“The single most important thing in my life is God. The second most important thing in my life is my family and the third thing is the great profession that I chose. I chose to do something that I love. I never had to work a day in my life.” ImportantLife IsMy FamilyThirdsImportant ThingsProfession Author:Sam Rutigliano
“No, there are three people in a marriage, there's the woman, there's the man, and there's what I call the third person, the most important, the person who is composed of the man and woman together.” PeopleMenPersonsImportantTogetherThreeMarriageHe ManMen And WomenThirdsThird Person Author:Jose Saramago
“There is a tendency to throw computers at third world problems, which I think is often a distraction. Putting computers in the schools is great, but it may be more important to put teachers in the schools.” ThinkingWorldMayImportantProblemSchoolTeacherComputerThirdsTendenciesDistractionThird WorldWorld Problems Author:Terry Winograd
“Unless legal and illegal immigration is halted and reversed, European First World nations across all of Europe from Spain to Russia, North America, Australia and New Zealand - will be destroyed and have their very culture and civilisation changed to that of the Third World. Immigration is now the single most important issue facing all First World nations, and will determine whether Western Civilisation continues to exist or not.” WorldFirstsImportantAmericaCultureNationsIssuesChangedEuropeThirdsWesternDetermineRussiaImmigrationDestroyedAustraliaIllegalSpainCivilisationThird WorldNorth AmericaNew ZealandIllegal ImmigrationImportant IssuesAustralia And New Zealand Author:Arthur Kemp
“I want to compete in the next Olympics. If I go to Rio, it will be my third time, which is a rare feat for an Indian athlete. For me, Olympics is important because it's the biggest event on earth for a sports person. I hope this time around I come back with a medal.” IfsWantPersonsImportantEarthNextSportsEventsThirdsAthleteIndianOlympicsMedalFeatsRioThird Time Author:Vijender Singh
“Susannah Heschel's The Aryan Jesus is a brilliant and erudite investigation of the convergence between major trends in German Protestantism and Nazi racial anti-Semitism. By concentrating on the history of the Institute for the Study and Eradication of Jewish Influence on German Religious Life, Heschel describes in forceful detail the Nazification of all aspects of Protestant theology, including the Aryanization of Jesus himself. This is a highly original and important contribution to our understanding of the Third Reich.” ImportantJesusUnderstandingReligiousStudyInfluenceMajorsAspectThirdsOriginalsIncludingDetailsBrilliantTheologyContributionTrendsInvestigationNaziInstituteProtestantsConcentratingAnti SemitismProtestantismReligious LifeConvergenceEruditeImportant Contributions Author:Saul Friedlander
“The first and most important rule to observe...is to use our entire forces with the utmost energy. The second rule is to concentrate our power as much as possible against that section where the chief blows are to be delivered and to incur disadvantages elsewhere, so that our chances of success may increase at the decisive point. The third rule is never to waste time. Finally, the fourth rule is to follow up our successes with the utmost energy. Only pursuit of the beaten enemy gives the fruits of victory.” GivingFirstsMayImportantUseEnergyForceChanceEnemyVictoryWasteThirdsIncreaseFruitBlowPursuitChiefsWasting TimeElsewhereFourthBeatenSectionsDisadvantagesFollow Up Author:Carl von Clausewitz
“Congress is the third branch of government... which makes every one of the 535 members of Congress 1/535th of that important one-third, which works out to, hmmm, well, someone else can do the math. You wouldn't think such little wheels could make so much noise.” ThinkingWellsLittlesImportantGovernmentCan DoMembersThirdsCongressWork OutMathNoiseWheelsBranchesHmmmBranches Of Government Author:Wesley Pruden
“In a Time/CNN poll of 1,000 Americans conducted last week by Yankelovich Partners, two-thirds said it was more important to protect the privacy of phone calls than to preserve the ability of police to conduct wiretaps. When informed about the Clipper Chip, 80% said they opposed it.” SaidTwoImportantLastsAbilityWeekInternetProtectThirdsPolicePhonesPartnersPreservesPrivacyFree SpeechChipsPollsPhone CallsCnn Author:Philip Elmer-DeWitt
“At each stage of development the child needs different resources from the family. During the first year, a variety of experience and the availability of the parents for attachment are primary. During the second and third years, stimulation of language development is critical. During the years prior to school entrance, information that persuades children they are loved becomes critical, and during the school years it is important for children to believe that they can succeed at the tasks they want to master.” WantNeedsYearsFirstsBelieveChildrenImportantDifferentSchoolLanguageParentStageInformationMastersDevelopmentSucceedResourcesTasksThirdsCriticalVarietyPrimariesAttachmentEntrancesStimulationAvailabilitySchool YearsStages Of DevelopmentLanguage Development Author:Jerome Kagan
