Quotes About Priorities

the credits still go—unproductively—to the armed forces and vital areas of the social good are allowed to deteriorate. That's what I call decay.

there's been more drinking than thinking, and more wooing than doing

It was less respectable because less immediately useful; and it was poorly financed since it was less profitable.

As Sancho said, money does not buy happiness but it does buy nearly everything else.

If I have a perfect lover waiting for me in California, why would I want an imperfect husband?" I argued. "Lovers don't last; a husband is a captive prey," she replied.

Comprendió que se estaba muriendo en vida porque para él la libertad era más importante que el amor.

En mi caso, sin embargo, el crepúsculo me induce a pecar [...] Me arrepiento de las dietas, de los platos deliciosos rechazados por vanidad, tanto como lamento las ocasiones de hacer el amor que he dejado pasar por ocuparme de tareas pendientes o por virtud puritana.

Me hice cargo de los gastos, tal como había hecho durante mi matrimonio, sin que me pesara, porque ganaba suficiente, pero con Fabian había aprendido una lección que habría de recordar siempre: no basta con ganar dinero, hay que saber manejarlo. Eso, que ahora me parece indiscutible, en mi juventud era una novedad.

El dinero nunca me ha interesado, Pedro, en eso me parezco a Indiana. Me temo que juntos terminaríamos convertidos en una pareja de mendigos.

In my family, happiness was irrelevant.

Por qué vivía así, si le sobraba el dinero? -gritó Esteban. -Porque le faltaba todo lo demás -replicó Clara dulcemente.

I love my dog unconditionally, but never the man I'm sleeping with.

I am happier when I love than when I am loved. I adore my husband, my son, and my grandchildren, my mother, my dog, and, frankly, I don't know if they even like me. But who cares? Loving them is my joy.

Sometimes I think, 'Why should I care about doing well in New Zealand?'

I didn't want to be one of those touring musicians who get to hear about their daughter taking her first steps while they're in New Zealand.

I watched zero NBA basketball growing up. It was available but it was too late and I had school.

There's a false notion that success is a zero sum game. To win in our careers we have to give up family. To work hard we have to sacrifice sleep. To accomplish we must take (or borrow or steal) from somewhere else in our lives. It's just not the case.

I'm not one of those Hollywood moms where my kid is three weeks old and I'm a size zero. I'm a real woman and I'm a working woman and a working mom.

I have zero interest in being vice president.

If I catch zero passes but we win the Super Bowl, I wouldn't have a problem.

There's something unsettling about the education of a child who comfortably enumerates the rules for surviving zombie apocalypse but finds it uncomfortable to enumerate the rules of his grandparents' faith, if he knows them.

My No. 1 responsibility when I'm not slaying zombies is being a parent.

The hardest thing about my job isn't the snake bites or the crocodiles, it's being away from my children. I have a really religious satellite phone call every day back to the boys, wherever we are, whatever time zone, to say goodnight.

Life feels more vivid in a conflict zone. It is clear what matters, and who you can count on, for what.