Quotes About Priorities

Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about things that matter.

I wouldn't trade a good horse for the best Rolls-Royce ever made -- unless I could trade the Rolls for two good horses.

Providing for one's family as a good husband and father is a water-tight excuse for making money hand over fist.

I'm much more concerned with being a good dad than a good actor, being there for my children, educating them and hopefully helping them avoid some of the mistakes that I've made.

What's good for the United States is good for the New York Stock Exchange. But what's good for the New York Stock Exchange might not be good for the United States.

Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at every water, shall neither have good wife nor good horse.

I've never wanted to be the hottest star. I always wanted to do good movies.

The girl can look forward to little else than the chance of having a good man for her husband; a good man, or if her tastes lie in that direction, a rich man.

A good day for Barack Obama is anytime the dominant topic of discussion is anything but the economy.

For liberals, supposedly good intentions always trump results.

Sometimes the roles you're being offered, leads in films aren't good enough. Actually it's you're better going and doing a radio play or a decent TV.

There has to be a woman, but not much of a one. A good horse is much more important.

I'd rather have a small part in a good film with good people than play the lead in something I don't really care for.

The things I care about are the most pedestrian things in the world. I care about good ice cream and being a good dad and a decent husband.

You don't have to go out and party every night. You can act because it's your dream.

What scares me is not living up to be a good enough father to my son and letting down my family - not being there enough and not being able to give enough of yourself.

It's hard, when you're up to your armpits in alligators, to remember you came here to drain the swamp.

The best thing about Eisenhower's Presidency was his Jeffersonian conviction that there should be as little government and as much golf as possible.

I think the government has to reposition environment on top of their national and international priorities.

The size of the federal budget is not an appropriate barometer of social conscience or charitable concern.

Markets are very important but for the government the citizens are more so.

America's government has to get the public investments right.

It will be a great day when our schools have all the money they need, and our air force has to have a bake-sale to buy a bomber.

The best way to make money is not to have money as your primary goal. I've seen great people come into the business world primarily motivated to make money. Almost without exception they failed.