“Basically, there were three aspects of dub that influenced dubstep. The most important was playing the instrumental versions of vocal garage tracks, which was a little like what dub was to reggae - the instrumental of a full vocal.The second was dub as a methodology, which, for me, is apparent in all dance music: manipulating sound to create impossible sonic spaces using reverb, echo and such. The third is the influence of the genre called dub. (It became a cliché actually, through sampling old Jamaican films and soundtracks, and adding vocal samples.)” LittlesImportantFilmThreeSoundSpaceImpossibleInfluenceAspectThirdsTrackVersionsGenreEchoesVocalGarageSampleSoundtracksReggaeMethodologyDance MusicJamaicansSamplingDubstep Author:Kode9
“Global warming, the ongoing destruction of the planet, Third World debt, the uselessness of the railways, the takeover by the corporations, the scary George Bush person: all these things are important and should be animating me into outrage. Yet somehow they do not.” WorldShouldPersonsImportantPlanetsDestructionThirdsScaryDebtCorporationsGlobal WarmingOngoingOutrageThird WorldRailwayUselessnessTakeovers Author:Arthur Smith
“I have never seen myself as leading for others. What's important is that I know who I am. Not completely. But I'm coming around third base.” KnowsImportantThirdsWho I AmWhat's Important Author:Shirley MacLaine
“Muqtada belongs to the most famous religious family in Iraq, which is the al-Sadr family. He's really the third in line. [Muqtada's father] drew his power from the first really important al-Sadr, Muhammad Baqir, who was executed by Saddam in 1980, together with his sister. So it's really a family of martyrs, and that's why Muqtada suddenly emerged from nowhere with the fall of Saddam.” FirstsImportantTogetherFallFatherReligiousLinesThirdsIraqAlsSaddamMartyrMuhammadReligious Family Author:Patrick Cockburn
“The most important sentence in any article is the first one. If it doesn't induce the reader to proceed to the second sentence, your article is dead. And if the second sentence doesn't induce him to continue to the third sentence, it's equally dead.” IfsFirstsImportantReaderThirdsSentencesArticles Author:William Zinsser
“And people is the most important part of my job. I spend one third of my time on people.” PeopleImportantJobsThirdsMy Time Author:Jeffrey R. Immelt
“There are three important principles to Graham's approach. [The first is to look at stocks as fractional shares of a business, which] gives you an entirely different view than most people who are in the market. [The second principle is the margin-of-safety concept, which] gives you the competitive advantage. [The third is having a true investor's attitude toward the stock market, which] if you have that attitude, you start out ahead of 99 percent of all the people who are operating in the stock market - it's an enormous advantage.” PeopleIfsGivingFirstsLooksImportantDifferentThreeViewsAttitudePrinciplesShareApproachPercentConceptsAdvantageThirdsSafetyEnormousInvestorsMarginsCompetitive AdvantageDifferent Views Author:Warren Buffett
“As places of learning, schools have a responsibility to also educate on nutrition, which we all can agree is far more important than algebra, no matter what your third-period teacher claims.” ImportantMatterSchoolResponsibilityTeacherPeriodsThirdsClaimsNo Matter WhatAgreeEducateNutritionAlgebra Author:Lynda Resnick
“The third important ingredient for achieving peak performance is attitude. Attitude is how you deal with the inevitable adverse situations that occur in the markets. Attitude is also how you handle the daily grind, the constant 2 steps forward and 2 steps back.” ImportantDealsAttitudeSituationStepsAchievePerformancesThirdsConstantHandleInevitableIngredientsGrindSteps ForwardAdversePeak PerformanceDaily Grind Author:Linda Bradford Raschke
“To help people in the third world get educated and learn how to read and write is so important. I mean it is such an important human right.” PeopleWorldWritingHumansMeanImportantHelpingThirdsEducatedThird World Author:Eva Green
“Head Start is especially important to Latino children. Latino children make up more than one-third, 34 percent, of all those eligible for the program.” ChildrenImportantPercentProgramThirdsLatinoHead Start Author:Joe Baca
