#precedence

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

— Richard P. Feynman

#cannot #fooled #must #nature #over

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 none of which should take precedence over national security. ↗

— Herman Kahn

#among #competing #fully #functioning #healthy

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

— William Glasser

#job #only #over #places #precedence

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. ↗

— James Bovard

#been #being #concern #conservative #conservatives

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

— Jessica Lange

#being #ever #having #home #me

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

— Nathaniel Parker Willis

#fair #her #lily #precedence #rose

To walk behind others on a road you are traveling together, to give precedence to others without envy - this is painful for an individual and painful for a nation. ↗

— Gustav Stresemann

#envy #give #individual #nation #others

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. ↗

— Don Henley

#forget #get #head #melody #notes

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

— Edward Dmytryk

#dramatic #editing #film #mere #over

Tiger is the greatest thing that's happened to the tour in a long time. He has brought incredible attention to golf at a time of year when football and the World Series always take precedence. Everything I've heard about him seems to be true. ↗

— Payne Stewart

#always #attention #be true #brought #everything