“I’m instantly mortified by my fat, uncontrollable mouth, but that’s when it occurs to me that my humor is a self-defense mechanism. Even though I may come off like a stark raving asshat, being funny is the most important tool I have to stay sane. The ability to say what I think is the key to allowing me to feel in control.” ThinkingFeelsMayImportantSelfAbilityKeysMouthsToolsDefenseFatsAllowingMechanismSaneSelf DefenseStarksBeing FunnyUncontrollableDefense Mechanisms Author:Jen Lancaster
“The keeper of the keys was one of the most important roles a household servant could hold (Mark 13:32-34). A higher official held the keys in a royal kingdom (Is 22:22) and in God's house, the temple.” ImportantHouseRolesKeysHigherMarkKingdomsServantOfficialsTemplesHouseholdRoyalKeepers Author:Craig S. Keener
“It's important to maintain an attractive smile as you age. A lighter, less beige, more white tooth color is key, but no Chiclets.” ImportantAgeWhiteColorKeysTeethAttractiveLightersWhite Teeth Author:Evelyn Lauder
“Anyone can achieve something important. Contrary to popular belief, the key is not hard work, but finding the right thing to achieve.” InspirationalImportantHardBeliefAchieveHard WorkKeysFindingsContraryRight ThingContrary To Popular Belief Author:Ernie J Zelinski
“Having your goal to focus on is key, but don't let it become more important than your excellence next year and the year after.” YearsImportantNextGoalFocusKeysExcellenceNext Year Author:Bill Rodgers
“One of the keys to learning for me has been to not get so hung up on the past. It's important to remember the past, but that doesn't mean you have to torture yourself with it by reliving it every single day.” MeanHas BeensImportantPastRememberKeysTortureMmaHungRemembering The Past Author:Georges St-Pierre
“The important word there is inspire. The key difference between managers and leaders is that managers tell people what to do, while leaders inspire them to do it. Inspiration comes from three things: clarity of one's vision, courage of their conviction and the ability to effectively communicate both of those things.” PeopleImportantInspirationThreeLeadershipDifferencesAbilityBusinessLeaderVisionCourageInspireCommunicationKeysManagementCommunicateConvictionClarityManagersCeoThree ThingsGreat LeadershipImportant Words Author:Jeff Weiner
“The key to trading success is emotional discipline. If intelligence were the key, there would be a lot more people making money trading… I know this will sound like a cliché, but the single most important reason that people lose money in the financial markets is that they don't cut their losses short.” PeopleIfsKnowsImportantReasonWould BeSoundLosesLossCuttingEmotionalKeysDisciplineFinancialMaking MoneyTradingFinancial Markets Author:Victor Sperandeo
“Laboratory tests are the next set of important numbers to know. Here are the key lab test numbers you need to know: 1. Complete blood count 2. General metabolic panel with fasting blood sugar and lipid panel 3. HgA1C 4. Vitamin D 5. Thyroid panel 6. C-reactive protein” KnowsNeedsImportantNextNumbersBloodKeysTestsSugarLaboratoryFastingProteinLabsVitaminsBlood SugarThyroidVitamin D Author:Daniel Amen
“An important contribution to a much-neglected but very important subject. No other author has set out to do what Davenport accomplishes, which is a systematic study of how key representatives of America's rising tide of religion attempted a theoretical understanding of, and practical response to, America's rising tide of commerce.” ImportantAmericaUnderstandingStudySubjectsKeysResponseAccomplishPracticalsRisingContributionTidesRepresentativesCommerceTheoreticalNeglectedSystematicImportant Contributions Author:Mark Noll
“Compassion is not a popular virtue. Very often when I talk to religious people, and mention how important it is that compassion is the key, that it's the sine-qua-non of religion, people look kind of balked, and stubborn sometimes, as much to say, what's the point of having religion if you can't disapprove of other people?” PeopleIfsLooksKindImportantSometimesReligiousCompassionVirtueKeysStubborn Author:Karen Armstrong
“If you have a business website; make it stickier; redo the merchandising often and try new things until you hit the right homepage...then try and beat that. The most important audience drivers on the internet are paid search and key word optimization. Concentrate on those. They are very inexpensive compared to banner advertising.” IfsTryingImportantAudienceKeysInternetBeatsPaidAdvertisingDriversNew ThingsWebsiteBannerInexpensiveOptimizationMerchandisingRedos Author:Lynda Resnick
“Juggling a career and a family is a challenge for anyone, and even more so (in general) for women. Probably the most important advice to any woman interested in a career is to pick your life partner with care. Having a supportive partner is key to trying to manage the constraints of these two demanding roles.” TryingTwoImportantCareChallengesCareersRolesAdviceKeysPicksPartnersManageSupportiveConstraintsJugglingLife Partner Author:Daphne Koller
