Quotes About Priorities

I Don't Have Time For Both A Wife And An Airplane.

Senin büyük bir gereksinme duydu?un ?eyi onun buldu?unu kabul etmektense, çok ama pek çok kanserli hastan?n ölümünü görmeyi ye?leyeceksin. Sana göre meslek onurun ya da bankadaki hesab?n ya da radyum sanayisi ile olan ili?kin, hakikatten ve ö?renmekten çok daha önemlidir. ??te bu yüzden çok küçük ve sefilsin, küçük adam.

"I haven't much time to be fond of anything," says Sergeant Cuff. "But when I have a moment's fondness to bestow, most times… the roses get it."

We had our breakfasts--whatever happens in a house, robbery or murder, it doesn't matter, you must have your breakfast.

He had also learned that there is no use murdering people; there are always so many left, and if you tried to murder them all you would never get anything else done.

When experts and the public disagree on their priorities, he says, "Each side must respect the insights and intelligence of the other.

The issue becomes politically important because it is on everyone's mind, and the response of the political system is guided by the intensity of public sentiment. The availability cascade has now reset priorities. Other risks, and other ways that resources could be applied for the public good, all have faded into the background.

Which is better, to cover the earth with a carpet or to put on shoes?

First grub, then ethics." He was implying that ethical decision-making may only be a luxury reserved for those of us who do not need to struggle simply to stay alive.

Greene: "It's not reasonable to expect actual humans to put aside nearly everything they love for the sake of the greater good. Speaking for myself, I spend money on my children that would be better spent on distant starving children, and I have no intention of stopping. After all, I'm only human! But I'd rather be a human who knows that he's a hypocrite, and who tries to be less so, than one who mistakes his species-typical moral limitations for ideal values.

When the German twentieth-century playwright Bertolt Brecht was asked what he thought of ethics, he replied, "First grub, then ethics." He was implying that ethical decision-making may only be a luxury reserved for those of us who do not need to struggle simply to stay alive.

the fundamental needs of a vibrant economy and the fundamental needs of a happy individual are not necessarily the same.

Il tempo per leggere, come il tempo per amare, dilata il tempo per vivere. Se dovessimo considerare l'amore tenendo conto dei nostri impegni, chi ci si arrischierebbe? Chi ha tempo di essere innamorato? Eppure, si è mai visto un innamorato non avere tempo per amare?

Eravamo il suo narratore, siamo diventati il suo contabile. «Se è così, allora stasera niente tivù!» Eh! Sì... Sì... La televisione elevata alla dignità di ricompensa... E, come corollario, la lettura relegata al rango di courvé. È nostra, questa gran trovata...

Vivir es pasarse el tiempo llenando los dos platos de la balanza

Le temps de lire, comme le temps d'aimer, dilate le temps de vivre. Si on devait envisager l'amour du point de vue de notre emploi du temps, qui s'y risquerait ? Qui a le temps d'être amoureux ? A-t-on jamais vu pourtant un amoureux ne pas prendre le temps d'aimer ? Je n'ai jamais eu le temps de lire, mais rien, jamais, n'a pu m'empêcher de finir un roman que j'aimais".

If you`re wondering how you`ll find time, it means you don`t really want to read. Because nobody`s ever got time. Children certainly haven`t, nor have teenagers or grown-ups. Life always gets in the way. <...> Time to read is always time stolen. <...> Stolen from what? From the tyranny of living."- p.125

People who have car collections - I never understood that. I always thought that was unnecessary. It's not beautiful, it's not creative. It's just showing how much money you've got.

quien tiene dos mujeres, pierde el alma, pero quien tiene dos casas pierde la razón.

He who has two women lose his soul. But he who has two homes loses his mind. – ancient proverb

who has two women loses his soul. But he who has two homes loses his mind.

I was in my late thirties at the time, and Phillip was looking for someone a bit younger. When he met lovely Lindsay Morgan, a yoga enthusiast and model twelve years my junior, he dropped me like an underperforming stock.

I don't have time to be a fashion plate. I'm just glad if I get my shirt on right-side-out in the morning.

No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had spent more time alone with my computer'.