History Quotes / SkewedPriorities

->'''Kevin:''' ''[after the Eds accidently destroy Jonny's house]'' You guys are in ''so much trouble''.\\

'''Eddy:''' Tell me about it. I lost money! \\

->'''Cameron Frye''': Ferris, my father loves this car more than life itself.\\
'''Ferris Bueller''': A man with priorities so far out of whack doesn't deserve such a fine automobile.

->''(after finding out that Alan accidentally roofied them)''\\
'''Stu''': You are such a fucking moron!\\
'''Alan''': Your language is offensive!

->'''Richie Norris''': The Martians just blew up the donut shop!\\
'''Glenn Norris''': Well, if they come around here, we'll blast them back into space!\\
'''Sue Ann Norris''': They sure ain't getting the TV!\\
'''Richie''': Should I go get Grandma?\\
'''Glenn''': Oh, forget Grandma! She's halfway into space already!

->'''Van Eck''': If you fail, all the world will suffer for it.
->'''Kaz''': Oh, it's worse than that, Van Eck. If I fail, I don't get paid.

->'''Lister''': You've got to get your priorities right! You know, it's like those people you read about who run back into a burning house to rescue some treasured piece of furniture and wind up burning to death. I mean, nothing's more important than a human life!\\
'''Rimmer''': What about your guitar?\\
'''Lister''': ...except my guitar.

->'''Mickey''': What's a horse doing on a spaceship?\\
'''The Doctor''': Mickey, what's ''pre-revolutionary France'' doing on a spaceship? Get a little perspective!

->'''Eric Taylor''': Can I ask you a question? How can you even think about that stuff when you're in the mess that you are with your wife? Really.\\
'''Buddy Garrity''': Pam will forgive me.\\
'''Eric Taylor''': You think? You know what I think? I think you hide your head in football a little too much, Buddy. 'Cause I don't think you should care about the semis. I don't think you should care about who I'm having dinner with, or who the hell is even coaching the team. I think you need to worry about your family.

->'''Kate''': If you wanted me to be your wife so much, why did you sell me at a fair?!\\
'''Gypsy Ricky''': I wanted ''a drink''.

->'''Narration''': *Aster's shameless statement was met with dead silence.*

->'''Riche:''' Your priorities are all screwed up!

'''Trigger Happy (annoyed):''' Again?\\

->'''Tedd''': So, what, if the rules were all ''ideal'', magic wouldn't ''work''?\\
'''Magic''': Human spells would become random, the agitated energies forming '''''massive storms of chaos magic'''''.\\
'''Van''': That sounds bad.\\
'''Magic''': Yes. People would stop using magic.

->'''Brookyln Guy''': That [phone call] does not matter, you are taking a test and you're driving [[RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic is da-is dangerous-]]\\
'''Bowser''': But [my mother is] cooking spaghetti!\\
'''Brookyln Guy''': IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT SHE'S COOKING FOR DINNER YOU ARE TAKING A DRIVING TEST, YOU'RE GONNA ''KILL'' EVERYBODY!!\\
'''Bowser''': Oh my God, what, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint you don't want spaghetti, are you a hater-?]]\\
'''Brookyln Guy''': ''I'm not in the mood for spaghetti!''

->''We must be ready for war. No, not that kind of war! (Shows title card for his War Stories video) This is something far more serious than people dying, even more important than real life economic turmoil and geopolitical conflict. This is the greatest external threat a writer will ever face, [[InternetJerk people on the Internet saying mean things about one's work!]]"

->'''Rata''': ''Got to say, kind of progressive of you to join a metrosexual biker gang.''
->'''[[SyntheticVoiceActor The One Whose Shape Was Snatched]]''': ''You absolute donkey. This is no measly biker outfit, but the uniform for the [[TabletopGame/YuGiOh Cyberdark Impacts]], a new age activist group dedicated to constructing many houses and schools for the purpose of educating a small solitary man by the name of Billbury.''
->'''Rata''': *{{beat}}* Sorry, did-what?

->''(scenario; Edd and Tom are in a house at the bottom of the ocean)''\\

->'''Lana''': Ray is dying!\\
'''Archer''': Does that mean so must my dream?