“Music has always been important to me. Rhythm, in particular, features in most of the things I do. I stumbled recently upon an old notebook in which I'd written, 'Touch, timing and timbre... keys to the heart.' That just about says it all.” HeartImportantWrittenParticularKeysRhythmFeaturesTimingNotebookTimbre Author:James Nares
“At one point cinema and photography weren't treated as art. Now it's crazy to think they're not. The key question is "What is art today?" The most important artists of the last 20 years are Steve Jobs and Jonathan Ive, because the influence they have had is incredible and they've changed the world. That is art.” ThinkingWorldYearsArtImportantTodayJobsLastsArtistCrazyInfluenceChangedKeysPhotographyIncrediblesTreatedCinema Author:Ferran Adria
“It is really important that you live in a place that has good energy. Where you sleep, where you dream, where you meditate, where you spend a lot of time is key.” ImportantDreamEnergySleepKeysMysticismGood EnergyGaining Power Author:Frederick Lenz
“One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.” InspirationalImportantSelfMotivationalSuccessCareersSuccessfulTeachingKeysConfidenceAdversitySelf ConfidencePreparationTennisBelieve In YourselfWorkplaceCongratulationsKey To SuccessSeekersRoad To SuccessRecipe For SuccessHave ConfidenceBoostSecret To SuccessBoost Self ConfidenceBoost Self EsteemDetermination And SuccessInspirational SuccessBest SelfBest SuccessSelf Esteem And ConfidenceAchieving SuccessConfidence In YourselfTennis PlayerMotivational WorkHard Work Pays OffAchieved SuccessConfidence BoostingBoost Your ConfidenceConfidence BuildingBoost Your Self EsteemPersonal SuccessInspiring Self EsteemMotivational CareerMotivational JobInspirational ConfidenceSelf Confidence MotivationalInspirational Self EsteemCareer MotivationGreat ConfidencePath To SuccessConfidence In OthersRaise Self EsteemInspirational TennisPositive SelfPreparation And OpportunityWords Of ConfidenceGreat TennisHardships And SuccessImprove Self EsteemWorkplace MotivationWorkplace MotivationalSearch Motivational Author:Arthur Ashe
“I've always believed it's important to make the invisible visible. And valuing that which has been taken for granted is something that I've always instinctually known is the key to the kind of society I want to live in and raise my children in.” WantKindChildrenHas BeensImportantKnownTakenKeysRaisesInvisibleGrantedMy ChildrenVisibleAlways BelieveTaken For Granted Author:Ai-jen Poo
“One of the most important keys to acting is curiosity. I am curious to the point of being nosy. What that means is you want to devour lives. You're eager to put on their shoes and wear their clothes and have them become a part of you. All people contain mystery, and when you act, you want to plumb that mystery until everything is known to you.” PeopleWantMeanImportantActingKnownMysteryKeysClothesCuriosityShoesCurious Author:Meryl Streep
“If you believe you have a just cause, an important message, or a key contribution to make, you will be just as innovative as a college freshman desperate to see his girlfriend six hundred miles away. You will get there any way you can.” IfsWayBelieveImportantCausesCollegeKeysSixMessagesHundredMilesGirlfriendContributionDesperateInnovativeIf You BelieveMiles AwayFreshmanCollege Freshmen Book:Jesus, CEO: using ancient wisdom for visionary leadership Source: Jesus, CEO: using ancient wisdom for visionary leadership
“The biggest message I've given our team, and I think it's really important, is first of all, no one can take away what happened last year. It's obviously a fun year, a terrific year. But I think a big mistake would be to try to compare themselves or ourselves to last year's team. I think the key really is, and I told them this: for you as a group, you're a different team.” ThinkingTryingYearsFirstsImportantDifferentBigsWould BeLastsGivenFunMistakeHappenedGroupsTeamKeysMessagesCompareLast YearTerrificBig Mistake Author:Tony Bennett
“Integration is the most important asset Europe has, and the key component to European integration is the euro.” ImportantKeysEuropeAssetsIntegrationComponentsEuroEuropean Integration Author:Anibal Cavaco Silva
“No one is doing something in your business - getting a sale, having a key customer, working on an R&D project - doing anything that's more important than something you say is going to change the company.” ImportantCompanyKeysProjectsCustomers Author:Jack Welch
“Sometimes, you are going to give up a bucket, but defense is the key. That's the most important thing.” GivingImportantSometimesKeysGiving UpImportant ThingsDefenseBuckets Author:Terry Rozier
“The proportion of ingredients is important, but the final result is also a matter of how you put them together. Equilibrium is key.” ImportantMatterTogetherResultsKeysFinalsProportionIngredientsEquilibrium Author:Alain Ducasse
