Important Quotes

Hip-hop, which is my generation's blues, is important to the characters that I write about. They use hip-hop to understand the world through language.

Jesmyn Ward
- World
- Important
It's important to give a better country to your children, but it is more important to give better children to your country.

Carlos Slim
- Country
- Children
- Better

I begin with the premise that behavior is an incredibly important element in medicine. People's habits, their willingness to quit smoking, their willingness to take steps to avoid transmission of HIV, are all behavioral questions.

Harold E. Varmus
- People
- Questions
- Smoking
In almost every edition (and consequently most performances) of Chopin's Sonata in B flat Minor, Op. 35, there is a serious error that makes awkward nonsense of an important moment in the first movement. The repeat of the exposition begins in the wrong place.

Charles Rosen
- Important
- Serious
When I was a kid just starting out on the radio, I would always watch people. And I'd see the interest they'd have in trying to get a photo with an artist or get a ticket stub signed. I guess, to me, that's the ultimate thing – to know that what you've done is important enough to other people that they want to take a picture with you.

Eddie Trunk
- People
- Artist
- Interest
When I was growing up, we didn't have much money. What was important in my house was to have food on the table, be happy, and have our family.

Kaya Scodelario
- Up
- Family
- Money
The Sherpas play a very important role in most mountaineering expeditions, and in fact many of them lead along the ridges and up to the summit.

Edmund Hillary
- Up
- Play
- Lead
Social Security, a critically important, great program which does serve as the cornerstone of support for senior citizens, now faces challenges that threaten its long-term stability and well-being. The facts are there. The facts are crystal clear.

Bill Frist
- Great
- Long
- Support