Precedence Quotes

79 Precedence quotes by 73 unique authors

Winning takes precedence over all. There's no gray area. No almosts. — Kobe Bryant
Since there is no such entity as 'the public,' since the public is merely a number of individuals, the idea that 'the public interest' supersedes… — Ayn Rand
When the institutions of money rule the world, it is perhaps inevitable that the interests of money will take precedence over the interests of people.… — David Korten
People in America, of course, live in all sorts of fashions, because they are foreigners, or unlucky, or depraved, or without ambition; people live like… — Margaret Mead
An Irish man fights before he reasons, a Scotchman reasons before he fights, an Englishman is not particular as to the order of precedence, but… — Charles Caleb Colton
The research worker, in his efforts to express the fundamental laws of Nature in mathematical form, should strive mainly for mathematical beauty. He should take… — Paul Dirac
Soul development should take precedence over all things. — Edgar Cayce
If any earthly institution or custom conflicts with God's will, it is your Christian duty to oppose it. You must never allow the transitory, evanescent… — Martin Luther
To walk behind others on a road you are traveling together, to give precedence to others without envy - this is painful for an individual… — Gustav Stresemann
I consider space to be a material. The articulation of space has come to take precedence over other concerns. I attempt to use sculptural form… — Richard Serra
In all things, the heart must take precedence. The heart rules over all things, and all things come from the heart. — Unknown Author
One may desire a spurious respect and precedence among one's fellow monks, and the veneration of outsiders. "Both monks and laity should think it was… — Gautama Buddha
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled. Upon identifying the reason for the explosion of the… — Richard P. Feynman
Whatever one's religion in his private life may be, for the officeholder, nothing takes precedence over his oath to uphold the Constitution and all its… — John F. Kennedy
Beware of those who would pit the dead prophets against the living prophets, for the living prophets always take precedence. — Ezra Taft Benson
Nature will take precedence over the needs of the modern man. — Stewart Udall
Should a conflict arise between the witness of the Holy Spirit to the fundamental truth of the Christian faith and beliefs based on argument and… — William Lane Craig
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… — Morton Feldman
A healthy and fully functioning society must allocate its resources among a variety of competing interests, all of which are more or less valid but… — Herman Kahn
Everything new stalls because there is precedence for the old — Poul Henningsen
Action takes precedence over study. — Judah the Prince
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… — Lydia Sigourney
A pretext-not a cause-is sufficient for us to enter the "solitary situation", the situation of the dreaming solitude. In this solitude, memories arrange themselves in… — Gaston Bachelard
The most basic task of any museum must be the protection of works of cultural significance entrusted to its care for the edification and pleasure… — Martin Filler
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… — James Bovard

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