#priorities

We do not have a revenue problem in D.C. or this county. We have a prioritization problem. When you create the priorities you fund the priorities of the country and you stop spending money when you get to zero. ↗

— Tim Scott

#county #create #fund #get #money

I had to learn my faith and look after my family, and I had to make priorities. But now I've done it all and there's a little space for me to fill in the universe of music again. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#again #done #faith #family #fill

When we black people commit ourselves to living simply as a political action, as a way of breaking the stress caused by unrelenting hedonistic desire for material objects that are not needed for survival, or essential to well-being, we will not be talking about ebonics. We will be out in the streets demanding that the public schools have enough teachers so that all kids, cross color, can read and write in standard English and in Spanish too. ↗

— Bell Hooks

#priorities #simple-living #spanish

You meet dozens of people who tell you you can't do it. Surround yourself with the people who believe you will do it. Seek out and spend time with those rare people who tell you, no BS, why you haven't done it yet, what it takes to do it, and how they could help you do it. Note how this advice works whether 'it' is robbing a bank, opening a gallery, or writing a bestseller. "It" is up to you. But you can't do it alone. ↗

— Heather Grace Stewart

#goals-priorities #mentorship #persistence #life

Those East Coast rich kids are a different breed, on a fast track to nowhere. Your friends in Seattle are downright Canadian in their niceness. None of you has a cell phone. The girls wear hoodies and big cotton underpants and walk around with tangled hair and smiling, adorned backpacks. Do you know how absolutely exotic it is that you haven’t been corrupted by fashion and pop culture? A month ago I mentioned Ben Stiller, and do you remember how you responded? ‘Who’s that?’ I loved you all over again. ↗

— Maria Semple

#niceness #pop-culture #priorities #love

When you walk away from a really wonderful job like that, you start messing with everyone's priorities. It's like you're dissing them. ↗

— Sherry Stringfield

#dissing #everyone #job #like #messing

I'm starting to judge success by the time I have for myself, the time I spend with family and friends. My priorities aren't amending; they're shifting. ↗

— Brendan Fraser

#by the time #family #friends #i #judge

I don't believe that the American dream should be reserved for those who are born into the elite or somehow have been given an advantage over others. My growing-up experience is probably the most important thing that guides my priorities and my work today. ↗

— Ken Salazar

#american #american dream #been #believe #born

Es ist [...] meine tiefe Überzeugung, dass die Freiheit das Allerwichtigste im Zusammenleben ist und erst Freiheit unserer Gesellschaft Kultur, Substanz und Inhalt verleiht. ↗

— Joachim Gauck

#freedom #priorities #society #values #freedom

Physics isn't the most important thing. Love is. ↗

— Richard P. Feynman

#philosophy #physics #priorities #love