Quotes About Importance

One can argue that in the context of history a few years do not matter. But we live in an age in which every moment counts heavily and the price of delay is human lives.

if we were forced to choose just one, there would be no way to deny that Judaism is the most important intellectual development in human history.

It's very important for cities all around the world to reinvent themselves, and Glasgow is a good example of that. The Scots are very nice. I don't think they are burdened by their history.

I won't make a mark on history. I have some importance in the time we live in, but that's all.

What is most important to the history of the world? The Taliban or the collapse of the Soviet empire? Some stirred-up Moslems or the liberation of Central Europe and the end of the cold war?

The sanctity of our battlefields, monuments, and veterans institutions is of utmost importance to preserve military history and pay respect to those who fought.

We've got to teach history based not on what's in fashion, but what's important.

It's been argued that of all the animals humans have domesticated, the horse is the most important to our history. For thousands of years, horses were our most reliable mode of transportation.

A battle sometimes decides everything; and sometimes the most trifling thing decides the fate of a battle.

It is past all controversy that what costs dearest is, and ought to be, most valued.

We need to teach our children history, right from the primary school level, for them to better understand the issues. In my son's school they don't teach history.

Our own story is even more important for us to know than history.

When we died, no one would know, and that fraction of a moment that was so important to who we were would be gone.

Food might be more immediately important than history but if you don't understand what's been done to you - by your own people and the so-called 'they' - you can never get around it.

I did not say history was bunk. It was bunk to me . . I did not need it very bad.

I just feel like history is very much alive and important and I don't, you know, I can't worry about whether people get it or not, per se.

The history of skiing is important to me.

The importance of education is ingrained in Scottish history.

In my home State of Minnesota, I have seen firsthand the importance of Byrne grants to local police in reducing crime and drugs and improving public safety.

The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.

This planet is our home. If we destroy the planet, we've destroyed our home, so it is fundamentally important.

My parents were really political. The news was very important in our home. We basically had dinner every night while watching the news, and then we'd discuss it with our parents.

Not eating breakfast is the worst thing you can do, that's really the take-home message for teenage girls.

Talking with my friends and family every day helps keep me grounded and connected to home. They are the most important things to me.