->'''Marinette''': It's Adrien! He's looking for his phone! What if he tracks it? He'll figure out I stole it, I'll be arrested for grand theft, I'll spend the rest of my life in jail, and worse, I'll never get to go to the movies with Adrien!\\
'''Tikki''': Oh, Marinette. [[LampshadeHanging You really need to get your priorities in order.]]

->'''Rarity''': I was ''this'' close to getting that diamond!\\
'''Twilight''': ''[annoyed]'' You mean... getting rid of that dragon?\\
'''Rarity''': Oh, yeah...sure.

->'''Rarity''': ''[while [[BlobMonster the Smooze]] is overrunning the Gala]'' My shoes will be ruined forever! \\
'''Applejack''': [[LampshadeHanging That's what you're worried about? Really?]]

->'''Cartman''': (crying) My dad [[spoiler:was a ginger]]!\\
'''Kyle''': Dude, you [[spoiler:killed your own dad]] and you're worried about that?!

->'''Gwen''': We've been at this for hours. If Ghostfreak trashes the campus, I'll never get admitted!\\
''[Ben and Max give Gwen a look that says "Seriously? That's your biggest concern right now?"]''\\
'''Gwen''': (''nervously'') Not like that isn't as important as saving all these innocent people.

-->-- '''The Stationmaster's Wife''' (to Thomas after [[Recap/ThomasAndFriendsS2E18ThomasComesToBreakfast he's just crashed into and half-demolished her house]]), ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends''

'''Eberwolf:''' ''(snarls)''\\

->'''Lucy''': Hey, manager! I think we should call the game.\\
'''Charlie Brown''': Call the game?! Why should we call the game?\\
'''Lucy''': It's raining on my cake!

->"And what kind of scientists are working on [seedless watermelon] anyway? You've got scientists working on AIDS, cancer, heart disease. 'No, I want to focus more on melon. Sure, thousands are dying needlessly, but this? '''(poot)''' That's gotta stop!'"

->'''Wirz''': As I have said--''as I say for the last time''--it was, to me, a military situation.\\
'''Chipman''': But that was ''not'' a military situation; those helpless, unarmed men were no longer the enemy, no matter what Winder said. This was no longer a question of North and South, a question of war, but a question of human beings.

->There's a couple--they were on a honeymoon, and the plane hadn't yet taken off, and the, um... The woman who had just gotten married just became ''violently'' and horribly ill on the plane. I mean, it was not like a pretty little, like, sick bag kind of thing, it was just like, "I'm going to paint with my organs." And people were freaking out all over the plane, and um... So they brought a stretcher down, and they put her on the stretcher, and they're wheeling her away, and like, the... The, um... Her--her new husband, he's kinda cruisin' along with the thing and he sees me and he's like, "Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}! No way, high five!" And I'm like "''(stammering)'' what has she ''got?!''" Like, what's happening, I don't wanna... Y'know, he's like "Let's touch eyeballs!" It's like no! No! And by the way: your wife is like half dead! Help her! Help her, man!

'''Tikki''': Oh, Marinette. You really need to get your priorities in order.

'''Twilight''': (annoyed) You mean... getting rid of that dragon?\\

->'''Rarity''': (while [[BlobMonster the Smooze]] is overrunning the Gala) My shoes will be ruined forever! \\

->And after that annoyance of natural disasters [a flood] was over, I searched for my [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem Nintendo]]. I mean sure, there could be people DEAD outside, lying in the streets, DEAD. I ''should'' help them, but... Nintendo important!

->I am holding [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guy_Game a disc that contains illegal boob in it]]. AHHHHH! It's got to be destroyed, I can't let anybody get their hands on this ever again, and more importantly, ''it doesn't match with my [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 PS2]] shelf!!''

->''"This is a matter of life and death, and you talk about *controlling* myself?!"''

-->--'''The Goods Train Fireman''' to '''Henry''', Literature/TheRailwaySeries

-->-- ''The Slacktivist'' on '''Literature/Left Behind''', [[https://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/2024/01/05/lbcf-no-8-do-panic/ here]]