Quotes About Priorities

Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.

Without a doubt, first thing we should do is clean up our fiscal house, and that starts with balancing our budgets and digging out of this red ink. We cannot expect to continue in this fashion and remain the leader of the free world.

To those who say Britain cannot afford to invest in infrastructure, I say we cannot afford not to invest in our future.

If we really want to make change, we have to make peace with the fact that we cannot self-exempt every time the calendar offers us a more attractive alternative.

When we cannot find enough extra money for policing, yet we are having huge sums to other countries in aid, it is time to start a serious conversation.

Thinking back to those earlier days, I felt I was weak when I wasn't making movies, and then when I was, I thought I was weak as a family member.

I've had to make lots of sacrifices, particularly off the pitch.

There is just one reason that we are placed on this Earth. That reason is to love and be loved - in that order.

It's funny, I often think about how, if we were all placed in an apocalyptic situation, you'd realize quickly how stupid, petty things just don't matter anymore. Who you love is who you love, and it doesn't matter.

I've been to a lot of places and done a lot of things, but writing was always first. It's a kind of pain I can't do without.

Since the day I got married, I never got to plan my birthday.

I don't want to buy a jet plane. I don't want to live with an entourage.

I don't get paid a salary, but I do like to go by private plane because it saves a lot of time and is very efficient.

Motherhood takes vanity completely out of the picture. Comfort is the key. When you are coming out of a plane after a 9-hour flight with drool all over your clothes, the last thing you are worried about is being photographed. You just want to take your kid home.

I was scared of planes and then also just got this job. It was $10 an hour. To me, that was way more important than meeting J. Cole.

I planned so well for my post-'Cosby Show' life that I don't have to make desperate acting choices that conflict with what my values.

For whatever reason, college was just not a huge focus for me. I wasn't planning ahead. I just didn't think about it too much.

Babies are wonderful, important things. Having kids, even the thought of having kids, is a big emotional deal. But sometimes it can cause people to change their financial plans and directions.

No sense making plans to get a job or finish school at Johns Hopkins, which I just wasn't getting anything out of. Life was waiting to go back on 'Jeopardy!'

I am an old fashioned guy. I want to first stand on my two feet and then start thinking about settling down. At the moment no marriage plans.

I'll make a horrible housewife. It's not like I'm disgusting, but I'm pretty bad about having a drink or eating something and then leaving the plate and rushing to go.

As moms, we have so much on our plates. We're busy, and our family depends on us for a lot of things.

My greatest platform is not with all my degrees, everything else, it's not all my books, everything. It's that I'm known as a man who loves his wife and spends time with his children. That opens more; I speak as a daddy.

I play basketball. I need a jersey and I need some shorts that I feel comfortable in. I'm trying to hoop, not go to a fashion show on the court.