“It's important to run not on the fast track, but on your track. Pretend that you have only six months to live, and make three lists: the things you have to do, want to do, and neither have to do nor want to do. Then, for the rest of your life, forget everything on the third list.” WantImportantRunningThreeForgetMonthsSixThirdsTrackListsSix MonthsRest Of Your LifeForget Everything Author:Mike Davies
“We used to have just one criterion and that was profit, and then another criterion was added - social welfare. Now we have to add the third important criterion, and that is nature and the environment.” ImportantUsedSocialEnvironmentThirdsAddProfitWelfareJust OneCriteriaSocial Welfare Author:Mikhail Gorbachev
“It was a very comfortable and personal relationship [Cliff Martinez ].'The Neon Demon'is our third movie and the music has never been as important as for this movie.” ImportantComfortableThirdsDemonCliffsPersonal RelationshipsNeon Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“My grandmother taught me two very important lessons before she passed: hold the door for everyone and always say "thank you." That means to treat everyone the same, no matter if it is the President or a homeless mother begging for food. And never forget to thank those who have helped you, whether it is the person serving you food at a restaurant or your third-grade teacher who taught you the multiplication tables.” IfsMeanPersonsTwoImportantMatterMotherPresidentForgetTeacherDoorsTaughtLessonsTreatsThirdsTablesRestaurantsGradesGrandmotherServingNever ForgetHomelessMy GrandmotherBeggingSaying Thank YouImportant LessonsMultiplicationThird Grade Author:Michael Skolnik
“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
“The "third arrow" (of structural reform) is critically important. Japan has some of the best companies in the world, and if you look at their technology, their capability, it's extraordinary.” IfsWorldLooksImportantCompanyTechnologyThirdsExtraordinaryReformJapanCapabilityArrowsBest Company Author:Jamie Dimon
“My third mother is my paternal grandmother. Her name is Viola. She gave me my sense of knowing why, or knowing why it was important to ask why. She made me understand that I don't have to believe everything I hear.” BelieveMadeImportantMotherAsksNamesKnowingThirdsGrandmotherViola Author:Erykah Badu
“Often, we take stability - peace in terms of security and economic activity - to mean a country is doing well. We forget the third and important pillar of rule of law and respect for human rights, because no country can long remain prosperous without that third pillar.” HumansWellsMeanLongImportantCountryLawTermForgetRightsEconomicSecurityActivityThirdsHuman RightsStabilityProsperousRule Of LawPillars Author:Kofi Annan
“Good, healthy democratic societies are built on three pillars: there's peace and stability, economic development, and respect for rule of law and human rights. But often, we take stability - peace in terms of security and economic activity - to mean a country is doing well. We forget the third and important pillar of rule of law and respect for human rights, because no country can long remain prosperous without that third pillar.” HumansWellsMeanLongImportantCountryLawThreeTermForgetRightsEconomicSecurityDevelopmentHealthyActivityBuiltThirdsDemocraticHuman RightsStabilityProsperousRule Of LawGood HealthPillarsDemocratic SocietyEconomic Development Author:Kofi Annan
“We don't invest in financial literacy in a meaningful way. We should be teaching elementary school children how to balance a checkbook, how to do basic accounting, why it's important to pay your bills on time. First, education. Begin the learning process as early as possible, in elementary school. Second, encourage and support entrepreneurism. Third, policy. I know it's a priority of the US Treasury to augment financial inclusion and increase financial literacy.” KnowsWayShouldFirstsChildrenImportantSchoolProcessPaySupportTeachingPolicyBalanceThirdsIncreaseBillsFinancialPrioritiesMeaningfulInclusionLiteracyAccountingLearning ProcessTreasuryElementary SchoolFinancial LiteracyUs Treasury Author:Kabir Sehgal
“The truth is often terrifying, which I think is one of the motifs of Larry and Andrew's cinema. The cost of knowledge is an important theme. In the second and third films, they explore the consequences of Neo's choice to know the truth. It's a beautiful, beautiful story.” ThinkingKnowsImportantStoriesBeautifulFilmChoicesTruth IsCostConsequenceThirdsScaryCinemaThemeLarryAndrewMotifs Author:Keanu Reeves
“There are three secrets to managing. The first secret is have patience. The second is be patient. And the third most important secret is patience.” FirstsImportantThreeLeadershipSecretThirdsPatiencePatientBe PatientHaving PatienceDirty Secrets Author:Chuck Tanner
“It is important to find a publisher and equally important not to be noticed until your third or fourth book.” ImportantBookThirdsFourthPublishers Author:Colm Toibin
