desires through which one listens.

Colleges are like old-age homes, except for the fact that more people die in colleges.

Politeness is, you know, is a wonderful thing. Manners are in fact, really important thing. But remember, Jesus didn’t have many manners as we now know.

Not only do I think being nice and kind is easy but being kind, in my opinion, is important.

During most of my freelancing, I made what I would have made in charge of the cafeteria at a pretty good junior-high school.

It’s a nice reader, but there’s nothing on the iPad I look at and say, ‚Oh, I wish Microsoft had done it.‘

Ezra was right half the time, and when he was wrong, he was so wrong you were never in any doubt about it.

Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child.

I am the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and fries.

An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.

Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time.

In experimental philosophy, we are to look upon propositions inferred by general induction from phenomena as accurately or very nearly true, notwithstanding any contrary hypotheses that may be imagined, till such time as other phenomena occur by which they may either be made more accurate or liable to exceptions.

There is never vulgarity in a whole truth, however commonplace. It may be unimportant or painful. It cannot be vulgar. Vulgarity is only in concealment of truth, or in affectation.

You’d have a hard time finding anything better than Barcelona for food, as far as being a hub. Given a choice between Barcelona and San Sebastian to die in, I’d probably want to die in San Sebastian.

For as one star another far exceeds, So souls in heaven are placed by their deeds.

A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.

The oppression of any people for opinion’s sake has rarely had any other effect than to fix those opinions deeper, and render them more important.

See that the imagination of nature is far, far greater than the imagination of man.

I feel like the thing we can do is celebrate people doing great work and create more cultural momentum and awareness that this is an important thing in the world. So when the next economic crisis hits and people are talking about where to cut from the budget, science isn’t the thing.

Particularly Instagram, people look like they have a much better life than they really do. People basically seem like they are way better-looking than they really are, and they are way happier-seeming than they really are.

Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.

While some doubted that connecting the world was actually important, we were building. While others doubted that this would be sustainable, you were forming lasting connections. We just cared more about connecting the world than anyone else. And we still do today.

I take my sleep very, very important.

There is no gambling like politics.

We believe that according the name ‚investors‘ to institutions that trade actively is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in one-night stands a ‚romantic.‘

Fashion is very important. It is life-enhancing and, like everything that gives pleasure, it is worth doing well.

I’ve done a number of Super Bowl ads. And that is the best advertising of the year. That is when people realize they’re going to be compared directly against other ads.

I have always reckoned the dignity of the republic of first importance and preferable to life.

I like to speak on matters which matter to human beings, and almost everything matters to human beings.

The writing is important, but the way you say the line and the pause you give it, the facial expression – all of that is very important.

As a British driver, you get compared to Lewis and I get that. But when he came to McLaren, they were doing well and had a championship-winning car. I’m in a very different situation so I don’t compare myself to his stats.

It’s probably not an accident that the films that I care about happen to be about issues that matter to me, stories that I want to tell.

Good planning is important. I’ve also regarded a sense of humor as one of the most important things on a big expedition. When you’re in a difficult or dangerous situation, or when you’re depressed about the chances of success, someone who can make you laugh eases the tension.

Each doctor makes a much, much more important job than I do, but at the end, nobody talks about him. We all know about it, but we don’t really think about it.

The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.

This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.

Oh, the difference between nearly right and exactly right.

You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world’s problems at once but don’t ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.

In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.

Respect is one of life’s greatest treasures. I mean, what does it all add up to if you don’t have that?

Early in life I had noticed that no event is ever correctly reported in a newspaper.

It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things.

The Black Mamba collection of watches is me: It is my alter ego, so to speak. As I mentioned before, it is sharp, cutting edge and sleek which are characteristics I try to apply when I’m out there on the basketball court.

My books are like water; those of the great geniuses are wine. (Fortunately) everybody drinks water.

The quality, not the longevity, of one’s life is what is important.

In praise there is more obtrusiveness than in blame.

What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?

Don’t compare yourself with other people; compare yourself with who you were yesterday.

What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more.

Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain.

Unlike many of its European neighbors, Britain shares many of America’s financial traits.

The Second Amendment is just as important as all the other Amendments.

Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.

You might say that Lyndon Johnson is a cross between a Baptist preacher and a cowboy.

There are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; its what we do with them that’s important.

Why should I care about posterity? What’s posterity ever done for me?

Gospel music is never pessimistic, it’s never ‚oh my god, its all going down the tubes‘, like the blues often is.

Justice and truth are too such subtle points that our tools are too blunt to touch them accurately.