Priorities Quotes

The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not, as poverty was before, the result of natural scarcity, but of a set of priorities imposed upon the rest of the world by the rich.

It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose.

Something got screwed up in terms of your priorities if you think it's more important to get rid of the dividend tax than it is to take care of 11 million kids.

Women's health is one of WHO's highest priorities.

I've learned time management, organization and I have priorities.

I know where my priorities lie.

I would like to be remembered as a guy who had a set of priorities, and was willing to live by those priorities. In terms of accomplishments, my biggest accomplishment is that I kept the country safe amidst a real danger.

I'm not saying that I won't tour again, but the chances are slim because my priorities are different now.

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

Having children really changes your priorities.

Maybe I'll make one movie a year, maybe two, but it's not going to be more than that because I have other priorities now.

The State Energy Program, it provides grants to States and directs funding to State energy offices. The States use these grants to address their energy priorities, program funding to adopt emerging renewable energy and energy-efficient technologies.

One of my top priorities in Congress is to reduce U.S. dependence on fossil fuels.

I like a woman with priorities.

In a way, I have simplified my life by setting priorities.

Visit USA.gov and you'll find thousands of directorates, agencies, boards, offices, and services replete with overlapping responsibilities, ancient priorities, and divided accountability.

A marriage is a solemn affair. The tempest of emotions and the myriad of arrangements are giddying, and when one is faced with these, clothing seems to be the last of one's priorities.

I have a more developed sense of my priorities. Life has so much more meaning now.

Nobody's life is ever all balanced. It's a conscious decision to choose your priorities every day.

Congressman Berg will repeatedly talk about Harry Reid and Barack Obama, and I find it interesting, because this morning, when I woke up and brushed my teeth, I looked in the mirror and I did not see a tall, African-American, skinny man. So let's make it clear that my priorities are North Dakota priorities.

Like it or not, the world evolves, priorities change and so do you.

You always love playing in finals at any tournament. The grand slams and stuff like that are obviously the priorities but any titles go on your record.

One of our priorities should be to reduce our dependence on foreign oil.

I have priorities. Maintaining my daughter is my first.

Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.

Promoting job creation and economic growth in the Hudson Valley is one of my top priorities in Congress.

I urge the Bush Administration to rethink its priorities. We can't talk about community values without being prepared to invest in those very same communities.

We must focus much more on developing countries' own policies and priorities, and increase policy and operational coherence between national, regional and multilateral actors.

By cutting critical domestic programs such as education, health, environmental protection, and veterans' services, this budget reveals misplaced priorities.

Europe has to address people's needs directly and reflect their priorities, not our own preoccupations.

It's time Congress got its priorities straight.

Port Security is one of our weakest security links, and it must be one of our highest priorities.

My priorities are where they should be, which is making really great, really exciting television.

When you find yourself on stage singing and you are embarrassed about what you are singing in front of your peers, then you have to think about your priorities.

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

When I appointed the Minister of the Environment to major cabinet status, the Planning and Priorities committee, the signals that that sent through Ottawa were major, because that's what the bureaucracy understands.

When I had my daughter, my priorities shifted. Being in the world of fashion you have to be very self-absorbed and surrounded by people that are self-absorbed.

Democrats single out glaring examples of tax preferences or spending priorities that favor the wealthy and Republicans cry 'class warfare!'

Education should be one of our top funding priorities; talking about it does not help the teachers and students who desperately need promises fulfilled.

Democratic priorities remain clear: to provide a tax cut for working families, to promote policies that produce jobs and economic growth, and to assist millions of our fellow Americans who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own.

Congress seems to thrive on breaking promises and passing unfunded mandates down to local government. It's really just a matter of priorities.

Priorities are the yearly goals that I'm most interested in achieving, then they become operationalized through weekly goals.

I really wish people - maybe it's naive - wish people had priorities and were willing to be artistic patrons.

We are aware that in 2005 our efforts to preserve the stability and prestige of the Republic of Bulgaria in the area of foreign policy, and our efforts to attain fully our strategic goals will be mostly contingent upon the way we address our domestic priorities.

It's not that I'm Mr. Goody-Two-Shoes now, but I've got my priorities in order.

I've been head of strategy at IBM and together with my colleagues built our five-year plan. My priorities are going to be to continue to execute on that.

Frankly, too many women treat their husbands as accessories instead of priorities.

Sometimes when you're overwhelmed by a situation - when you're in the darkest of darkness - that's when your priorities are reordered.

There is no doubt that our nation's security and defeating terrorism trump all other priorities.

My priorities are always going to be my husband and my family now. That's a huge, huge thing.

Beyond reducing individual use, one of our top priorities must be to move from fossil fuels to energy that has fewer detrimental effects on water supplies and fewer environmental impacts overall.

We also have to ask if we focusing on the most important priorities.