“But perhaps more important, as someone wishing to make a comment or two about contemporary life and values, I don't have to dig through libraries or travel to exotic lands to arrive at a view of our modern situation refracted through the lens of the preindustrial world, or the uncommercialized, unfranchised, perhaps unsanitized-and therefore supposedly more "authentic"-perspective ofthe Third World. Very simply, this is because that "other" world, as alien as if separated by centuries in time, is the one from which I came” IfsWorldTwoImportantValuesWishViewsSituationModernLandCenturyPerspectiveThirdsLibraryContemporaryAliensCommentLensesOther WorldsExoticThird WorldContemporary Life Author:Sidney Poitier
“And they heard the roaring thunder of a third brilliantly lighted express. "Are they pursuing the first travelers?" demanded the little prince. "They are pursuing nothing at all," said the switchman. "They are asleep in there, or if they are not asleep they are yawning. Only the children are flattening their noses against the windowpanes." "Only the children know what they are looking for," said the little prince. "They waste their time over a rag doll and it becomes very important to them; and if anybody takes it away from them, they cry..." "They are lucky," the switchman said.” IfsKnowsFirstsChildrenLittlesSaidImportantHeardCryLuckyWasteThirdsNosesTravelerThunderDollsRagsRoaringYawningWindowpane Author:Antoine de Saint-Exupery
“You're so kind, Kazuhiko. That's what I like about you." I like you, too. I love you so much." If he weren't so inarticulate, Kazuhiko could have said so much more. How much her expression, her gentle manner, her pure untainted soul meant to him. How important, in short, her existence was to him. But he wasn't able to put into words. He was only a third-year student in junior high, and worst yet, composition was one of his worst subjects.” IfsYearsKindSaidImportantSoulAbleExistenceWorstSubjectsLove YouStudentsExpressionLike YouPureThirdsGentleCompositionJuniorsJunior HighI Like YouInarticulateLove You So MuchI Love You So Much Author:Koushun Takami
“This is the thing they don't tell you about being a third wheel - it's not like you're the wheel that's added on. You were one of the original two wheels, but suddenly you're not so important anymore. The relationship drives fine without you.” TwoImportantLike YouFineThirdsOriginalsWheelsWithout YouTwo Wheels Author:David Levithan
“Advice for a human. 81. You can't find happiness looking for the meaning of life. Meaning is only the third most important thing. It comes after loving and being. 82. If you think something is ugly, look harder. Ugliness is just a failure of seeing.” IfsThinkingHumansLooksImportantSeeingAdviceThirdsHarderImportant ThingsUglyMeaning Of LifeUglinessFinding Happiness Author:Matt Haig
“As coaches we talk about two things: offense and defense. There is a third phase we neglect, which is more important. It's conversion from offense to defense and defense to offense.” TwoImportantBasketballThirdsDefenseCoachesConversionCoachingTwo ThingsNeglectPhasesOffenseBasketball CoachingOffense And Defense Author:Bobby Knight
“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.” IfsInspirationalTryingImportantUsePoliticalTimePoliticsInspiringPoliticianHumorousThirdsCleverPersistenceSubtleDriversSpeakersHittingPublic SpeakingThird TimeSpeaking In Public Author:Winston Churchill
“Government is about coercion. Limiting government is the single most important instrument for guaranteeing liberty. We're working on a third generation which has little in the way of education about what our Constitution means and why it was written. Thus, we've fallen easy prey to charlatens, quacks, and hustlers.” WayMeanLittlesImportantGovernmentEasyLibertyWrittenGenerationsEconomicThirdsConstitutionInstrumentsLibertarianFallenLibertarianismPreyCoercionLimiting GovernmentQuacks Author:Walter E. Williams
“I want to figure out how I can make the most important statement with the least amount of information, so I don't run out of ideas by the time I get to my second or third chorus.” WantI CanImportantIdeasRunningPlayerFiguresInformationAmountThirdsStatementsChorusGuitar Player Author:Larry Carlton
“We need to remember what's important in life: friends, waffles, work. Or waffles, friends, work, it doesn't matter. But work is third.” InspirationalNeedsImportantMatterFunnyRememberThirdsWorking ItRecreationWhat's ImportantWafflesLeslieParks And RecreationParks And Rec Author:Amy Poehler
“Of the five most important things in life, health is first, education or knowledge is second, and wealth is third. I forget the other two.” FirstsTwoImportantWealthForgetFiveThirdsImportant ThingsThings In LifeMost Important Things In Life Author:Chuck Berry