"Our nation owes a debt of gratitude to the 9/11 Commission members for their valuable service and important recommendations to improve homeland security"

"At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us"

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

"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"

"Unless we have a well-educated people, we're vulnerable on our national security"

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

"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"

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

"Family is not an important thing, it's everything"

"Distrust and caution are the parents of security"

"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing"