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title: "118 Counterproductive Quotes by 107 authors"
description: "Browse 118 Counterproductive quotes by 107 authors. Discover the best Counterproductive sayings and thoughts."
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> [Internal fights between various agencies, i.e. between the CIA and FBI, are highly counterproductive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-g-stavridis/internal-fights-between-various-agencies-i-e-between-the-cia-and-fbi/)

[James G. Stavridis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-g-stavridis/)

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> [“You should not be generous at the expense of others; it is counterproductive.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/celle101/you-should-not-be-generous-at-the-expense-of-others-it-is/)

[Celle101](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/celle101/)

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> [“Many of us at PayPal logged 100-hour workweeks. No doubt that was counterproductive,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-thiel/many-of-us-at-paypal-logged-100-hour-workweeks-no-doubt-that-was/)

[Peter Thiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-thiel/)

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> [I think most people don't react well to being screamed at. It's counterproductive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-wolf/i-think-most-people-don-t-react-well-to-being-screamed-at-it-s/)

[Dick Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-wolf/)

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> [Uh uh uh, turning the car into oncoming traffic...is counterproductive!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-carrey/uh-uh-uh-turning-the-car-into-oncoming-traffic-is-counterproductive/)

[Jim Carrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-carrey/)

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> [Displays of force in response to mostly peaceful demonstrations can be counterproductive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-holder/displays-of-force-in-response-to-mostly-peaceful-demonstrations-can/)

[Eric Holder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-holder/)

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> [I learned from Jehovah's Witnesses that a fatalistic view is counterproductive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prince/i-learned-from-jehovah-s-witnesses-that-a-fatalistic-view-is/)

[Prince](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prince/)

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> [Firing someone who is investigating you is a counterproductive strategy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-farnsworth/firing-someone-who-is-investigating-you-is-a-counterproductive/)

[Stephen Farnsworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-farnsworth/)

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> [If you are learning how to box, any type of support will make you weak. Any type of support is counterproductive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-eubank-sr/if-you-are-learning-how-to-box-any-type-of-support-will-make-you-weak/)

[Chris Eubank Sr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-eubank-sr/)

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> [Myth, legend, and ritual ... function to maintain a status quo. That makes them singularly bad in coping with change, indeed counterproductive,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-janeway/myth-legend-and-ritual-function-to-maintain-a-status-quo-that-makes/)

[Elizabeth Janeway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-janeway/)

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> [I think the core problem is much closer to recognizing where force is of value, where it is useful, and to distinguish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mattis/i-think-the-core-problem-is-much-closer-to-recognizing-where-force-is/)

[James Mattis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mattis/)

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> [I guess I found the life as a musician too counterproductive, as so much time was spent in tour buses & remote…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johan-renck/i-guess-i-found-the-life-as-a-musician-too-counterproductive-as-so/)

[Johan Renck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johan-renck/)

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> [guilt politics ... I regard as conveniently paralyzing, ripe for backlash defensiveness, counterproductive, and boring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-morgan/guilt-politics-i-regard-as-conveniently-paralyzing-ripe-for-backlash/)

[Robin Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-morgan/)

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> [I think it is inflationary. I think it actually is counterproductive in many ways. You end up costing jobs from people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-ryan/i-think-it-is-inflationary-i-think-it-actually-is-counterproductive/)

[Paul Ryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-ryan/)

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> [I spent so much of my life being counterproductive to society that to be in a place where I'm able to help…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jelly-roll/i-spent-so-much-of-my-life-being-counterproductive-to-society-that-to/)

[Jelly Roll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jelly-roll/)

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> [Flaky devotionalism, bowing and scraping and sucking up to the teacher is very phony. It is counterproductive to enlightenment and spiritual development.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/flaky-devotionalism-bowing-and-scraping-and-sucking-up-to-the-teacher/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [My father was a forest entomologist, which means he was aware that spraying forests for spruce budworm was counterproductive in that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/my-father-was-a-forest-entomologist-which-means-he-was-aware-that/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [“If you can’t accomplish your goal with patient persistence, it probably can’t be accomplished by any means. Anger is never needed, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-hammond/if-you-can-t-accomplish-your-goal-with-patient-persistence-it/)

[George Hammond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-hammond/)

