I speak of peace, therefore, as the necessary rational end of rational men. I realize the pursuit of peace is not as dramatic as the pursuit of war... But we have no more urgent task.
As soon as I came in as leader, we had seven weeks to an election, so we had to be entirely focused on the job we had in front of us.
We're burnin' daylight!
Still, whether we like it or not, the task of speeding up the decrease of the human population becomes increasingly urgent.
They needed someone to write a script of The Great Gatsby very quickly for the movie they were making. I took this job so I'd be sure to have some dough to support my family.
I do things like get in a taxi and say, "The library, and step on it.
The task of dealing with global warming is urgent and important.
Shake your business up and pour it. I haven't got all day.