“The important thing about any book is that you have to have a good story and that it has to be exciting. Then it's nice to add other levels underneath that people can pick up on.” PeopleImportantBookStoriesLevelsNicePicksExcitingImportant ThingsAddGood Story Author:Jonathan Stroud
“It's very important, at least to me as a writer, that there be some rules on the table when I'm writing. Rules come from genres. You're writing in a genre, there are rules, which is great because then you can break the rules. That's when really exciting things happen.” WritingImportantHappensBreakExcitingTablesThings HappenGenreExciting Things Author:Lev Grossman
“I've always felt that anyone who wants to talk about my private life is only demonstrating the paucity of his/her imagination when there are so many more important and exciting things to discuss.” WantImportantLife IsFeltImaginationExcitingPrivate LifeDemonstratingExciting Things Book:The Man Who Folded Himself Source: The Man Who Folded Himself
“In the field of Artificial Intelligence there is no more iconic and controversial milestone than the Turing Test, when a computer convinces a sufficient number of interrogators into believing that it is not a machine but rather is a human. It is fitting that such an important landmark has been reached at the Royal Society in London, the home of British Science and the scene of many great advances in human understanding over the centuries. This milestone will go down in history as one of the most exciting.” BelieveHumansHas BeensImportantHomeUnderstandingNumbersCenturyFieldsSceneComputerTestsMachinesExcitingBritishLondonSufficientConvinceArtificial IntelligenceArtificialRoyalControversialFittingIconicMilestoneLandmarks Author:Kevin Warwick
“I find Chinese debates about their political system domestically, but also about China's claims in the international system, to be among the most original and surprising and exciting of our time. The starting point is a system that none of us had anticipated, which I call Leninist capitalism, but also obviously because it is the most important emerging power. The question of China's relations with the United States in particular, and the rest of the world in general, is the question of war and peace in the 21st century.” WorldImportantWarStatesPoliticalUnitedUnited StatesCenturyParticularCapitalismExcitingClaimsRelationOriginalsStartingInternationalChinaDebateChineseOur TimeSurprising21st CenturyEmergingPolitical SystemsStarting Point Author:Timothy Garton Ash
“UBS have been important supporters of Tate Modern since 2000 and we are delighted to announce this exciting and unique partnership” Has BeensImportantModernUniqueExcitingPartnershipUniquenessSupporterDelighted Author:Nicholas Serota
“It's the fact that fans still care. I like all the comics conventions: The smaller ones are easier, the bigger ones are exciting.... Each one I say: Never again. But they're all great.... These things are important because they keep the fans' interest alive in comics. They keep the fans reading and their imaginations stimulated.” StillsImportantFactsCareReadingInterestImaginationAliveFansEasierBiggerExcitingConventions Author:Stan Lee
“I was lucky to wander into evolutionary theory, one of the most exciting and important of all scientific fields. I had never heard of it when I started at a rather tender age; I was simply awed by dinosaurs. I thought paleontologists spent their lives digging up bones and putting them together, never venturing beyond the momentous issue of what connects to what. Then I discovered evolutionary theory. Ever since then, the duality of natural history-richness in particularities and potential union in underlying explanation-has propelled me.” ImportantAgeTogetherNaturalIssuesHeardAtheismFieldsTheoryLuckyExcitingUnionsBonesWanderExplanationRichnessDualityDiggingDinosaursNatural History Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“There are very few actresses who can grow old and still get exciting parts... I think it's very important for me to have wider horizons, rather than just waiting for calls.” ThinkingStillsImportantGrowsWaitingExcitingActressesHorizon Author:Clemence Poesy
“Did you ever look through a microscope at a drop of pond water? You see plenty of love there. All the amoebae getting married. I presume they think it very exciting and important. We don't.” ThinkingLooksImportantWaterMarriedExcitingPlentyPondsGetting MarriedMicroscopes Author:Rose Macaulay
“The most exciting and, by far, the most important part of our Florida project, in fact, the heart of everything well be doing in Disney World, will be our experimental prototype city of tomorrow. We call it EPCOT.” WorldHeartImportantFactsCommunityTomorrowProjectsExcitingFloridaPrototypeEpcot Author:Walt Disney
“Facebook is a really exciting place trying to do something really important that I really believe in. And it matters.” TryingBelieveImportantMatterExciting Author:Sheryl Sandberg
“Man's command of the language is most important. Next to kissing, it's the most exciting form of communication.” MenImportantFormNextLanguageCommunicationKissingExcitingCommand Author:Oren Arnold
