Actresses can get outrageously precious about the way they look. That's not what life's about. If you starve yourself to the point where your brain cells shrivel you will never do good work. And if you're overly conscious of your arms flapping in the wind how can you look the other actor in the eye to respond to them?

My share of the work may be limited but the fact that it is work makes it precious.

In a world of inhumanity war and terrorism American citizenship is a very precious possession.

Truth is life's most precious commodity.

For truth is precious and divine too rich a pearl for carnal swine.

In wartime truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.

Time is precious but truth is more precious than time.

If time be of all things the most precious wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.

The role of the teacher remains the highest calling of a free people. To the teacher America entrusts her most precious resource her children and asks that they be prepared... to face the rigors of individual participation in a democratic society.

Time is the most precious element of human existence. The successful person knows how to put energy into time and how to draw success from time.