“Turkey is going through an incredible economic, political and social transformation. What is most important is that Turkey has been the owner of this transformation. Ownership has been the key to success.” Has BeensImportantPoliticalSocialEconomicKeysTransformationIncrediblesOwnersOwnershipKey To SuccessTurkeysSocial Transformation Author:Ali Babacan
“I was deluding myself that the song was almost not important, but I think the real thing that was happening was almost like self-hypnosis or mediation. The guitar lick was the transcendental key that unlocked my brain. It freed me. And then it all became easy. It's funny now, because I've had times when it wasn't easy.” ThinkingImportantRealSelfSongEasyBrainKeysHappeningsGuitarReal ThingsTranscendentalMediationHypnosis Author:John Fogerty
“Mothers have not always had the most important role in their children's upbringing, when they had other economic roles to play. Inpast centuries, fathers were the key parent in the upbringing of the next generation, because moral training, not emotional sensitivity, was thought to be central to successful child-rearing. Mothers were thought to corrupt their little ones with too much affection and not enough stern training.” ChildrenLittlesImportantEnoughPlayMotherNextFatherParentMoralRolesSuccessfulToo MuchGenerationsEconomicCenturyEmotionalKeysTrainingAffectionSensitivityNext GenerationUpbringingChild Rearing Author:Sandra Scarr
“I'm a much better listener when I'm acting than I am as a person in real life because you learn as an actor that listening is so important. You have to really key into what the other person you're acting with is saying and how they're saying it and react in the moment to what is going on.” PersonsImportantRealMomentsActorsActingKeysListeningReal LifeListeners Author:Rainn Wilson
“In an age of social media and content being key, it's important to change the mold where you have $100,000 to $150,000 for one video. I hired some guys that are young, just out of college, and we used some new, far-less-expensive cameras and technology to make videos.” ImportantAgeYoungUsedGuySocialTechnologyMediaCollegeKeysCamerasSocial MediaVideoExpensiveMold Author:Ronnie Dunn
“The smaller the town the more important the ball club was. But if you beat a bigger town they'd practically hand you the key to the city. Any if you lost a game by making an error in the ninth or something like that, well, the best thing to do was just pack your grip and hit the road, because they'd never let you forget it.” IfsWellsImportantHandsGamesLostForgetCitiesKeysBeatsBallsBiggerTownsErrorsClubsBest ThingsThings To DoPacksForget It Author:Smoky Joe Wood
“I choose to work with every single person that I work with. That ends up being the most important factor. I don't interact with people I don't like or admire. That's the key. It's like marrying.” PeoplePersonsImportantEndsKeysAdmireFactorsMarryingSingle Person Author:Warren Buffett
“I think the most important key to quality communication and interaction is developing an interest in the person you`re talking with. Most women know the secret to a quality conversation is to ask quality questions and have a sincere interest in hearing the answers. In fact, the best communicators very often say the least. It`s not the extrovert who dominates the conversation that a client feels most connected with, but rather the individual who shows a real and sincere interest in knowing about the life of the person they`re talking with.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsPersonsImportantRealFactsShowsAsksIndividualInterestAnswersSecretQualityTalkingKnowingCommunicationKeysConversationConnectedHearingDevelopingSincereInteractionClientsCommunicatorsExtroverts Author:Tony Robbins
“Economic growth is the key to everything. But once you have economic growth, it is important that we reach out to people who live in the shadows, the people who don't seem to ever think that they get a fair deal. And that includes people in our minority community; that includes people who feel as though they don't have a chance to move up.” PeopleThinkingFeelsImportantSeemsMovingGrowthCommunityChanceDealsEconomicKeysShadowFairsMinoritiesReach OutEconomic Growth Author:John Kasich
“The breath is seen to be the key between the emotional state, the mental state and physical state. It is perhaps the most important tool, and it's one whose importance is underestimated in the West.” ImportantStatesEmotionalKeysToolsImportanceBreathsWestUnderestimated Author:Paul Harvey
“Being in control of your life and having realistic expectations about your day-to-day challenges are the keys to stress management, which is perhaps the most important ingredient to living a happy, healthy and rewarding life.” ImportantChallengesKeysHealthyExpectationsStressManagementIngredientsRealisticDay To DayStress ReliefStress ManagementStress FreeStressorsStress And AnxietyControl Of Your LifeLife StressStress RelievingStress And LifeInspirational StressStress RelieverRealistic Expectations Author:Marilu Henner
“I think freestyling is very important. That's the key to the game, if you wanna be in the MC crowd, freestyling is important.” IfsThinkingImportantGamesKeysCrowds Author:Kurupt
