Quotes About Priorities

The dead can forgive. The dead can be forgiven. The rest of us have better things to do.

A man sleeps through most of his life, even when awake. You get so little time, yet still you spend it utterly oblivious. Angry, frustrated, fixated on meaningless nothings. That drawer does not close flush with the front of my desk. What cards does my opponent hold, and how much money can I win from him? I wish I were taller. What will I have for dinner, for I am not fond of parsnips?

Now, if you're Al Gore, you can afford $10 a pop for squiggly-pig-tailed fluorescent light bulbs. But if you're mainstream America, two or three kids, mom and dad working outside the home, that's not a very good deal.

What did you want to be when you grew up? What about now? What's on your "bucket list," those things you want to do before you die? What is your calling, the work of your heart and soul? Talk about one of your happiest memories. What made you happy? What could happen out of the blue that would be like a dream come true? What do you want for your children/loved ones that money can buy?

I'd netted a bachelor's in English from Boston University, but it had done less for me, in strictly financial terms, than the eight-week course that earned me a commercial driver's license.

Before borrowing money from a friend it's best to decide which you need most.

They don't understand that we've changed our mentality and making a six-figure income no longer drives how we live our lives. Happy, healthy, together and with the world as our backyard, that's how we want to live.

Americans care more about the rights of animals than about what happens to us!

Do not miss your children's childhood. Do not be away 200 nights a year as I was. Do not put strains on your marriage or family.

At first I didn't think I'd even be able to play—I had way too much going on in my mind—but to my profound surprise, my fingers didn't seem to care. Apparently if you wanted to rock, it didn't matter if you had explosives in the basement, or a father with a chronic problem with keeping his dick in his pants, or a crazed ex-Blackwater employee with some religious conviction for ripping your head off. Hell, it might have helped.

What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?

Maybe he who dies with the most toys doesn't win, thought Bennett. Maybe he's just dead.

Well, Jesus also said, 'Why do you call Me, "Lord, Lord," and do not do what I say?' I guess it's always more important to do what Jesus says on a tactical, moment-to-moment basis, than to just do whatever you want, even if it seems like the right thing to do.

Before you worry about the world, son, you should be sure your own soul is secure in God.

You're not being responsible with what God gave you if you're hanging out with time wasters who have no goals and no dreams.

Don't waste your time trying to win people over that can never be won over.

my joy. That was a great day in my life! Your time is too valuable to worry about pleasing everyone else or making them happy. I know people who spend more time worrying about what others think about them than they do focusing on their own dreams and goals. You've got to get free from that.

When we start competing with people, we get distracted, we lose focus, and before long we're wasting time on things that are not moving us toward our purpose.

I'm a simple man. All I want is enough sleep for two normal men, enough whiskey for three, and enough women for four.

Farms and food production should be, I submit, at least as important as who pierced their navel in Hollywood this week. Please tell me I'm not the only one who believes this. Please. As a culture, we think we're well educated, but I'm not sure that what we've learned necessarily helps us survive.

If you break 100, watch your golf. If you break 80, watch your business.

Today you can go to a gas station and find the cash register open and the toilets locked. They must think toilet paper is worth more than money.

Before your mother I didn't spend too long with any one girl. I used to believe that life was too short. I was too young to settle down. Then I met your mother and fell in love. Now I think maybe I was right. I was too young to settle down.

It's better to have loved and lost than to be nagged about buying a damn anniversary gift every year.