Vital Quotations | Page 2

I urge you children to be patient with your parents. If they seem to be out of touch on such vital issues as dating, clothing styles, modern music, and use of family cars, listen to them anyway. They have the experience that you lack.

I am far more a fan of aggressive entrepreneurs than I am of major CEOs. You look at major CEOs, and they are almost to a person quite timid. They don't act to defend the free market principles that are vital to growth.

There's no way to escape the culture that has evolved, from which we ourselves have evolved. Naturally, we stress it, break it up, reassemble it to suit our own needs. But it is there - a source of vital strength.

For success of any mission, it is necessary to have creative leadership. Creative leadership is vital for government, non-governmental organisations as well as for industries.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

If a work of art is rich and vital and complete, those who have artistic instincts will see its beauty, and those to whom ethics appeal more strongly than aesthetics will see its moral lesson. It will fill the cowardly with terror, and the unclean will see in it their own shame.

Before I lost my voice, it was slurred, so only those close to me could understand, but with the computer voice, I found I could give popular lectures. I enjoy communicating science. It is important that the public understands basic science, if they are not to leave vital decisions to others.

The positives of the expansion are many. Expanding the ICU and ED is vital in terms of adding necessary space, enhancing patient privacy and improving efficiency and quality of health care delivery.

We are pleased to strengthen our relationship with Harris County Hospital District. The hospital district plays a vital role in support of healthcare in the region. Premier brings value and market leadership in supply chain cost effectiveness to support the district as it provides high quality patient care and training for health professionals.

We are pleased to celebrate this achievement with the Navajo Nation. We'll continue to work together to protect and restore vital water resources on tribal land.

We've also got some great career professionals, an absolute and vital part of the operation - couldn't do it without them. They're the ones that continue the expertise from administration to administration, who have got the experience of having been through all of this before and provide the quality service that needs to be provided.

There is no question he's a vital part of our team and we have always maintained a strong desire to get a deal done with Brian.

There is no major outdoor track title to aim for next year so Birmingham will be a vital part of my season.

Until now, financial institutions have controlled who is able to obtain credit and the rates people pay. Over time, this one-sided control has bred inefficiencies and excessive margins -- leading to higher rates for borrowers, and restricting people who have money to lend from entering and generating income from this vital and lucrative market.

Whether they are computer technology consultants, network engineers or intelligent analysts, contractors play a vital role in securing our nation. Therefore, it's imperative that we improve this process because, in today's job market, it's unrealistic to assume that the best and brightest applicants are going to wait more than one year to receive a government clearance so they can then begin their jobs.

What this clearly shows is that to perform their vital roles, vitamins C and E work together. They have a synergistic effect that will not be gained just by intake of one or the other, and adequate levels of these nutrients is especially important for people who smoke.

What has made Middle Creek so vital to waterfowl is its habitat diversity. Middle Creek is a shining example of progressive wildlife management. Through wildlife plantings, habitat enhancements, and wetland creation and manipulation, Middle Creek has been molded into an area that now rivals the Susquehanna River in waterfowl appeal. It has evolved into a waterfowl oasis in a section of the Atlantic Flyway dominated by intensive farming and development.

We believe we're a vital part of that public, ... and we will no longer be silent.

United Way funding is vital to Harvest Texarkana's daily operations, being one of the few nonprofits that does not receive government funding on an annual basis. We are totally reliant on United Way dollars, profits from various fund-raisers and donations from area businesses, churches and community groups and individuals.

With the many needs we have in our world today, I believe transparency, accountability and results are the most important characteristics that a donor should expect from a charitable organization. Maintaining these core values in our organization is not only vital for our donors, but also for our stewardship to the children we support.

We expressed the wish that they (the United States) be with us, that we cooperate with them. It is vital that we have international cooperation with them,

We're pleased to see that President Bush knows where Tennessee is on the map, even though he has no clue about Tennesseans' daily concerns over vital issues like Social Security and Medicare.

With the new make-up of the high court, we are encouraged that the Justices will determine that the government does have a vital and compelling interest in preventing the spread of the practice of abortion into infanticide.

There are players who are freshmen that could play vital roles in our team this year. We could potentially have three starting for us.

There are some ... programs that are so sensitive that distribution of information should be very limited. It's vital to our national security. But I also believe there should be some oversight.

