#vital

My dog and two cats are such a vital part of my life. To say that I am their owner doesn't reflect at all the profound bond and responsibility that I have towards them. ↗

— Tiffani Amber Thiessen

#bond #cats #dog #i #i am

But with the steady disintegration of the family in modern society over the last century, the role of the school in bridging the gap has become vital! ↗

— Stephen Covey

#century #disintegration #family #gap #last

The vaunted experience of age was perhaps only a matter of wounds and scarring -- that young minds to old minds might be as young bodies to old bodies: stronger, more vital, less twisted by damage. ↗

— Kim Stanley Robinson

#vitality #wisdom #youth #age

It takes most men five years to recover from a college education, and to learn that poetry is as vital to thinking as knowledge. ↗

— Brooks Atkinson

#college education #education #five #knowledge #learn

Since it is seldom clear whether intellectual activity denotes a superior mode of being or a vital deficiency, opinion swings between considering intellect a privilege and seeing it as a handicap. ↗

— Jacques Barzun

#being #between #clear #considering #deficiency

Whatever the practical value of the Walden experiment may be, there is no question that the book is one of the most vital and pithy ever written. ↗

— Edward Carpenter

#ever #experiment #may #most #practical

When I first came to the United States in 1956 I fell in love with things - mainly the vitality and the freedoms. ↗

— Harold Evans

#fell #first #freedoms #i #love

Private ownership of property is vital to both our freedom and our prosperity. ↗

— Cathy McMorris

#freedom #our #ownership #private #private ownership

The eventual place the American army should take on the western front was to a large extent influenced by the vital question of communication and supply. ↗

— Kelly Miller

#army #communication #eventual #extent #front

It's wasteful spending like this that not only forces tax increases and cuts in vital services... but also really make you wonder: who is City Hall looking out for? ↗

— Laura Miller

#city #city hall #cuts #forces #hall