Top 135 Precedence Quotes & Sayings

Since I started acting, I always or often find work takes precedence with me. And that is not necessarily a great rule for life.

People in Washington seem as hypnotized by precedence as though they were hens with their beaks on a chalk line.

Today we must all be aware that protocol takes precedence over procedure.

There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison.

The films dramatic requirements should always take precedence over the mere aesthetics of editing.

Everything new stalls because there is precedence for the old

I've got a hundred thousand things on my mind that are taking precedence over trying to make pop collaborations.

...never let a passion for the perfect take precedence over pragmatism.

Voluntary service of others demands the best of which one is capable, and must take precedence over service of self.

The first distinction among men, and the first consideration that gave one precedence over another, was doubtless the advantage of beauty.

In each man's heart there lies a hole. A dark abyss of need, the filling of which takes precedence over all else.

Winning takes precedence over all. There's no gray area. No almosts.

We have a lot of precedence for that; we've done that in the past. Or maybe that you want to sort of put that behind you. I don't know, that's - that's a tough decision [ seeking a special prosecutor for Hillary Clinton].

The most interesting aspect for me, composing exclusively with patterns, is that there is not one organizational procedure more advantageous than another, perhaps because no one pattern ever takes precedence over the others

I think we have to get back the value of behavior that is consistent with being taught: that's to say, respecting teachers, listening, and not always expecting your opinion to take precedence.

Never let your heart take precedence over reason, otherwise you will have problems.

We've lost touch and allowed technology to take precedence over organic nature. But let's not forget that those microchips in our computers came from elements of the earth.

Of all "rights" which command attention at the present time among us, woman's rights seem to take precedence.

Winning takes precedence over all of it. That's the ultimate happiness. It's not location. It's not stardom. It's not 'where can I make the most money.' It's winning, and winning championships.

Let not England forget her precedence of teaching nations how to live.

With that gentleness I can be bold; with that economy I can be liberal; shrinking from taking precedence of others, I can become a vessel of the highest honour.

Sometimes songwriters and singers forget that. They get a melody in their head and the notes will take precedence, so that they wind up forcing a word onto a melody. It doesn't ring true.

My relationships with my loved ones always take precedence over work.

Justice of right is always to take precedence over might.

The lily and the rose in her fair face striving for precedence.

Action takes precedence over study.

The RBI governor post is very high in the Warrant of Precedence and requires a patriotic and unconditional commitment to our nation.

As is always the case when peace takes precedence over liberty, neither is achieved.

Life has an absolute value and its preservation takes precedence over other commandments.

In a world of increasing inequality, the legitimacy of institutions that give precedence to the property rights of 'the Haves' over the human rights of 'the Have Nots' is inevitably called into serious question.

Reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.

Today the telephone takes precedence over everything. It reaches a point of terrorism, particularly at dinnertime.

Rationality is the recognition of the fact that nothing can alter the truth and nothing can take precedence over that act of perceiving it.

For me, nothing has ever taken precedence over being a mother and having a family and a home.

Any time the Chicks want to play, that takes precedence, because we can make a lot of money.

The most interesting aspect for me, composing exclusively with patterns, is that there is not one organizational procedure more advantageous than another, perhaps because no one pattern ever takes precedence over the others.

Rule-following, legal precedence, and political consistency are not more important than right, justice and plain common-sense.

It has been surprising to me that so few conservatives have voiced concern over the precedence that are being set in favor of suppression by this so-called conservative administration.

For scholarship - if it is to be scholarship - requires, in addition to liberty, that the truth take precedence over all sectarian interests, including self-interest.

I believe that sensory pleasure should take precedence over intellectual pleasure in art and architecture.

A profound political question is suddenly on the table: Must the country continue to give precedence to private financial gain and market determinism over human lives and broad public values?

I'm a working mom, so I know that getting the job done, feeding the kids, organizing family get-togethers, and putting the finishing touches on sixth-grade projects all take precedence over exercise.

this was I and not yet I, this was the wife of the President of the United States and she took precedence over me; my personal like and dislikes must be subordinated to the consideration of those things which were required of her

What is urgent will always take precedence over what is important.

Soul development should take precedence over all things.

There's no precedent for women philosophers and there's no precedence for most of the things I did.

Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great.

Unless I understand the Cross, I cannot understand why my commitment to what is right must be precedence over what I prefer.

In the state of emptiness, you are the action not the performer of the action. Allow an activity or event to take precedence over your own point of view.

Nature will take precedence over the needs of the modern man.

Journalism has become a sort of competitive screeching: what is trivial but noisy and immediate takes precedence over important matters that develop over time.

Principles of motion take precedence over sequence of motion.

For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.

The film's dramatic requirements should always take precedence over the mere aesthetics of editing.

Like most people of my generation, I fell in love with the philosophy of existentialism. There is no particular religious tradition in my work. There is only one psychological assertion that I would insist upon. That is: the SELF takes precedence.

Admitting that it is the profession of our sex to teach, we perceive the mother to be first in point of precedence, in degree of power, in the faculty of teaching, and in the department allotted. For in point of precedence she is next to the Creator, in power over her pupil, limitless and without competitor.

... the desire for truth must take precedence over all other desires.

Being a mom to my son has taken precedence over everything in my life, and I think that's the order it should be... It's a great challenge that I don't think's ever gonna stop.

We should not allow a trade treaty to take precedence over our own laws and regulations.

The machine technology takes no cognizance of conventionally established rules of precedence; it knows neither manners nor breeding and can make no use of any of the attributes of worth.