I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition.

I guess every single word I’ve ever said is going to be dissected now.

Remember that the revolution is what is important, and each one of us, alone, is worth nothing.

The cause of my life has been to oppose superstition. It’s a battle you can’t hope to win – it’s a battle that’s going to go on forever. It’s part of the human condition.

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.

Young men and women, your education is ever important – to us, to you, and to God.

Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.

Winning is the most important. Everything is consequence of that.

The superpowers often behave like two heavily armed blind men feeling their way around a room, each believing himself in mortal peril from the other, whom he assumes to have perfect vision.

When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.

Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

Philosophy is common sense with big words.

Why should I care about posterity? What’s posterity ever done for me?

I don’t care how busy I am – I will always make time for what’s most important to me.

We should not look at terrorism from the nameplates – which group they belong to, what is their geographical location, who are the victims. These individual groups or names will keep changing. Today you are looking at the Taliban or ISIS; tomorrow you might be looking at another name.

It is my belief that nearly any invented quotation, played with confidence, stands a good chance to deceive.

In business, the idea of measuring what you are doing, picking the measurements that count like customer satisfaction and performance… you thrive on that.

The Army will take its lessons learned. They’re excellent at looking into themselves and reflecting on what did we do right, what did we do wrong.

I take my sleep very, very important.

It is only in our decisions that we are important.

Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.

Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.

Some things get written more quickly than others, but I can’t really measure degrees of difficulty.

How well he’s read, to reason against reading!

Education is the cheap defense of nations.

It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy.

History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.

You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered.

Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.

I’m not a supermodel. That’s not what I do. What I do is music. I want my fans to feel the way I do, to know what they have to offer is just as important, more important, than what’s happening on the outside.

The intersection of law, politics, and technology is going to force a lot of good thinking.

The economy’s always been the engine for our national security.

Good planning is important. I’ve also regarded a sense of humor as one of the most important things on a big expedition. When you’re in a difficult or dangerous situation, or when you’re depressed about the chances of success, someone who can make you laugh eases the tension.

The point – the power to hurt – of all figures lies in the truthfulness of their application.

As abhorrent as some of this content can be, I do think that it gets down to this principle of giving people a voice.

Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.

What really matters is how God sees me. He isn’t concerned with labels; he is concerned about the state of man’s soul.

Immigration laws are the only laws that are discussed in terms of how to help people who break them.

It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.

I don’t think anything about a personal legacy. I mean, those words would never come out of my mouth unless I just repeated them. Those things have never been important to me.

Nothing is to be rated higher than the value of the day.

Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.

The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments.

You know, crankiness is at the essence of all comedy.

Dignity, and even holiness too, sometimes, are more questions of coat and waistcoat than some people imagine.

The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth.

It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are.

The United States has made serious mistakes in the conduct of its foreign affairs, which have had unfortunate repercussions long after the decisions were taken.

What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.

If you look at ‚Blade Runner,‘ it’s been cut sixteen ways from Sunday, and there are all kinds of different versions of it.

Cunning… is but the low mimic of wisdom.

There is good and mediocre writing within every genre.

There’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the face.

We should measure welfare’s success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.

Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child.

The older I get, the more important the eternal becomes to me personally.

Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate.

You are important enough to ask and you are blessed enough to receive back.

Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of facts.