“This is about Floridians saying whats most important to them and making sure that we create an agenda that we can drive and deliver back in Washington, D.C. So its very exciting.” ImportantExcitingAgendas Author:Katherine Harris
“I get up really early, and I go to bed really late. Sometimes I get tired, but it's not important. I have an exciting existence, and there's so much to do.” ImportantSometimesExistenceBedLateExcitingTiredGet Up Author:Martha Stewart
“An almost indispensable skill for any creative person is the ability to pose the right questions. Creative people identify promising, exciting, and, most important, accessible routes to progress - and eventually formulate the questions correctly.” PeoplePersonsImportantAbilityCreativeProgressSkillsExcitingRoutesIndispensableCreative PeopleCreative PersonRight Questions Author:Lisa Randall
“Looking at the Batman pages is like revisiting my youth. My first seven years in New York were the first seven years of Batman itself. While my time on Batman was important and exciting and notable considering the characters that came out of it, it was really just the start of my life.” YearsFirstsImportantCharacterNew YorkYouthPagesExcitingSevenMy TimeConsideringSeven YearsNotable Author:Jerry Robinson
“It is easier to talk about issues; it is easier to say you're a feminist because it's actually awesome to be one. The panopoly of people identifying as feminists is really excellent now that we've come to a point where all these really interesting voices are rising up and saying they're feminists - women of color, trans people, gay folks, everybody. It's an exciting time to actually define as that because it means that people are really feeling like their voice is what's the most important thing in the movement, and I love that.” PeopleMeanImportantFeelingsVoiceInterestingIssuesMovementColorEasierGayExcitingImportant ThingsFolksFeministExcellentRisingReally InterestingTransIdentifyingRising Up Author:Lizz Winstead
“I think it's especially important for an editor to say what he's enjoying. For a novelist to be told, midstream, what he's doing right can actually influence the unwritten parts of a novel in a positive way - praise helps a writer know what's good about what he's written, what's interesting and exciting, and what to work for in writing the conclusion.” ThinkingKnowsWayWritingImportantHelpingEnjoyInterestingNovelWrittenInfluenceExcitingPraiseConclusionNovelistsEditorsDoing RightUnwritten Author:Donna Tartt
“It's tough to get any movie made, but unless it's a movie about race or culture or ethnicity, it's becoming less and less important who's playing what. You see that on the big screen and the small screen, and I think that's great. That's exciting.” ThinkingMadeImportantBigsCultureRaceBecomingToughExcitingScreensEthnicityBig Screen Author:Will Packer
“It's very important for us because we are viewers, first and foremost. We view more than we make. For us, it's important that the viewing experience is fun and thrilling and exciting and fresh and different. Those are our goals when we are writing something. When you watch it in the theatre, which I hope you will, how will you have the best experience possible? That's really important to us, and is the most thrilling.” WritingFirstsImportantDifferentFunGoalViewsWatchesExcitingTheatreViewersThrillingBest Experiences Author:Zal Batmanglij
“Enjoying the dream is more important than interpreting it. Therefore, don't work so hard that it stops being pleasant and exciting.” ImportantHardDreamEnjoyExcitingPleasantInterpreting Author:Eugene Gendlin
“Successful people are dreamers who have found a dream too exciting, too important, to remain in the realm of fantasy. Day by day, hour by hour, they toil in the service of their dream until they can see it with their eyes and touch it with their hands.” PeopleImportantDreamHandsEyeFoundHoursFantasySuccessfulExcitingRealmsDreamerSuccessful PeopleToil Book:This is Earl Nightingale Source: This is Earl Nightingale
“I believe that the establishment of a real ambition, a powerfully galvanizing and exciting vision of what a group is setting out to create, is vitally important.” BelieveImportantRealI BelieveVisionGroupsAmbitionExcitingSettingSettingsEstablishment Author:Kevin Allen
“I think that's also why it's so exciting. I really believe this play is important these are issues that people don't talk about. Certainly they never talked about this type of thing at my high school. That's what makes it so hard for kids. But it is something that people do go through.” PeopleThinkingBelieveImportantHardPlayKidsSchoolIssuesTypeHigh SchoolExciting Author:Sarah Steele
“I think having women behind the cameras is exciting - whether it's as a director or a writer or a producer - because it does feel like we're in the middle of this awakening of realizing that it's important for women to have a voice.” ThinkingFeelsDoeImportantVoiceRealizingBehindsMiddleDirectorsExcitingCamerasAwakeningProducers Author:Mary Elizabeth Ellis
“How old are you? If your first reflex is to reply with your chronological age, the number on your birth certificate, you are only one-third correct. There are actually two additional, and more important, indicators of age. And the exciting news is that it is within your power to adjust both of these other "age indicators" and truly grow younger and live longer.” IfsFirstsTwoImportantAgeGrowsNumbersBirthNewsThirdsExcitingReflexesCertificatesIndicatorsBirth Certificate Author:Deepak Chopra
