Important Quotes

It's very important to have two tiaras when you're on the road. You never know when you'll be invited to something really formal.

I'll be a Quebecker-Canadian. I'm from Quebec, and every time I go to a country, I say that. It's my roots, my origins, and it's the most important thing to me.

Whatever your standing in life, the most important thing is behaving in ways that help other people. It's the same with music. I am a servant of the music ... and if I get caught up in ego, I'll lose everything .. it'll burn and that's a guarantee.

The speed at which a business success is recognized, furthermore, is not that important as long as the company's intrinsic value is increasing at a satisfactory rate. In fact, delayed recognition can be an advantage: It may give us the chance to buy more of a good thing at a bargain price.

The most important quality for an investor is temperament, not intellect. You need a temperament that neither derives great pleasure from being with the crowd or against the crowd.

It is more important to say "no" to an opportunity, than to say "yes".

Basically, the single-most important decision in evaluating a business is pricing power.

Everybody's got a different circle of competence. The important thing is not how big the circle is. The important thing is staying inside the circle.

The most important investment you can make is in yourself... nobody can tax it or take it away from you.

Don't risk what is important to you, to get what is not important to you.

Learning how to live is much more important than learning how to make a living.

I've never gotten thick skin. If you close yourself off and you get this protective armor, there is a price you pay with that - of not feeling. And feeling is important when you are a songwriter.

Nothing is more important than our children. They are the future. They can heal the world. It is our obligation to be there for them.

Music is art, and art is important and rare. Important, rare things are valuable. Valuable things should be paid for.

It's important to be self-aware about what people are saying about you, but even more so, be very aware of who you actually are, and to have that be the main priority.

Your feelings so are important to write down, to capture, and to remember because today you're heartbroken, but tomorrow you'll be in love again.

The business aspect is one of the most important things about having a music career, because every choice you make in a management meeting affects your life a year-and-a-half from now.

I don't know if high society is different in other cities, but in Hollywood, important people can't stand to be invited someplace that isn't full of other important people. They don't mind a few unfamous people being present because they make good listeners.

Worms have played a more important part in the history of the world than humans would at first suppose.

Naturally, there are times when every woman likes to be flattered... to feel she is the most important thing in someone's world. Only a man can paint this picture.