Quotes About Priorities

I finished three years ranked No. 1, so the ranking doesn't matter anymore.

I don't know how their ranking goes or anything else, and I tell people I don't really care how the rankings go.

I'm not really focused on my ranking.

Israel ranks her priorities in the following way: security, land, and water.

If I didn't have a girlfriend, I'd have 10 girls at the studio, and they would make me not rap.

I don't blame other people for the rap that Christians have. A lot of Christians are just mental. A lot of Christians are more concerned with telling you where you're gonna go when you die than what you can have while you're here.

I really wish that I would have gone to college. Even my son, who's into rap himself, I tell him and tell his children, 'Go to college. Get that education - it is so important. Don't do like I did.' I had all this singing on my mind, and I just didn't have time for it.

Me being a rapper takes up too much of my time. I can't really do the things I need to do, but I need the money.

When I get done playing basketball, I'm definitely not going to be a rapper. I'm not going to be an old person who is focused on being a rapper.

I would like people to live in the present with eternity in mind. If there is, in fact, going to be rapture one day, in which we leave everything behind, shouldn't that loosen our grip on our material possessions right now?

It's very rare that stand-up comics have kids, because once they do, they stop doing stand-up.

Why do people sit up so late, or, more rarely, get up so early? Not because the day is not long enough, but because they have no time in the day to themselves.

Usually I get asked to do stuff that's cool, and if I ever can't do something, it's usually, because of logistics, I don't have the time for it. Rarely do I get ask to do something that I'd rather not do. I usually do it if I feel that it's something I can do.

When I first started to cook, I would cook these elaborate meals, but I rarely cook at home now.

I rarely need career advice because I don't have a career. No, that's not true. I can't really go far away while my kids are living with me.

Ever since having kids, napping is something that I'm prone to do and very easily could do but rarely get the chance to.

When we are caught up in the nature of our work and are asked to take on another job or position, rarely do we step back and ask ourselves, 'What do I really want to do? What is it at this point in my career and life that is important to me?'

I've never been a label-obsessed person. I indulge in shoes, but I rarely will ever buy full-price.

I don't want to be in any rat race.

My sabbatical from Bollywood was a conscious decision. I was never in the rat race.

It would probably help my career if I lived in L.A., but I think it would be all-consuming. New York has its own little rat race going on, too. But it's also really diverse and has a lot of people doing different kinds of jobs. In L.A., work would be the only thing I'd think about, and sometimes, I need a break from that.

There is immense pressure of being caught in the rat race. At such times, I'm glad I have just one child.

I am not in a hurry to be number one. I don't want to be in the rat race in that sense.

All of us have to win games. Whether we like it or not, the graduation rates and all the things people are talking about aren't as important as winning.