Quotes About Priorities

I can do short jobs. If I was still starring in three movies every year, there's no way that I'd be the person my kids want when they fall down.

If it's attention you want, don't get involved with a man during play-off season.

I think, if you've got children, that's your life. Your 'showbiz' life, if you want to call it that, is a separate thing, and it isn't everything to me.

As you get older, all those dumb clichés, they're all true. You only have a certain amount of time left, and you should only spend it doing the things that you want to do. It's all true.

I feel the time is right, I want to spend more time with my young family and concentrate fully on my career [on retiring from international football at age 30

We're going out to play all the places where people might want to see us, because next time we might not just think about hitting every market or how we can make the most money.

When the people decide they want peace more than security, they will find both.

I don't leave London, really, and I don't do theatre, because I want to put the kids to bed.

I'm a wife and a mother. I don't want to be immature; I have to be ready at all times.

A lot of us spend our lives assuming we are going to get around to those things we want to do.

I have to be honest about one thing. When I want to America, no on asked me how I was. Everyone always asked me, "How much do you make?"

I don't care if I die - look, I'm old - but you want your kids to have good times and a good life.

Nobody wants to pay higher taxes. But do you want your kids to get a good education? You have to pay for that. Do you want Medicare for senior citizens? I do. We have to pay for it.

I get offered to do stuff where the money's nice but it's not something I want to do - I get offered a lot of commercials too.

At home, I'm lucky if I can write three or four hours before the phone starts ringing and the kids want to go to soccer.

I've never been fascinated by the party lifestyle. Penciling in a night to get wasted is not something I want to do.

After that, I came back every year. Everyone said, 'Well, when you retire you can move there.' But I said, 'Why should I live my whole life where I don't want to be.'

Having children is a huge responsibility, and I just don't want to hand them off to a nanny or my mom to take care of them.

I don't agree with the libertarians. I want my security first. I'll deal with all the details after that.

I wanted to be in my daughter's life, and I decided I didn't want to do music anymore because I was compromising myself too much and I wasn't loving what I was doing.

As far as money goes, there's a saying in Denmark: 'Your last suit doesn't have any pockets.' You can't take it with you. You can make all the money you want, but who cares?

People want to make sacrifices but they don't want to be sacrificed.

If I'm ever stuck on a respirator or a life support system, I definitely want to be unplugged -- but not until I'm down to a size eight.

As I get close to my election, I want to spend more time in my district and focus on my reelection.