68 Movie Quotes about Priorities (+ Sound Clips) - page 3

Updated: May 6, 2026

Memorable quotes about priorities, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

21 Water before love, my girl.

John Derek in The Ten Commandments (1956)

22 You know, it was a toss-up whether I go in for diamonds or sing in the choir. The choir lost.

Mae West as Lady Lou in She Done Him Wrong (1933)

23 This is right. This is real. Everything else is what happens when you watch too many movies and you completely lose sight of what counts.

Meg Ryan as Annie Reed in Sleepless in Seattle

24 But enough of the festivities. Let's get down to the important stuff where I open my presents and get my wishes.

Paul Winchell as Tigger in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

25 Don't tell me you're thinking about eating at a time like this. Are you outta your mind? Get back to your position and take that stupid dish with you.

Peter Robbins as Charlie Brown in Charlie Brown's All Stars!

26 Do you want to be all muscle and no brain?

Karl Swenson as Merlin in The Sword in the Stone (1963)

27 But what about your lunch? -Sell it!

Alan Young as Scrooge Mcduck; June Foray as Mrs. Featherby in DuckTales: The Movie (1990)

28 I have too many winter preparations to make! And if you three had any sense, you'd be doing the same. Hmm! Oh, ho-ho-ho! Aaah!

Ken Sansom as Rabbit in The Tigger Movie (2000)

29 There are so many great and beautiful things to discuss in this world of ours it would be wasting these precious moments if we told each other the vulgar details of how we earn our daily bread. So don't let's do it.

James Stewart as Alfred Kralik in The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

30 Quit? -Quit. -I want to save part of my life for myself. -There's a catch to it though. It's got to be part of the young part. You know, retire young and work old. Come back and work when I know what I'm working for.

Cary Grant as Johnny Case in Holiday (1938)