“I think it's important that you always transform if you can. That's what I was trained to do. You try and hide yourself as much as you can - that's the key to longevity.” IfsThinkingTryingImportantKeysLongevity Author:Tom Hardy
“Ontario's auto sector is a cornerstone of our economy - a key source of our ability to export, innovate and create jobs. In this highly competitive global economy, we need to drive further investment and ensure the sector remains strong. I am confident that this new partnership, with Ray Tanguay's strategic advice and leadership, will allow Ontario to increase our competitiveness, productivity, and market share in the auto sector, and I look forward to their important work contributing to a more prosperous, innovative Ontario economy.” NeedsLooksImportantJobsStrongAbilityEconomyShareAdviceSourceKeysIncreaseRemainsInvestmentProductivityRaysPartnershipInnovativeProsperousStrategicContributingGlobal EconomyCornerstonesCompetitivenessImportant WorkOntario Author:Brad Duguid
“Once you do embark upon the separation or divorce process, it is very important to remember three key things: Be kind, be reasonable, be brief. Remember that this person will no longer be your spouse, but he or she will continue to be your co-parent, family member and perhaps business partner in certain assets or entities.” KindPersonsImportantRememberCertainThreeProcessParentKeysMembersDivorcePartnersSeparationReasonableBe KindAssetsEntitySpouseFamily MembersKey ThingsBusiness Partners Author:Laura Wasser
“It's important to keep up with technology, to constantly move with it. Striving to do so keeps me alert and creates a sense of fluidity but at the same time I like to distance myself from it. It's key for my process to try and remain outside the bubble.” TryingImportantMovingProcessTechnologyKeysDistanceStriveBubblesFluidityDistance Myself Author:Marc Forster
“The human experience can almost be summed up in the observation that, whereas all decisions are of the past, all decisions are about the future. The image of the future, therefore, is the key to all choice-oriented behavior. The character and quality of the images of the future which prevail in a society is therefore the most important clue to its overall dynamics.” HumansImportantCharacterPastChoicesDecisionQualityKeysBehaviorObservationClueHuman ExperienceDynamics Author:Kenneth E. Boulding
“The key thing in management is goal setting. In medicine, goal-based approach is particularly important. Management should be aimed at minimizing health damage and, with a high degree of correlation, at reducing mortality” ShouldImportantGoalKeysDegreesApproachManagementMedicineSettingSettingsDamageMortalitySetting GoalsReducingCorrelationKey ThingsMinimizing Author:Abel Aganbegyan
“Eliminate the clutter. That's the key. Eliminate the clutter and understand the important things. First and foremost, the most important thing is affecting the people around you in a positive way. Second thing is, be one of those guys that's going to out-study every person there is on what you need to do from a game-plan standpoint, what you need to do from a characteristic standpoint to stand apart. The last thing is, throw it to the color jersey we're wearing.” PeopleWayNeedsFirstsPersonsImportantLastsGuyGamesStudyPlansColorKeysImportant ThingsCharacteristicsJerseyStandpointClutterGame Plan Author:Jim McElwain
“It is very important to have a correct socio-economic development forecast and plan, in which inflation being a vital investment factor should be the key indicator” ShouldImportantPlansEconomicKeysDevelopmentInvestmentFactorsInflationEconomic DevelopmentIndicatorsForecasts Author:Tatyana Golikova
“The key to becoming a more efficient leader isn't checking off all the items on your to-do list each day. It's in forming the habit of prioritizing your time so that you are accomplishing your most important goals in an efficient manner.” ImportantGoalLeaderKeysBecomingHabitListsEach DayEfficientItemsPrioritize Author:John C. Maxwell
“There is an important erotic element in A Thousand and One Nights, which is one of the keys to understanding the Orient.” ImportantNightUnderstandingKeysThousandElementsEroticOne Night Author:Tahar Ben Jelloun
“Awareness is the key to everything. I think it's important to be aware of how you feel. How do you feel after you exercise? How do you feel after you eat something? I try to be mindful of the food I'm putting in my body, the products I use, and what I put in or on my body.” ThinkingFeelsTryingImportantUseBodyAwarenessProductsKeysExerciseHow You Feel Author:Lauren Bowles
“So I'd much rather get across the concept of freedom. It's what's important to Indian children. The only way you can be free is to know is that you are worthwhile as a distinct human being. Otherwise you become what the colonizers have designed, and that is a lemming. Get in line, punch all the right keys, and die.” KnowsWayHumansChildrenImportantDiesLinesHuman BeingsKeysConceptsIndianWorthwhileWhat's ImportantLemmings Author:Russell Means