Important quotes

“But with writers, there's nothing wrong with melancholy. It's an important color in writing.” Paul McCartney

“Before I speak, I have something important to say.” Groucho Marx

“There's a lot of thought in art. People get to talk about important things. There's a lot of sex, you know, in art. There's a lot of naked women and men, and there's intrigue, there's fakery. It's a real microcosm of the larger world.” Steve Martin

“And so our goal on health care is, if we can get, instead of health care costs going up 6 percent a year, it's going up at the level of inflation, maybe just slightly above inflation, we've made huge progress. And by the way, that is the single most important thing we could do in terms of reducing our deficit. That's why we did it.” Barack Obama

“Community colleges play an important role in helping people transition between careers by providing the retooling they need to take on a new career.” Barack Obama

“I think it is important for Europe to understand that even though I am president and George Bush is not president, Al Qaeda is still a threat.” Barack Obama

“The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication then is secondary: it is perpetuation which is important. For this only one good reader is necessary.” Henry Miller

“A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.” John Stuart Mill

“The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.” John Stuart Mill

“The person who thinks I worship the devil and kill animals is just as important as someone who makes an interpretation that's closer to what I intended.” Marilyn Manson

“The fact is, with every friendship you make, and every bond of trust you establish, you are shaping the image of America projected to the rest of the world. That is so important. So when you study abroad, you're actually helping to make America stronger.” Michelle Obama

“You see, at the end of the day, my most important title is still 'mom-in-chief.' My daughters are still the heart of my heart and the center of my world.” Michelle Obama

“Exercise is really important to me - it's therapeutic. So if I'm ever feeling tense or stressed or like I'm about to have a meltdown, I'll put on my iPod and head to the gym or out on a bike ride along Lake Michigan with the girls.” Michelle Obama

“The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence.” Ron Paul

“We need to understand that we as citizens and as a government in any community throughout this country have no more important obligation than to educate those who are going to replace us.” Colin Powell

“I hope to have communion with the people, that is the most important thing.” Pope John Paul II

“Violence has been Nicaragua's most important export to the world.” Ronald Reagan

“Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all education? It is not to save time, but to squander it.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“To make a rock'n'roll record, technology is the least important thing.” Keith Richards

“The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.” Theodore Roosevelt

“Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.” Tony Robbins

“To hate is to show you still care, who needs that, focus on what's really important.” Henry Rollins

“It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.” Bill Gates

“Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.” Bill Gates

“The general idea of the rich helping the poor, I think, is important.” Bill Gates

“When the PC was launched, people knew it was important.” Bill Gates

“I was lucky to be involved and get to contribute to something that was important, which is empowering people with software.” Bill Gates

“The most important single central fact about a free market is that no exchange takes place unless both parties benefit.” Milton Friedman

“The most important ways in which I think the Internet will affect the big issue is that it will make it more difficult for government to collect taxes.” Milton Friedman

“You are important enough to ask and you are blessed enough to receive back.” Wayne Dyer