Quotes About Priorities

I was not looking for the money. I was looking for the opportunity that I was going to be a starter and play a decent amount of minutes.

I used to think that my songs were the best things that I would leave behind me. And I definitely think my kids are now. For starters, they're writing better songs than I was at their age.

I wasn't going to shy away from getting married when I did and having a baby young and starting a family, even with the job that I chose.

And then when I went to stay in '68, I can honestly say that I was not focused on my career and on what it took to be a major league pitcher and to be a starting pitcher.

When the year starts the objective is to win it all with the team, personal records are secondary.

My loyalty starts and ends at my front door.

Anytime something starts to feel like a popularity contest or not about the music, I'd rather just not be involved. I'm not a big high-fiver. That really gets to people around me when we have a No. 1 or something big happen. I'm not a big, 'Let's go have a party about it!'

Working at a startup to make a lot of money was never a thing, and that's why I decided to just finish up school. That was way more important for me.

Startup investing is one of my things, but it is not my everything.

I've been fortunate to have had the life I had prior to Hollywood. I wasn't starving; I was going to eat the next day.

I really feel kind of guilty spending 80 million dollars. People are starving in the world.

I'm a singer, not a politician, and I think you don't want the two to get confused. It's not OK to be on CNN talking about people starving and then tell the interviewer that your new album is coming out in six months.

We are going to have to make some very difficult choices, because state government cannot continue to spend more than it takes in.

The NRA has become financially dependent on more and more guns being sold - especially the expensive ones. In turn, the NRA has stated that its top legislative priority is to protect gun makers by advocating for legislation that benefits them.

One of the stated values at IronPort was 'work/life balance,' but I wasn't living it. I was rarely home. And when I was home, well, let's just say I wasn't particularly helpful or cheery.

Government spending clearly needs some adjusting. But a budget is a statement of our priorities, and balancing our spending on the backs of our nation's seniors is not the right approach.

We have no obligation to make history. We have no obligation to make art. We have no obligation to make a statement. Our obligation is to make money.

I was able to do well for myself, make a statement in the league. I had a heck of a time doing it, but at the end of the day, it's about me and my family and being comfortable and being fun.

More than anything else, a budget request is a statement of national priorities; a clear enumeration of what our country needs to grow its economy and remain in the future the first-rate power it is today.

Budgets are nothing if not statements of priorities.

The performance of international institutions will be symptomatic of the domestic political priorities of influential member states. International institutions don't really have a life and a mind of their own.

Yes, it's hard to stay in shape, but it's also hard to raise kids. That doesn't mean you get to drop them off at your local fire station when they get to be a handful.

I honestly don't care about individual awards or statistics.

The economy should serve man, not statistics.