“Everywhere you turn you see Americans sacrifice their long-term interests for a short-term reward. What” — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
Money is a short-term result that incentivizes short-term decision making. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
It is important to possess a short-term pessimism and a long-term optimism. — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, beer was only a short-term answer. And head transplants had yet to be approved by the FDA. — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
We over estimate technology in the short term and under estimate technology in the long term. — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
I have short-term memory loss. I know that some of the memories of the Super Bowl championships are fading. — Pat Bowlen Copy Share Image
“Annual planning cycles doom you to short term fixes for long term problems” — Gyan Nagpal Copy Share Image
“Willpower is just another name for the idea of choosing long-term outcomes rather than short-term ones.” — António R. Damásio Copy Share Image
In my opinion, terrorism is a question which is not a short- term problem for all of us. It is a long-term… — Aleksander Kwasniewski Copy Share Image
In the absence of any short term in common use to represent all desirable things, or things that satisfy human wants, we… — Alfred Marshall Copy Share Image
If we can find short-term incentives that are consistent with our long-term objectives, it is much easier to make the right decisions… — Tom Rath Copy Share Image
You have heard the expression 'love is blind'" "I think it's bullshit. Lust dazzles, sure, at least for the short term. But… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We dont see that the Taliban ultimately can succeed, and its a combination both of what the international community can do to… — John R. Allen Copy Share Image
I'm not in favor of just taking short-term isolated situations and depleting our resources to keep our climate just the way it… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
We must now allow ourselves to be blinded to long-term developments by the intensity of the short-term difficulties. — Stafford Cripps Copy Share Image
“I missed the crowds in those big stadiums, the flashbulbs, the roaring cheers - the majesty of the whole thing. I missed… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
I am long term optimistic and short term pessimistic on immigration. Long term, I'm optimistic because there's a lotta bipartisan agreement outside… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Is this money well spent? This is taxpayer money, it is going to be adding to the deficit short term and if… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The environmental crisis is somber evidence of an insidious fraud hidden in the vaunted productivity and wealth of modern, technology-based society. This… — Barry Commoner Copy Share Image
So is civil society prepared for the future? Probably not. Most organisations have to live hand to mouth, juggling short-term funding and… — Geoff Mulgan Copy Share Image
Our tree is actually a tree of the short-term interest rate. The average direction in which the short-term interest rate moves depends… — John Hull Copy Share Image
Keep yourself motivated. You've got to be motivated, you've got to wake up every day and understand what that day is about;… — Gary Cohn Copy Share Image
The fact that, with time, this League [of Nations]-which was presumably designed by its founders to exist for all eternity-cannot be coupled… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Value investing doesn't always work. The market doesn't always agree with you. Over time, value is roughly the way the market prices… — Joel Greenblatt Copy Share Image
The most self-disciplined people in the world aren't born with it, but at one point they start to think differently about self… — Rory Vaden Copy Share Image
Already, new forms of short-term and long-term rental housing are popping up in some metro areas. You can take on a house… — Richard Florida Copy Share Image
The government - the ultimate short-term-oriented player - cannot withstand much pain in the economy or the financial markets. Bailouts and rescues… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
Wall Street can be a dangerous place for investors. You have no choice but to do business there, but you must always… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
We want everything in a hurry because our primary aim must be survival in the short term. Long term thinking has seemed… — Tom Butler-Bowdon Copy Share Image
I want to make it clear, though, that I am not trying to say these are bad drugs. Opioid medications in the… — Perri Peltz Copy Share Image
“[Clayton] Christensen had seen dozens of companies falter by going for immediate payoffs rather than long-term growth, and he saw people do… — Larissa MacFarquhar Copy Share Image
A short term view will lead to a partial and perhaps twisted view of the whole picture. A crucial element may be… — Max De Pree Copy Share Image
Corporations and Wall Street in pursuit of short-term profits have given the economy away. — Paul Craig Roberts Copy Share Image
Management is all about managing in the short term, while developing the plans for the long term. — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
“Making sensible choices is short-term thinking; they never make for good memories.” — C.L.J. Barr Copy Share Image
The most damaging aspect of contemporary living is short-term thinking. — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
“Humans have little plan to get anywhere beyond their short term benefits.” — Nael Gharzeddine Copy Share Image
Some habits of ineffectiveness are rooted in our social conditioning toward quick-fix, short-term thinking. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image