Internal fights between various agencies, i.e. between the CIA and FBI, are highly counterproductive. — James G. Stavridis Copy Share Image
“You should not be generous at the expense of others; it is counterproductive.” — Celle101 Copy Share Image
“Many of us at PayPal logged 100-hour workweeks. No doubt that was counterproductive,” — Peter Thiel Copy Share Image
I think most people don't react well to being screamed at. It's counterproductive. — Dick Wolf Copy Share Image
Uh uh uh, turning the car into oncoming traffic...is counterproductive! — Jim Carrey Copy Share Image
Displays of force in response to mostly peaceful demonstrations can be counterproductive. — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
I learned from Jehovah's Witnesses that a fatalistic view is counterproductive. — Prince Copy Share Image
Firing someone who is investigating you is a counterproductive strategy. — Stephen Farnsworth 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
Myth, legend, and ritual ... function to maintain a status quo. That makes them singularly bad in coping with change, indeed counterproductive,… — Elizabeth Janeway 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
guilt politics ... I regard as conveniently paralyzing, ripe for backlash defensiveness, counterproductive, and boring. — Robin Morgan 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
I spent so much of my life being counterproductive to society that to be in a place where I'm able to help… — Jelly Roll 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
My father was a forest entomologist, which means he was aware that spraying forests for spruce budworm was counterproductive in that it… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“If you can’t accomplish your goal with patient persistence, it probably can’t be accomplished by any means. Anger is never needed, and… — George Hammond 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
The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion. However valuable-even necessary-that may have been in… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
In any walk of life, a positive, upbeat outlook trumps any adversarial act. Revenge is counterproductive. Unproductive emotions limit one's ability to… — Jon Huntsman, Jr 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
“With large industries throwing out the factory model as counterproductive, it is long past time for schools to do the same. I… — Susan Ohanian 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
When President Nixon declared war on drugs on June 17, 1971, about 110 people per 100,000 in the population were incarcerated. Today,… — Maia Szalavitz 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
The efficiency of a President at the beginning of his term depends on their capacity to get everything under control. That was… — Paul Kagame Copy Share Image
The only feasible solution is a political reconciliation... Mr. President, the time is now to put pressure on the Iraqi government to… — Mike Coffman Copy Share Image
It is not just that it is profoundly offensive to the leaders and people of a democratic Germany to paint Hitler on… — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
The decision to attack the entire nation [of Yugoslavia] has been counterproductive, and our destruction of civilian life has now become senseless… — Jimmy Carter 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
“I had long assumed that ceaseless planning was the recipe for effectiveness, but Marturano's point was that too much mental churning was… — Dan Harris Copy Share Image
“Much of what we think we must do to succeed is unnecessary and even counterproductive.” — Morra Aarons-Mele Copy Share Image
Everything that the administration has done has been counterproductive. — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
“Surely it is counterproductive to expect sense from someone you are beating senseless.” — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
Posturing is counterproductive. Posturing only works if things are screwed up. — Steve Wynn Copy Share Image
Dwelling too much on the past, other than to learn specific things is counterproductive for me. — Carlos Condit Copy Share Image
Any debate among politicians about monetary policy is counterproductive. — Gerhard Schroder Copy Share Image
It's counterproductive. The problem with sentimentality is that it kills the emotion. — Jean-Pierre Dardenne Copy Share Image
It's counterproductive and self-destructive to bear grudges with people that are negative. — Carl Froch Copy Share Image
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