William Easterly Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I really wish people - maybe it's naive - wish people had priorities and were willing to be artistic patrons.
-
In a way, I have simplified my life by setting priorities.
-
Israel ranks her priorities in the following way: security, land, and water.
-
All my life, I've been trying to make a hole-in-one. The closest I've come is a bogey.
-
The bark on the tree was just a little softer.
-
I guess what led to me writing 'Holes' was having moved to Texas in 1991, and it was sort of my reaction to Texas.
-
An average person who develops the habit of setting clear priorities and getting important tasks completed quickly will run circles around a genius who talks a lot and makes wonderful plans but gets very little done.
-
We will kill bin Laden. We will crush al Qaeda. That has to be our biggest national security priority.
-
Before I even came into office, I said that preventing Iran from getting a nuclear weapon was a priority.
-
I am very protective. I just want to make sure that she can have a healthy, safe, normal life...in the back of my mind, she's my priority. And life is completely different now. I feel really, really just lucky that I can still do what I love, and now have a way bigger meaning. And that's to be her mother.
-
Creating the record is like digging up the earth, planting your seeds and waiting to see what happens.
-
[Touring] is not necessarily a priority. It's just a part of who I am as a performer. That's obviously why I'm doing it; why I'm in this business is part of me has to perform.
-
In the end, the type of parent you are is going to be something that you carry with you. ... Having multiple kids, it's been a gift in a way. It's keeping the priorities straighter.
-
Major, send a shell first over their heads and let them get in their holes before you open with all your guns.
-
It's not just words. Action expresses priorities.
-
I have seen the day of wrong through the little hole of discretion, and I will right myself like a soldier.
-
These figures emphasize how soft people's commitment to God is. Americans are willing to expend some energy in religious activities such as attending church and reading the Bible, and they are willing to throw some money in the offering basket, but when it comes time to truly establishing their priorities and making a tangible commitment to knowing and loving God, most people stop short.
-
We have to acknowledge peace is in danger and mankind still has not realised the priority to be given to world dialogue versus armed contradiction and bloodshed.
