Counterproductive Quotes

Everything that the administration has done has been counterproductive.

— Bill McKibben

“Surely it is counterproductive to expect sense from someone you are beating senseless.”

— Megan Whalen Turner

Posturing is counterproductive. Posturing only works if things are screwed up.

— Steve Wynn

Dwelling too much on the past, other than to learn specific things is counterproductive for me.

— Carlos Condit

Any debate among politicians about monetary policy is counterproductive.

— Gerhard Schroder

It's counterproductive. The problem with sentimentality is that it kills the emotion.

— Jean-Pierre Dardenne

It's counterproductive and self-destructive to bear grudges with people that are negative.

— Carl Froch

“He quite liked his face; it would be counterproductive if it were ripped off.”

— Nicole R. Taylor

“faster in areas of our life where effort and striving are, in fact, profoundly counterproductive. This is because the problem of choking…

— Edward Slingerland

The habit of going to your congressman's town hall and asking questions, that's powerful in a way that shouting slogans or getting…

— David Frum

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

It's a terrible and tragic and counterproductive policy to avoid communicating with people who disagree with us.

— Jimmy Carter

When your victimhood is your empowerment, recovery is the enemy, and working on 'individual change' becomes counterproductive, even dangerous to your identity.

— Tammy Bruce

A total nuclear freeze is counterproductive - especially now, when technology is rapidly changing and the Soviets have some important strategic advantages.

— Herman Kahn

Sanctions historically are quite counterproductive in the sense that if you impose sanctions on your enemy, it tends to strengthen your enemy.

— Steve Hanke

I certainly agree that putting everything into little genres is counterproductive. You're not going to get too many surprises if you only…

— David Byrne

Whether one believes or not, religion is as real a force in the life of the world as economics or politics, and…

— Jon Meacham

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

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

“Propaganda, if too raucous, will always prove counterproductive. The damage arises because in peacetime the nation that never stops menacing others and…

— Miklós Bánffy

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

'Efficient' scheduling and control of time are often counterproductive. The efficiency focus creates expectations that clash with the opportunities to develop rich…

— Stephen Covey

I want to compliment the fraternity and sorority organizations for taking the time to meet with us and then removing their support…

— Claire McCaskill

“Participating in class, doing your homework, and basically just having your shit together and doing what's got to be done shouldn't be…

— Joshua Neik

The only feasible solution is a political reconciliation... Mr. President, the time is now to put pressure on the Iraqi government to…

— Mike Coffman

The efficiency of a President at the beginning of his term depends on their capacity to get everything under control. That was…

— Paul Kagame

The decision to attack the entire nation [of Yugoslavia] has been counterproductive, and our destruction of civilian life has now become senseless…

— Jimmy Carter

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

The resources you happen to accumulate, what do you do with them? You can spend the money and buy some houses or…

— Steve Case

“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

You know, very often, if you look at the kinds of communications that they're getting in an ISIS recruiting video, the videos…

— Mohsin Hamid

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

Vision without implementation is counterproductive.

— Douglas B. Reeves

Internal fights between various agencies, i.e. between the CIA and FBI, are highly counterproductive.

— James G. Stavridis

“You should not be generous at the expense of others; it is counterproductive.”

— Celle101

“Many of us at PayPal logged 100-hour workweeks. No doubt that was counterproductive,”

— Peter Thiel

I think most people don't react well to being screamed at. It's counterproductive.

— Dick Wolf

I learned from Jehovah's Witnesses that a fatalistic view is counterproductive.

— Prince

Displays of force in response to mostly peaceful demonstrations can be counterproductive.

— Eric Holder

Uh uh uh, turning the car into oncoming traffic...is counterproductive!

— Jim Carrey