Priorities Quotes

“I miss your smile… but I miss mine more.”
― Laurel House

“It's all right. I'm not upset. After all, they were just things. When you've lost your mother and your father, you can't care so much about things, can you?”
― Kazuo Ishiguro, When We Were Orphans

“Sometimes you suffer for the things that are important to you.”
― Marta Acosta, Dark Companion

“I‘m very aware that my personal life, my marriage, is the source of speculation and interest in the department and with the public. I can live with that. I’m also aware that my husband’s businesses, and his style of conducting his businesses, are also the source of speculation and interest. I have no particular problem with that. But I resent very much that my reputation and my husband’s character should be questioned this way. From the media, Commander, it’s to be expected, but not from my superior officer. Not from any member of the department I’ve served to the best of my ability. I want you to take note, Commander, that turning in my badge would be like cutting off my arm. But if it comes down to a choice between the job and my marriage, then I lose the arm.”
― J.D. Robb

“When the urgent crowds out the important, people urgently accomplish nothing of value.”
― Orrin Woodward, LIFE

“I'm not at all contemptuous of comforts, but they have their place and it is not first.”
― E.F. Schumacherm

“Drummond appreciated his guest's initial silence, his respect for the ancient, sacred act of imbibing. Drink first, talk later.”
― Jean Zimmerman, The Orphanmaster