Quotes About Priorities

I should prefer to have a politician who regularly went to a massage parlour than one who promised a laptop computer for every teacher.

Rest of my life is more important to me than politics

Don't pretend that you can just be oblivious to politics. You can't. What you never do is break your personal code. Have a code and keep it. You should never compromise what your priorities are.

It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.

I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of God than live in that palace at Washington.

You too can win Nobel Prizes. Study diligently. Respect DNA. Don't smoke. Don't drink. Avoid women and politics. That's my formula.

The most startling aspect of the nutrition situation in India is that it is not much of an issue in public debates and electoral politics.

Politics is not worrying this country one-tenth as much as where to find a parking space.

Our politics suffers from a shortage of people who put character and country before career and personal gain.

If people have to choose between freedom and sandwiches they will take sandwiches.

Politics is my second love, next to my love for Raisa [Gorbacheva].

Whoever decides to dedicate their life to politics knows that earning money isn't the top priority.

The environment has fallen to the wayside in politics.

The reason so many problems do not get solved in Washington is that solving those problems is not the No. 1 priority: Re-election is.

Politics seems much less important today. When you see your young daughter smiling as she was, and moving around, it's a superb feeling.

I have many, many old friends, and I always think that it's important, when you get into politics, to have friends you had before you were in politics and to understand what's on their minds.

Cash is always the deciding factor in such matters of moral politics; nothing ever gets done unless motivated by commerce or greed.

Politics is not my life. I have a career in radio and another career in film.

One day you will realize that material things mean nothing. All that matters is the well being of the people in your life.

Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values.

One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: 'To rise above little things'.

Rule number one is, don't sweat the small stuff. Rule number two is, it's all small stuff.

Your most important tasks and priorities are those that can have the most serious consequences, positive or negative, on your life or work. Focus on these above all.

Make it a point to be around those with positive energy - people who want what's best for you, people who understand your goals and priorities.