We deeply regret Sen. Frist's endorsement of an embryonic stem cell research policy that would turn living human beings into commodities for exploitation. ... Treating living human embryos as mere fodder for experimentation crosses a vital ethical line and contravenes the sanctity of human life.

We've seen globally that women's education is a key indicator for development, and it's extremely important for us as we look at the overall development of an area. Women play a vital role in the family and community, and for them to make informed decisions about household and family and community matters, they need equal access to education.

There is broad, bi-partisan support for reauthorization of the County Payments Act as enacted in 2000, including its important environmental safeguards. There are better ways to fund public education for our children than selling off our public forests. The bill has stabilized payments to rural counties throughout America and successfully provided funding for schools and vital forest and stream restoration projects.

We're gutted. We had a seriously good team behind the scenes and Troy was a vital figure. We work together like a close-knit family and I can't say enough how crucial Troy has been.

This project has become a major source of scientific information about North American bird populations. It is a classic example of the vital role citizens and the Internet now play in understanding our planet.

The protection of intellectual property is vital to our economic growth and global competitiveness, and it has major consequences in our ongoing effort to promote security and stability around the world,

When I was a single, working mom with a newborn, I learned just how vital it is to have comprehensive, affordable health care.

The prime minister had a CT scan that showed that the bleeding has stopped. He was then put in the neurological emergency unit for observation ... All vital signs are functional and stable. The prime minister is in critical condition.

To provide background and physical description and all the rest is of course vital to fiction, but vital only insofar as such detail is in the service of a richly imagined story, rather than in the service of good botany or good philosophy or good geography.

There are only eight weeks to go to these vital Hong Kong discussions. I do not believe that you can get a vital agreement that works if we wait until people arrive in Hong Kong.

Like a powerful medication, the Internet has a revolutionary impact on global business, and it is hard to imagine a firm that has not been affected. Unfortunately, along with the benefits come many side effects that have the potential to dramatically erode productivity and pose many other dangers to the enterprise and to employees, themselves. That is why it is so vital to carefully monitor employee Internet use. This study confirms that uncontrolled employee Internet use is a very serious threat to compliance, security and productivity.

Like doctors with specialties, professional appraisers and home inspectors can see things that their customer typically cannot. It's vital that both professionals be involved in the process.

Lust is Love without the vital ingredient: Passion.

Librarians are an essential and vital bridge to the reader, ... As book lovers, librarians introduce readers to books every day. I think it's essential that librarians accentuate reading for pleasure and have a solid understanding, respect, even affection for popular fiction.

Loving, vital, caring and diverse, with differences of opinion that are often strong. We continue to have a vital strong, worshiping, faith-based community.

Many of the undocumented immigrants from the Caribbean islands have been living, working and making vital contributions to our country for many years.

She's going to be vital to us. She kept us in games last year, and she should have had more wins. But we just couldn't give it to her. Our problem was that we couldn't put the nail in the coffin because we couldn't score enough runs.

Should the government give the nod to the agreement, we are worried that we (Indonesia) will never ratify the Rome Statute, which is considered a vital foundation for countries once ruled by authoritarian regimes to move toward democracy.

Simon Wiesenthal and the institute he created played an absolutely vital role in showing the mechanisms of the Holocaust, pointing to those guilty of this genocide, ... I hope that this message will be universally accepted by politicians, societies and not just in the context of the Holocaust, but all crimes against human rights which take place in the modern world.

Sign language is useful to the deaf but vital to the Italians.

Shortchanging vital investments in education and training, medical care and community development means that kids in Connecticut and across the country will suffer at school, families will have to scrape by to own homes and doctors and hospitals may have to think twice before providing care to senior citizens.

Since debit cards can be compromised at illegally modified POS devices and then used to fraudulently withdraw funds from ATMs, it is vital for GASA to monitor crime trends at both POS and ATM terminals. Best practices for POS security are now needed.

She has shown the maturity to handle everything that has been thrown at her. She has been a vital part of the team. There has been a lot put on her plate and she has handled it. You can't help but feel good about a kid like that.

Mississippi has long been home to writers, painters, sculptors, blues artists, quilters and others who have helped define the very essence of this land, ... Restoring our artists and arts organizations is vital to the rebuilding of this state.