“It's really good to talk about it [ hydraulic penises and prosthetic butts], and it's very gratifying when people ask us about the other aspects of the film [Swiss Army Man], but [those things] are part of the movie and they're important and hilarious, a very fun part of the movie, so there's no sense from us of not wanting to talk about that. I think it's exciting that those things exist in a film that is also very heartfelt and emotional and profound.” PeopleThinkingMenImportantFilmAsksFunEmotionalAspectExcitingArmyProfoundHeartfeltSwissProsthetics Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“Black Panther is a historic opportunity to be a part of something important and special, particularly at a time when African Americans are affirming their identities while dealing with vilification and dehumanization. The image of a black hero on this scale is just really exciting.” ImportantOpportunityBlackSpecialIdentityHeroExcitingScalesAfrican AmericanHistoricAffirmingPanthersDehumanizationBlack Panther Author:Joe Robert Cole
“J.C. [Chandor] was the kind of energy we were looking for, so we decided to get behind it with all of our effort. That was the beginning of our relationship with first-time feature directors, and that's when it became really important to us, watching them thrive and grow in a creative environment in which you can do that was really key. Also his work checked all the boxes, because it was socially relevant and intellectually driven, and creatively exciting.” FirstsKindImportantEnergyGrowsCan DoEffortBehindsCreativeEnvironmentKeysDirectorsFirst TimeDecidedExcitingBoxesDrivenFeaturesThriveRelevantOur Relationship Author:Zachary Quinto
“Sometimes my husband will surprise me with flowers for no reason. Unexpected romantic gestures are very important and keep things exciting.” ImportantSometimesReasonFlowerHusbandExcitingSurpriseUnexpectedNo ReasonMy HusbandGesturesSurprise MeRomantic Gestures Author:Adriana Lima
“Evolution is a very, very important idea. It is the explanation for all of life - a stunningly simple, yet powerful explanation. If you think about it, before Darwin, we hadn't the foggiest idea of how we came into being. Now we do. It's still such an exciting idea that it is well worth everybody understanding it.” IfsThinkingWellsStillsImportantIdeasUnderstandingSimplePowerfulEvolutionExcitingExplanation Author:Richard Dawkins
“Parenthood changes your outlook on life. Makes you realize what things are important. The responsibility is huge. Just to have that responsibility in your hands is a little frightening, but it's exciting at the same time.” ImportantRealizingResponsibilityExcitingParenthoodFrightening Author:Chris Bosh
“I think it's really important to have inter-generational relationships right; some level of communication between us silver-backed gorillas, who have been looking at and working on these problems for years, and the next generation of problem-solvers. And it's happening. So it's a very exciting time because of it. And a lot of the young people I'm working with, it's very exciting. Their enthusiasm, the revolutionary nature of what they're doing, what they're being driven by.” PeopleThinkingImportantProblemCommunicationExcitingDrivenEnthusiasmRevolutionaryNext Generation Author:Brett Leonard
“One last important influence I'll mention is Flannery O'Connor. In high school I shoplifted her Complete Stories. Having read "Good Country People" for class, I really just felt a home in her work. I had little guilt about the theft at the time. I sucked in my stomach and shoved the book into my pants. It's very big. I can still feel how it cut into my body in the most exciting way. Clearly, I don't feel guilt-free about this crime anymore - I wouldn't be mentioning here, looking for some absolution if I did.” PeopleImportantBookCountryHomeSchoolCuttingInfluenceCrimeHigh SchoolExcitingGuilt Author:Samantha Hunt
“I think it's so important that you understand what you're trying to accomplish, what you're trying to say. Timelessness is never a thing I think about. If you try to make things timeless, you can end up with things that are neither exciting nor timeless. It's sort of like aiming for the middle in a way. At the same time, I never want to have to use the word trendy because it's not really what interests me. That's something that is gone tomorrow.” ThinkingTryingImportantInterestTomorrowExcitingAccomplishTimelessTimelessness Author:Reed Krakoff
“The women's choice of footwear doesn't speak for their most important inner life, but rather it tells a story - this is an opportunity to express themselves. I think the thing that's most compelling about other people is when you don't look like you're trying to dress like your friend, colleague, neighbor, or anything else. That's a very arresting and exciting and compelling quality to possess - not everybody has the courage to walk out the door feeling like themselves, but once they do, it's thrilling to witness.” PeopleThinkingTryingImportantFeelingsChoicesOpportunitySpeakQualityLike YouExcitingNeighborWitness Author:Sarah Jessica Parker
