"Research has shown that the perceived style of leadership is by far the most important thing to most voters in evaluating officeholders and candidates"

"One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency"

"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday"

"Character matters; leadership descends from character"

"Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction"

"In thinking about nanotechnology today, what's most important is understanding where it leads, what nanotechnology will look like after we reach the assembler breakthrough"

"The referee is going to be the most important person in the ring tonight besides the fighters"

"It's important that people know what you stand for. It's equally important that they know what you won't stand for"

"The Domain Name Server (DNS) is the Achilles heel of the Web. The important thing is that it's managed responsibly"

"Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about"

"Important principles may, and must, be inflexible"