Quotes About Priorities

America, ever the narcissistic mother, prefers baby bumps to children and expectant mothers to full-fledged bum-and-nose-wiping ones.

I don't think I could advocate for increasing NASA's budget by a factor of two or ten, because I want us to have good roads in our country. I want us to have good education in our country. And NASA's budget is part of a discretionary budget, and we can't make that bigger without taking away other things.

Since June of 1981, between school and the national team, I haven't had much time to spend with myself or my family.

I'm at a point in my life where I'm not going to be writing about NATO or NAFTA.

When you finally have kids, you realize how selfish you are. I think we are naturally selfish beings. When you have kids, that can kind of be a shock at first. I think just trying to make time for yourself is very hard. Especially now that I have 3, finding that time can be very difficult.

To be a rebel is to reject what it means to succeed in a capitalist, consumer culture, especially the idea that we should always come first.

Women often are much more willing to fight for their children than themselves. -Airiana (quoting Max)

My life has never been my own. I've got all the money in the world, and nothing that I want. Until you. I want you. You're what I want for myself.

We're all going to die someday, Sasha. We can only live our lives the best way we can. I believe in family.

He loved his wife and his kids right up to the moment it threatened his ability to have a good time, to be adored.

Those who worry about the treatment of animals are often accused of sentimentality or of putting the plight of beasts before the immense problems of humanity. But it is quite rare to find a humanitarian who is indifferent to animals and surprisingly common to find that those who belittle animal rights are the same ones who find the pain of humans easy to bear.

Never mind. Never mind. In this brief life, one cannot always be counting the cost.

My teeth were nice commodities, and I did enjoy having kidneys, but I'd give them all away if someone threatened to take my Slayer albums from me.

Abby to Tommy and Jody who are hugging] So I'm like, Cold-faced killers on the clock, bitches, we don't have time for your bonery right now. --The Chronicles of Abby Normal

You worry about a crack in the floor while the whole mountain is about to come down on us!

Hagas lo que hagas, básalo en lo que sea más importante para ti. Sólo entonces tendrá profundidad y significado, y hallará eco en los demás.

Empathy? Empathy? What empathy can I afford my enemies? Shall I dither about whether to defend myself because it will cause someone pain? If that had been the case, I would have died years ago! You must be willing to protect yourself and what you cherish, no matter what the cost.

We can spend sixty-eight thousand dollars per TB patient in New York City, but if you start giving watches or radios here [Haiti], suddenly the international health community jumps on you for creating 'nonsustainable' projects. If a patient says, I really need a Bible or nail clippers, well, for God's sake!

Real results come from putting your momentary needs on hold to pursue larger, more important goals. The realization of such goals is often delayed, meaning that your commitment to self-management will be tested over and over again. Those who manage themselves the best are able to see things through without cracking. Success comes to those who can put their needs on hold and continually manage their tendencies.

Work to achieve balance, rather than equality. This is not simply a matter of semantics; there is a difference. Balance means that everyone is generally getting their needs met; no one is compromising too much or feeling too limited by the agreement. All partners have agreed to priorities concerning the time and energy they dedicate to the relationship, and each partner's actions reflect these priorities. No one feels taken advantage of.

I'd rather be honest with myself when it comes to business. I wanted to be better off than most dwells. Don't want to die a beggar. I'm not pretending I got higher purposes than that." - Cery

There is only one thing that you write for yourself, and that is a shopping list.

But both of them had been business men all their lives and would take it for granted that their duty to the stockholders of Budd-Erling outweighed any duty they might owe to truth, justice, humanity, or any other glittering generality.

You couldn't have everything. At least, not all at the same time.