Priorities Quotes

“Money isn't the most important thing in life, but it's reasonably close to oxygen on the 'gotta have it' scale.”

“Many people spend more time in planning the wedding than they do in planning the marriage.”

“Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.”

“So far as the colleges go, the side-shows have swallowed up the circus, and we don't know what is going on in the main tent: and I don't want to continue as ringmaster under those conditions.”

“The whole trouble with the Republicans is their fear of an increase in income tax, especially on higher incomes. They speak of it almost like a national calamity. I really believe if it come to a vote whether to go to war with England, France and Germany combined, or raise the rate on incomes of over $100,000, they would vote war.”

“A day for toil, an hour for sport, but for a friend is life too short.”

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

“That which is not worth doing at all is not worth doing well.”

“The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for.”

“Take me ham away, take away my eggs, even my Chili, but leave me my newspaper.”

“I still love coming home, but home is where the heart is. I take those whom I love most with me. That's my number one. My number two is being ready.”

“When you have helped to raise the standard of cooking, you have helped to raise the only thing in the world that really matters. We only have one or two wars in a lifetime, but we have three meals a day -- there's nothing in the world that we do as much as we do eating.”

“That's the trouble with our charities; we are always saving somebody away off, when the fellow next to us ain't eating.”

“Don't risk what is important to you, to get what is not important to you.”

“We take care of our health; we lay up money; we make our roof tight, and our clothing sufficient; but who provides wisely that he shall not be wanting in the best property of all, -friends?”

“Friendship requires more time than poor busy men can usually command.”

“When you're in the Middle of an Argument, ask yourself: Do I want to be Right or be Happy?”

“Your friends, family, and kids have to understand that's your priority. It's the only way you can be successful.”

“I do know that when I am 60, I should be attempting to achieve different personal goals than those which had priority at age 20.”

“Let there be worse cotton and better men.”

“Most people fail in life because they major in minor things.”

“Time is the capital of your life, so spend it wisely.”

“When you know what's most important to you, making a decision is quite simple.”

“When forced to choose, I will not trade even a night's sleep for the chance of extra profits.”

“I’ve never believed in risking what my family and friends have and need in order to pursue what they don’t have and don’t need.”