Quotes About Priorities

I'm very happy doing what I'm doing; I don't think I'm prepared to devote my time to politics. When I am, I'd like to give it 100%. I'm not in the frame of mind, and I'm too greedy an actor to do that.

The older I get, the more I'm prepared to do things for the money.

The greatest thing that prepared me for editing 'Vanity Fair' was having four kids because you just learn to subjugate your ego with the greater interest in mind.

I'm old enough to have friends and contemporaries who have long since retired, and that's their prerogative - enough is enough; it doesn't mean a thing to me. But I haven't got any money, so, you know, I just keep on working.

I want a schedule-keeping, waking-up-early, wallet-carrying, picture-hanging man. I don't care if he takes prescription drugs for cholesterol or hair loss.

What I remember about coming to L.A. is that suddenly work was as big a presence in my life as my life itself.

I was lucky enough to meet someone when I was about 46 and had my first child when I was 48, so I got started late, but I also got all that other stuff out of the way and was at a point where I could be a consistent presence at home.

I never want to work. Even when you're presented with these great opportunities, I think, 'I really love being in my pajamas with the kids.'

One truth I've learned as a father: Children want presence more than presents. They don't want to read about you; they want you.

Careers, children and homemaking all come above preserving your appearance. Self-preservation is at the bottom of the scale.

I can't deny that the thought of being governor, the thought of being president, is alluring. And beyond that, it would be an opportunity to make a real impact on people's lives on a global scale. But there are a lot of other things I want to do first.

I'm more concerned about Marc Jacobs than the U.S. president.

Education has not traditionally been a large concern in presidential elections, presumably because the president does not run schools.

American presidents get to make lots of choices, with one critical exception: what awaits them in the in-box on top of the desk in the Oval Office.

Based on history, many presidents come into office with lots of plans, and an agenda and things they want to start and an order in which they want to do those things.

There are so many things to take into account - your ambition, your ego, the press, the consumers. You can never be sure that you'll be on top of the pile again.

I have an obligation to do press, but I don't have an obligation to stay out dancing until 3 A.M.

As a mother I had to sacrifice a lot due to the pressing demands of my career.

I try to be a better dad and husband than I do pretend rock star.

Americans have a choice to make: higher taxes or fewer health care entitlements. We'll probably have to choose both. But as each of us marches toward death, we can't pretend we can have all the health care we need, paid for by taxing Bill Gates a little more.

It's all really nice to have my pretend Secret Service people paying me respect, but the moment I walk in the door, it's back to being 'Mom.'

There's nothing I really want to accomplish. I already set my family up pretty good right now.

Putting yourself in danger just to meet me or talk to me is not a sensible idea.

I just thought to myself, 'What am I doing? Is this how I'm going to live my adult life, banging my head, especially with what I've learned and know about the dangers?'