“I think since I was in drama school, I wanted to direct in the theatre. When you are an actor, you just have to open your eyes and you start to learn a lot about how to survive on set and what's important and how to tell a story. Directing is really about putting yourself out there, to be slapped in a way. You know that in the kitchen, you're gonna get burned. It's very scary but very exciting as well. If you have something to say, you have nothing to lose and you probably learn from the experience.” ThinkingImportantEyeSchoolDramaDirectExcitingScaryTheatreKitchen Author:Gael Garcia Bernal
“As a kid, I dreamt of becoming a writer. My most exciting pastime was reading novels; in fact, I would read anything I could find. I never thought I would pursue mathematics until my last year in high school. I grew up in a family with three siblings. My parents were always very supportive and encouraging. It was important for them that we have meaningful and satisfying professions, but they didn't care as much about success and achievement.” ImportantCareKidsSchoolReadingParentNovelAchievementHigh SchoolExcitingMathematicsProfessionMeaningfulSupportiveSibling Author:Maryam Mirzakhani
“By far the most important factor in the success or failure of any school, far more important than tests or standards or business-model methods of accountability, is simply attracting the best-educated, most exciting young people into urban schools and keeping them there.” PeopleImportantSchoolYoungModelsStandardsTestsExcitingMethodFactorsEducatedAccountabilityUrbanBusiness ModelsSuccess Or Failure Author:Jonathan Kozol
“She believes in love and romance. She believes her life is one day going to be transformed into something wonderful and exciting. She has hopes and fears and worries, just like anyone. Sometimes she feels frightened. Sometimes she feels unloved. Sometimes she feels she will never gain approval from those people who are most important to her. But she’s brave and good-hearted and faces her life head-on.” PeopleFeelsBelieveImportantSometimesFacesRomanceLife IsWorryWonderfulOne DayGainsExcitingBraveFrightenedTransformedApprovalHeartedHaving HopeUnlovedBelieve In LoveHopes And FearsGood Hearted Author:Sophie Kinsella
“It's exciting to see how fast your kids learn and grow. I'm not too worried about them, particularly the ones who like to break rules and don't follow instructions; those are the ones that will do just fine because they know what's important to them.” KnowsImportantKidsGrowsBreakLearningFineExcitingWorriedInstructionWhat's Important Author:Michael Dell
“The Chinese are clearly inculcating the idea that science is exciting and important, and that's why they, as a whole-they're graduating four times as many engineers as we are, and that's just happened over the last 20 years.” YearsImportantIdeasWholeLastsScienceFourHappenedAccountsImportanceExcitingChineseExcitementGraduatesEngineers Author:Bill Gates
“I believe that even a smattering of such findings in modern science and mathematics is far more compelling and exciting than most of the doctrines of pseudoscience, whose practitioners were condemned as early as the fifth century B.C. by the Ionian philosopher Heraclitus as “nigh -walkers, magicians, priests of Bacchus, priestesses of the wine-vat, mystery-mongers.” But science is more intricate and subtle, reveals a much richer imiverse, and powerfully evokes our sense of wonder.” ImportantScienceNightUniverseWonderVirtueMysteryCenturyExcitingMathematicsWinePhilosopherDoctrineBeing TrueSubtlePriestsCompellingMagicianFifthEvokeIntricateWalkersSense Of WonderPseudoscienceBacchusVatPriestesses Author:Carl Sagan
“Most of us who become experimental physicists do so for two reasons; we love the tools of physics because to us they have intrinsic beauty, and we dream of finding new secrets of nature as important and as exciting as those uncovered by our scientific heroes. But we walk a narrow path with pitfalls on either side. If we spend all our time developing equipment, we risk the appellation of "plumber," and if we merely use the tools developed by others, we risk the censure of our peers for being parasitic.” IfsTwoImportantReasonUseDreamScienceSidesWalksSecretPathRiskHeroFindingsResearchToolsExcitingPhysicsDevelopingOur TimePeersEquipmentPhysicistCensurePlumberPitfallsNarrow Path Author:Luis Walter Alvarez
“I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth. No single space project...will be more exciting, or more impressive to mankind, or more important...and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish.” MenShouldBelieveImportantEarthI BelieveNationsDifficultGoalSpaceAchieveMankindMoonProjectsExcitingAccomplishDecadesCommitExpensiveImpressiveApolloLandingStar GazingMoon LandingMan In The Moon Author:John F. Kennedy
“I think the most exciting thing is that you expect people our age to know the music, but actually a lot of kids know the music, and if anything is left, we have left really good music, and that's the important part, not the mop-tops or whatever.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsImportantKidsAgeLeftExcitingExciting Things Author:Ringo Starr