Slowing down doesn't mean accomplishing less; it means cutting out counterproductive distractions and the perception of being rushed. — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
A total nuclear freeze is counterproductive - especially now, when technology is rapidly changing and the Soviets have some important strategic advantages. — Herman Kahn Copy Share Image
When your victimhood is your empowerment, recovery is the enemy, and working on 'individual change' becomes counterproductive, even dangerous to your identity. — Tammy Bruce Copy Share Image
Certainly, the Bush Administration will rely in the first instance on its friends, since it would be both illogical and counterproductive to… — Richard V. Allen Copy Share Image
“faster in areas of our life where effort and striving are, in fact, profoundly counterproductive. This is because the problem of choking… — Edward Slingerland Copy Share Image
I never had a policy about marriage. I got married very young in life and I always think in all relationships, I've… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
Confidence-building is not something that can go on forever. If it goes on forever then it becomes counterproductive. — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
I write from seven to about noon. I used to try to write longer, but I read and I found that I… — Robert Caro Copy Share Image
Privacy about giving is counterproductive. There is solid scientific research showing that people are more likely to give if they can see… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Poets should speak out against what we see as the assault against our Constitution and the warmongering that's going on. I'm perfectly… — Sam Hamill Copy Share Image
With respect to some of the specific legislation or initiatives that I've made, it's true that Republicans often opposed these things. Sometimes… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Whether one believes or not, religion is as real a force in the life of the world as economics or politics, and… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
Even as an 18-year-old, I had to grow comfortable with my leadership style, which is that I was really impatient with under-motivated… — Bing Gordon Copy Share Image
Just as black anger often proved counterproductive, so have these white resentments distracted attention from the real culprits of the middle class… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In the hyper-sensitised reality of the region in which any criticism of Israel is swiftly and often unfairly branded as anti-Semitic, it… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
To think that we are disconnected in some way serves the occupation whether it's through indifference or a distancing. It is a… — Elia Suleiman Copy Share Image
The resources you happen to accumulate, what do you do with them? You can spend the money and buy some houses or… — Steve Case Copy Share Image
Today, the world is so small and so interdependent that the concept of war has become anachronistic, an outmoded approach. As a… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Our federal tax system is, in short, utterly impossible, utterly unjust and completely counterproductive . . . [It] reeks with injustice, and is fundamentally un-American — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I think it is inflationary. I think it actually is counterproductive in many ways. You end up costing jobs from people who… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
guilt politics ... I regard as conveniently paralyzing, ripe for backlash defensiveness, counterproductive, and boring. — Robin Morgan Copy Share Image
If you are learning how to box, any type of support will make you weak. Any type of support is counterproductive. — Chris Eubank Sr Copy Share Image
I think the core problem is much closer to recognizing where force is of value, where it is useful, and to distinguish… — James Mattis Copy Share Image
I guess I found the life as a musician too counterproductive, as so much time was spent in tour buses & remote… — Johan Renck Copy Share Image
Flaky devotionalism, bowing and scraping and sucking up to the teacher is very phony. It is counterproductive to enlightenment and spiritual development.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We should clearly understand that only the voluntary and conscientious acceptance by a people of its guilt can ensure the healing of… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
Absolutely. Regret is counterproductive. It's looking back on a past that you can't change. Questioning things as they occur can prevent regret… — Colleen Hoover Copy Share Image
What makes it possible for politicians to do so many things that are economically counterproductive is that neither the public nor the… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
I've found that if I tell somebody 'Eat this and don't do that,' it's not only not helpful, it's counterproductive because even… — Dean Ornish Copy Share Image
I think that most small amounts of marijuana have been decriminalized in some places, and should be. We really need a re-examination… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
I believe in truths, but I don't believe in the Truth. Furthermore, I think that vision of an underlying Truth, with as… — Evelyn Fox Keller Copy Share Image
“While directing your energy toward “making things fair” is often counterproductive, channeling your spiritual, mental, and physical energy toward achieving meaningful goals… — Newberry, Tommy Copy Share Image
There always comes a point beyond which lying becomes counterproductive. This point is reached when the audience to which the lies are… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
Every passing year brings us more past futures. Here in Europe they had a Dark Age so extensive, radical and obliterative that… — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
I would like to see more control and more criticism coming from Europe. The constant expressions of friendship for former President Eduard… — Irakli Okruashvili Copy Share Image
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