You Put Me On The Back Burner Quotes & Sayings

My stand-up has a lot of performance in it, and I loved doing it so much that, after years, I put the idea of having a show on the back burner. — Cristela Alonzo

It seems at least once a day I'm reminded to be grateful that insanity and poor driving isn't contagious. — Lisa Shiroff

When you lose people that are close to you it brings everything into focus, and the rest kind of gets put on the back burner. — Vince Gill

Making a movie takes a toll on your life because it's a commitment, so you put a lot on the back burner. — Michael Eklund

I can talk to my dad like he's my manager, and put 'Dad' on the back burner. We've been doing it since I was 13. — Jessica Simpson

When you have kids, there's a tendency to put the marriage stew on the back burner and give it a quick stir now and then. But it's important to remember why you had children with this person. — Allison Pearson

Can you imagine what God thinks as He watches us put Him on the back burner for the other things we want that we are relying on Him to give us? He probably says to himself, "why that ungrateful piece of ... " Ok, maybe He isn't thinking that at all, but you get the point. He needs us to keep our eyes on Him and when we do, He takes care of the rest. — Stephan Labossiere

All mental hygiene is based on the core practice of doing nothing. Most of us are good at wasting time, staring at the wall while telling ourselves we should be working. We call this doing nothing, but our brains are furiously active. We think constantly, and our thinking is often rife with distress. — Martha Beck

My father used to say that if a man fools you once, he's a jerk. If he fools you twice, you're a jerk. Only he didn't use the word "jerk." — Ellen Goodman

did I mention my first kiss was extracted by someone who never should have been that lucky? — Olena Kalytiak Davis

I got married very young and put my career on the back burner for the most part because that's what you did in those days. I've never been a pushy, ambitious type of person anyway. — Michael Learned

I prefer to just jump into something instead of put it on the back burner, and I suppose that's how I deal with most challenging things. I'd rather just attack it head-on. — Kate Bosworth

Florence Dodson was murdered the same night that Claire Guthrie shot her husband. For me, the story began with Claire, and I put Mrs. Dodson on the back burner in my mind. That turned out to be a mistake. — Judy Alter

The morning after my high-school graduation found me up early job hunting. The dream of college I put on the back burner. — Martha Reeves

It's gonna be the scene of a homicide if you don't put bitchy on the back burner — Rachel Vincent

It seems probable that once the machine thinking method had started, it would not take long to outstrip our feeble powers ... They would be able to converse with each other to sharpen their wits. At some stage therefore, we should have to expect the machines to take control. — Alan Turing