Let the barbarians burn the library, the ideas are what's…

I can see he's not in your good books,' said the messenger. 'No, and if he were I would burn my library.

— William Shakespeare

“So what if you burned a few books? Those librarians deserve it. When we're older, maybe we'll burn it to the ground together." She…

— Sarah J. Maas

Read properly, fewer books than a hundred would suffice for a liberal education. Read superficially, the British Museum Library might still leave the student…

— Anonymous

“This is a wonderful feminine quality but it is also important to remember that our own soothing, helping, and giving to ourselves is critical.…

— James Altucher

You've just got to expand the breadth of imagination. The diversity of ideas is the most important thing.

— Paterson Joseph

With fame, you know, you can read about yourself, somebody else's ideas about you, but what's important is how you feel about yourself -…

— Marilyn Monroe

It's important to discuss ideas but it's more important to surrender control and preconceptions.

— Judith Schaechter

“It's not all that important that you be able to originate brilliant ideas... The more important talent is to be able to recognize good…

— Eric S. Raymond

“And then sometimes Actors have what they call “ideas.” Usually it involves them talking more, or, in the case of more experienced actors, sitting…

— Tina Fey

The Here-and-Now demands attention, is more present to us. We dismiss the inner world of our ideas as less important, although most of our…

— Alan Moore

I think pushing the ideas is important. I wouldn't say it's more important than action. You can't really separate the two.

— John Zerzan

In all seriousness, people think that it's the ideas that are important. Well, everyone has ideas, all the time. I tend to write mine…

— Terry Pratchett

I think game theory creates ideas that are important in solving and approaching conflict in general.

— Robert Aumann

When you know in your heart that you and your ideas are important, you will give every idea you have a fighting chance.

— Sarah Cooper

Ideas are very important to the shaping of society. In fact, they are more powerful than bombings or armies or guns. And this is…

— Ron Paul