Quotes About Priorities

Man does not live by GNP alone.

Water and our necessary food are the only things that wise men must fight for.

You think, "Aw man, I would never want somebody else's poop on my hand," but when it's your child, "Oh, it's not that bad, I'll just wash it off."

That is suitable to a man, in point of ornamental expense, not which he can afford to have, but which he can afford to lose.

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.

I'm playing second fiddle to Justin Bieber - Bieber Fever is sweeping our house, and my girls have made it clear I'm no longer their favourite man.

Fool indeed is he, who, living on the banks of the Ganga, digs a little well for water. Fool indeed is the man who, coming to a mine of diamonds, begins to search for glass beads.

One finds many companions for food and drink, but in a serious business a man's companions are very few.

I think somebody ought to do a survey as to how many great, important men have quit to spend time with their families who spent any more time with their family. Probably less.

Covetous men need money least, yet they most affect it; but prodigals, who need it most have the least regard for it.

When I do think, 'Man a f—cking motel room with a couple of thousand dollars worth of narcotics would do me right,' I just look over at my dog and remember that Buster's never seen me high.

If I ever loved a man better than I love my art, I should marry him and leave the stage. But I have never met such a man.

The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.

It is the vanity of women to spend hours in front of the mirror. It is the vanity of men not to bother.

Keeping the peace with the particular man in one's life becomes more essential than battling the mass male culture.

Without children, men have more liberty to earn less - that is, they are free to pursue more fulfilling and less lucrative careers, like writing or art or teaching social studies.

You may raise enough money to tunnel a mountain, but you cannot raise money enough to hire a man who is minding his own business.

Without ethics man has no future. This is to say mankind without them cannot be itself. Ethics determine choices and actions and suggest difficult priorities.

A man may go to heaven without health, without riches, without honors, without learning, without friends; but he can never go there without Christ.

Many people are willing to be God-centered as long as they feel that God is man-centered

All men know their children mean more than life.

If you're a man in your twenties or thirties, and you have yet to make your fortune, I would urge you not to get married.

No man is rich enough to waste his money in putting on style.

Men should not care too much for good looks; neglect is becoming.