The first time the emperor Han heard a certain Word he said, It is strange. The second time he said, It is divine. The third time he said, Let the speaker be put to death
Importance Quotes
When I walk on stage, I’ve got to feel like it’s the most important thing in the world. Also I got to feel like, well, it’s only rock and roll.
Never let the urgent crowd out the important.
Life is too important to be taken seriously.
Every man is prompted by the love of himself to imagine that he possesses some qualities, superior, either in kind or degree, to those which he sees allotted to the rest of the world; and, whatever apparent disadvantages he may suffer in the comparison with others, he has some invisible distinctions, some latent reserve of […]
A man is usually as young as he feels, but seldom as important.
A man can look upon his life and accept it as good or evil; it is far, far harder for him to confess that it has been unimportant in the sum of things.
It’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice.
One doesn’t recognize in one’s life the really important moments – until it’s too late.
If you have an important point to make, don’t try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time – a tremendous whack.