Mike was a vital member of our squad during the Six Nations last season, when Gareth Cooper was out injured,

Modern medicine uses imaging 'windows' such as magnetic resonance imaging scanners to bring into view otherwise unseen vital information that skilled physicians can use for the benefit of their patients.

Much as I am disappointed in having to withdraw from my obligations, I hope that everybody understands that it is vital I am with my wife and family at this time,

Mr. Wiesenthal has been untiring in his service to the Jewish communities in the U.K. and elsewhere by helping to right at least some of the awful wrongs of the Holocaust, ... If there is one name which symbolizes this vital coming to terms with the past, it is Simon Wiesenthal's.

McCarran continues not only to welcome but also to aggressively seek such new air carriers to help provide the airlift that is so vital to our community. As such, we are pleased to learn that Virgin America -- a well-funded new airline with an experienced professional management team -- may be interested in serving Las Vegas.

May their weapons fall from their (hands), may they be unable to lay the arrow on (the bow)! And then (our) arrows shall smite them, badly frightened, in their vital members!

one of South Florida's most vital natural resources, a relentlessly sane voice in a howling hurricane of hypocrisy, hokum and hype.

On education, in order to ensure that America remains a world leader, we must create an educated, skilled workforce in the vital areas of science, math, engineering and information technology. At the same time, we must give every student access to a college degree.

One of the big benefits of an enterprise CRM solution is the ability to access vital customer data, regardless of device or locale. Onyx customers in the United States, Europe or Japan can now access and leverage customer data in real time. This is of great interest not only to our enterprise-level Japanese customers, but also to our multi-national customers with worldwide operations.

Occupational safety and health is vital to the dignity of work.

Of course, not everything is finished yet and the IOC will continue to worry until after the closing ceremony, just as we do at every Olympic Games. The remaining test events will give the games organizers vital opportunities to further improve on plans that have been drawn up for the venues now being completed.

Museums, museums, museums, object-lessons rigged out to illustrate the unsound theories of archaeologists, crazy attempts to co-ordinate and get into a fixed order that which has no fixed order and will not be co-coordinated! It is sickening! Why must all experience be systematized? A museum is not a first-hand contact: it is an illustrated lecture. And what one wants is the actual vital touch.

Multi-channel media companies must recognize the vital importance of the Internet, and then go beyond replicating their offline properties to tailor their online strategy to the distinctive characteristics and preferences of online audiences.

Monogram believes that collaborations such as this are vital to developing the kind of advanced diagnostics and novel therapeutics that will make personalized medicine for individual cancer patients a reality.

New Orleans blossomed into one of the most popular points of embarkation for cruise ship customers and was on pace to break the 1 million-passenger mark. The cruise industry evolved into a major economic engine for the entire city, generating $226 million in direct and indirect sales annually. NCL is a vital part of that success and I commend them for their support and commitment to the rebuilding of a greater New Orleans.

Never has the Chinese government put the environment issue in such an important position. It is vital to stability and prosperity of our country and people.

Philip Bloom admits offering millions in bribes so that he and his companies could receive contracts for the vital task of rebuilding Iraq. The reconstruction effort in Iraq must be free from the taint of corruption.

Peterson's experience in emergency management and as a fire chief will make him a highly effective Region VI director. His first hand knowledge and experience will be vital as FEMA works with its regional partners on all aspects of emergency management.

Perception plays a vital role in the diagnosis of bipolar illness. Symptoms are perceived through the categories of psychiatric medicine at a given moment in history, categories which are continually shifting and being named or renamed.

No agency has greater skill and experience in this difficult, complex, and utterly vital discipline of intelligence,

NBC is stable and our vital signs are encouraging. Most predictions were that we were going to go from bad to worse this year, and that hasn't happened.

Only when the privileged classes perform military service, only when elite youth are on the firing line, does the country define the cause as worth young peoples' blood and do war losses become acceptable, ... the answer to what constitutes vital national interests is found not so much on the cause, itself, but in who is willing to die for that cause.

On the other hand, losing her would be costly. She's been very good for the company before all this began. She could be vital to rebuilding the brand.

