Vital Quotes - page 6

The key to truly rebuilding our central city on a vital and sustainable foundation is people. (Alan Autry)
Reading builds the educated and informed electorate so vital to our democracy. View quote
Brad Henry
In emerging democracies like Russia, in authoritarian states like Iran or even Yugoslavia, journalists play a vital role in civil society. In fact, they form the very basis of those new democracies and civil societies. View quote
Christiane Amanpour
Specifically, I am concerned about the long-term condition of Social Security. I am committed to ensuring that current beneficiaries and those nearing retirement face no reduction in benefits, while preserving this vital program for future generations. View quote
Cliff Stearns
It is precisely as though I were possessed by some other spirit when I enter on a new task of acting, as though something within me presses a switch and my own consciousness merges into some other, greater, more vital being. View quote
Conrad Veidt
It's about how to bring together the seemingly contradictory aspects of the memorial, which is about a tragedy and how it changed the world, but also about creating a vital and beautiful city of the 21st century. View quote
Daniel Libeskind
Vanity is a vital aid to nature: completely and absolutely necessary to life. It is one of nature's ways to bind you to the earth. View quote
Elizabeth Smart
I admire Bruce Springsteen because he's a heroic person who has lots of integrity and has this incredible body of work that is so vital. View quote
Elizabeth Wurtzel
The minute anyone's getting anxious I say, You must eat and you must sleep. They're the two vital elements for a healthy life. View quote
Francesca Annis
It is manifestly vital to the success of the anti-slavery cause, that the authority and influence of proslavery, especially of slaveholding, ministers should be destroyed. View quote
Gerrit Smith
Training is such a vital part of preparation for a game, you really do train to play. It tops up your ability, like sharpening a carving knife. You can get away with not doing it for a while, as long as you have reached a certain standard of fitness. (Graeme Le Saux)
We're not good at propping up old carcasses. We want to be on top of what's vital at any particular time, and not just hold onto something because it has a name. View quote
Greg Ginn
From my years of teaching creative writing, I know that new writers take the setting for granted, as simply a place to set the action, but setting is a vital element in fiction writing and deserves serious treatment. View quote
Garry Disher
San Francisco lags behind other communities in providing a vital, vibrant and ecologically sustainable urban canopy, as well as open space in the city. View quote
Gavin Newsom
As I have been saying for more than a year now, turning this vital mission over to the Iraqi people as soon as possible should remain a topic of debate for Congress while relying on our military commanders to set up the timetable. View quote
Howard Coble
It is vital that Iraq and the United States together send the clearest possible signal that those who commit acts of violence against American military forces and American civilians will not be rewarded with amnesty. View quote
Ike Skelton
I think my dyslexia was a vital part of my development because my inability to read and write meant that I had to find knowledge elsewhere so I looked to the cinema. View quote
Joe Wright
Political conflicts distort and disturb a people's sense of distinction between matters of importance and matters of urgency. What is vital is disguised by what is merely a matter of well being. View quote
John Grierson
I want to improve TSA's counterterrorism focus through intelligence and cutting edge technology, support the TSA workforce, and strengthen the agency's relationships with stakeholders and the traveling public. All of these priorities are interconnected and are vital to TSA's mission - and I would say, all of our collective mission. View quote
John S. Pistole
They look at what's more important, like subjects to help with the SAT's, etc. They miss that music is vital. It offers a break from a stressful day of science and math and it's different. View quote
Justin Guarini
Net Neutrality is what makes the Internet so great - and so vital for innovation and creativity. (Justine Bateman)
A century ago, petroleum - what we call oil - was just an obscure commodity; today it is almost as vital to human existence as water. View quote
James Buchan
Change is vital, improvement the logical form of change. View quote
James Cash Penney
Training is vital. You need to know the technical aspects of acting, just in case someone hands you a monologue and simply says, 'Cry here and laugh here.' You have to be able to make sense of it all. View quote
Kali Hawk
The whole bullying issue has really struck a nerve with me. It affects so many different types of people at a vital time in their lives. View quote
Kenny Wormald