Janet Jackson

When I was younger, I thought you had to be in control of your own life. That takes a lot of discipline, hard work and focus. You just can't let it all fall by the wayside. Later on, I learned that God is really in control of everything. But you still have to put your best foot forward and be the best you can possibly be.

American Musician

John Lydon

Records were vitally important to the development of music and of all music cultures. With that being pushed by the wayside, I can't see an iPod uniting us. In fact it separates us, the streets are full of people bumping into lamp posts, listening to their own little universe, and there's no sharing in that.

English Musician

Alanis Morissette

Over the last couple of years, I've really worked toward balancing my life out more, having a little bit more time with friends, family and my boyfriend. There was a period of time when they were way down the list. It was all about music and touring and if everything fell by the wayside, so be it.

Canadian Musician

Marie Rutkoski

Of course having a baby derails the writing process for some time. And I will be the first to say that I have essentially no social life, because there's just nothing left after being a mom, professor, and writer. I used to be big into rock climbing. No more. A lot falls by the wayside.

American Writer

Phyllis Smith

In today's world, everyone's so clued into their iPhones, and communication is going by the wayside as far as one-on-one is concerned. It's very seldom that I walk into a room and parents make their children say hello and have a social grace with one another.

American Actress

Benedict Samuel

What motivates me is not staying still. I want to be busy, and I think too many good actors are left by the wayside through no fault of their own, but because there aren't necessarily enough opportunities out there.

Australian Actor

Johnny Galecki

It's that one thing that you're passionate about, that you end up developing tunnel vision for and everything else tends to fall by the wayside. Passion is appealing and universal.

American Actor

Jeremy Irons

Most people have fallen by the wayside once or twice in their lives, and because the world is so transparent now, I think they're very fearful of running for office.

English Actor

Matthew Lillard

Character actors are becoming a thing of the past. They're just going by the wayside. They're just cutting through that caliber of acting.

Steven Rodney McQueen

I learned that life is a long and difficult road, but you have to keep going, or you'll fall by the wayside.

American Director

Refers to the actual edge of a roadway or path where objects can be found.

Physical Location

More common for objects, not typically a place where people stay.

Not for People

Often used in literature to set a scene involving roads or travel.

Literary Scenes

Describes someone or something that has failed to continue or keep up.

Idiomatic Use

Implies being forgotten or ignored, often due to lack of importance or attention.

Implication of Neglect

Used metaphorically to represent one's life journey or progress.

Metaphorical Path

 they commented on how they realized who their real friends were. Some people kind of fell by the wayside, it was nothing personal. It's just like, we didn't call each other and we're still, you know, weren’t angry or anything. And there are some people who came out of the woodwork to check in on us and those friendships flourished.

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 of trying to be well essentially to try and have less impact on the animal's life so although it had an operation the transmitter had very long lasting batteries that then were capable of transmitting for an entire three years I think it's something that's been largely put by the wayside in favour of collars

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 which reduced the culture of blame and stigmatization surrounding depression, and more people sought help. In the 1990s, the number of people being treated for depression skyrocketed. Psychotherapy and other treatments fell by the wayside,

Wayside