On strategic issues we discussed the vital needs for energy security ... for India's need for atomic energy,

One of the first things we must do is retool FEMA and enhance this vital agency's capabilities so that it can fulfill its historic and critical mission of supporting response and recovery,

One of the more interesting challenges I face when doing research for my novels is to trace the lives of women who are vital to the narrative and try my best to give them back their voices.

I worked under conditions of the highest security and under great pressure, first in Moscow and subsequently in a special secret research centre. At the time we were all convinced that this work was of vital significance for the balance of power in the world and we were fascinated by the grandeur of the task.

If there were something that were shutting down companies, of course it is vital that our company continues to run and produce vaccine.

I grew up in a large communal apartment where most of the rooms were occupied by my family and relations and only a few by outsiders. The house was pervaded by a strong traditional family spirit-a vital enthusiasm for work and respect for professional competence.

I have been stressing the vital importance of people giving up this habit of eating non-vegetarian food even from my boyhood days. Meat eating fosters animal qualities in man making him descend to the demoniac level; it is a heart-rending sight to see cows being slaughtered to serve as food for man.

I'd like to see sleep be a genuine vital sign that's on the chart, there for the nurse to have to address on every visit, and find out what the patient's been doing about their problem up until then.

I believe this squad includes some future stars of England rugby and the experience will be vital to their development.

Carl was a vital part of any successes we achieved this season. He utilizes his resources better than anyone I've ever seen.

But when great ideas and the vital affairs of a nation are at stake, then the individual needs the support of the spiritual leaders of the nation.

Barry has been very important to our success over the years. Whether it was a director of basketball operations or as our associate head coach, he was a vital part to our program's rise to elite status in the Big East and nationally.

China should realize that IPR are vital for transforming China from the world's top processor to one of its most important innovators, as well as for the country to occupy the higher-end of the market.

I, for one, would not be afraid to invite more foreign professors. It is vital for us to modernize education so that our university graduates are every bit as good as Harvard or Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni.

From our point of view, the main sticking point was the issue of allowing persons to come in and sue state agencies (and those receiving state funding) for not providing either an interpreter or vital documents translated.

From middle age on, there's nothing more vital to your health and weight control than building lean muscle mass, and the only way that happens is with weight training and exercise.

For Rafael, his health and fitness is the priority. He is one of the most exciting players in the world and being in peak shape is vital to the type of tennis he plays.

If an individual adopts an active lifestyle in youth and at midlife, this may increase their probability of enjoying both physically and cognitively vital years later in life.

For three decades the Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust has been a fervent supporter of the American playwright. It is vital that we continue to support those writers who relate the ongoing American saga for the stage. This award brings the appropriate recognition to the important role the playwright serves in American Arts & Letters.

Global energy security is a vital part of America's national security.

I always kind of think if The Beatles were still around now, people would've lost interest quite a long time ago. Seven years of recording - it's there forever. I think not outstaying your welcome is a vital ingredient.

He is looking good and I think he'll be a handful for the Indians if we prepare pitches with some carry and bounce for the Tests. He is a pure match-winner and he can win matches for you. I think he'll be a vital player in the coming series.

Having betrayed the trust of his own patients, Harold Shipman should not be allowed to break the vital bond of trust that exists between family doctors and their patients,

We expect to see continued adoption of stream processing within the securities industry as firms move beyond low latency trading and focus on other vital aspects of the business, such as risk management, compliance analysis and liquidity management.

Whatever age they might be now, they should feel that same desire for wanting to play for their country -- passion, enthusiasm, attitude and commitment are vital to us.

There is a growing realization in South Asia that peace is vital for economic prosperity. An amicable solution to Kashmir is key to peace and development in the subcontinent.

There is no five-second delay on Crossfire-if you say it, people will hear it. Things can get heated; the potential is there to overstate your position. It is vital to not misrepresent what you actually believe.

The purpose of the fund is for the development and support of renal dialysis programs that benefit the overall quality of health care at HYMC. The Howard Young Foundation dispersed more than $120,000 from its Dialysis Fund in order to purchase new dialysis machines for the department at Howard Young Medical Center. Also, the Auxiliary of Howard Young Medical Center recently contributed $26,000 toward the purchase of 2 additional new machines, however, with the expansion, more dialysis machines will be needed and the Foundation Dialysis Fund will support this vital program.