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> [I would like to see more control and more criticism coming from Europe. The constant expressions of friendship for former President Eduard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irakli-okruashvili/i-would-like-to-see-more-control-and-more-criticism-coming-from/)

[Irakli Okruashvili](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irakli-okruashvili/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-c-clarke/the-greatest-tragedy-in-mankind-s-entire-history-may-be-the-hijacking/)

[Arthur C. Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-c-clarke/)

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> [In any walk of life, a positive, upbeat outlook trumps any adversarial act. Revenge is counterproductive. Unproductive emotions limit one's ability to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-huntsman-jr/in-any-walk-of-life-a-positive-upbeat-outlook-trumps-any-adversarial/)

[Jon Huntsman, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-huntsman-jr/)

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> [There always comes a point beyond which lying becomes counterproductive. This point is reached when the audience to which the lies are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-arendt/there-always-comes-a-point-beyond-which-lying-becomes/)

[Hannah Arendt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-arendt/)

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> [“With large industries throwing out the factory model as counterproductive, it is long past time for schools to do the same. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-ohanian/with-large-industries-throwing-out-the-factory-model-as/)

[Susan Ohanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-ohanian/)

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> [Every passing year brings us more past futures. Here in Europe they had a Dark Age so extensive, radical and obliterative that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-sterling/every-passing-year-brings-us-more-past-futures-here-in-europe-they/)

[Bruce Sterling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-sterling/)

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> [When President Nixon declared war on drugs on June 17, 1971, about 110 people per 100,000 in the population were incarcerated. Today,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maia-szalavitz/when-president-nixon-declared-war-on-drugs-on-june-17-1971-about-110/)

[Maia Szalavitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maia-szalavitz/)

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> [Today, the world is so small and so interdependent that the concept of war has become anachronistic, an outmoded approach. As a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/today-the-world-is-so-small-and-so-interdependent-that-the-concept-of/)

[Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/)

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> [The efficiency of a President at the beginning of his term depends on their capacity to get everything under control. That was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-kagame/the-efficiency-of-a-president-at-the-beginning-of-his-term-depends-on/)

[Paul Kagame](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-kagame/)

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> [The only feasible solution is a political reconciliation... Mr. President, the time is now to put pressure on the Iraqi government to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-coffman/the-only-feasible-solution-is-a-political-reconciliation-mr-president/)

[Mike Coffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-coffman/)

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> [It is not just that it is profoundly offensive to the leaders and people of a democratic Germany to paint Hitler on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-garton-ash/it-is-not-just-that-it-is-profoundly-offensive-to-the-leaders-and/)

[Timothy Garton Ash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-garton-ash/)

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> [ The decision to attack the entire nation \[of Yugoslavia\] has been counterproductive, and our destruction of civilian life has now become senseless… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/the-decision-to-attack-the-entire-nation-of-yugoslavia-has-been/)

[Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/)

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> [The resources you happen to accumulate, what do you do with them? You can spend the money and buy some houses or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-case/the-resources-you-happen-to-accumulate-what-do-you-do-with-them-you/)

[Steve Case](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-case/)

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> [“I had long assumed that ceaseless planning was the recipe for effectiveness, but Marturano's point was that too much mental churning was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-harris/i-had-long-assumed-that-ceaseless-planning-was-the-recipe-for/)

[Dan Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-harris/)

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> [“Much of what we think we must do to succeed is unnecessary and even counterproductive.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morra-aarons-mele/much-of-what-we-think-we-must-do-to-succeed-is-unnecessary-and-even/)

[Morra Aarons-Mele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/morra-aarons-mele/)

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> [Everything that the administration has done has been counterproductive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-mckibben/everything-that-the-administration-has-done-has-been-counterproductive/)

[Bill McKibben](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-mckibben/)

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> [“Surely it is counterproductive to expect sense from someone you are beating senseless.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-whalen-turner/surely-it-is-counterproductive-to-expect-sense-from-someone-you-are/)

[Megan Whalen Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-whalen-turner/)

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> [Posturing is counterproductive. Posturing only works if things are screwed up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-wynn/posturing-is-counterproductive-posturing-only-works-if-things-are/)

[Steve Wynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-wynn/)

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> [Dwelling too much on the past, other than to learn specific things is counterproductive for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-condit/dwelling-too-much-on-the-past-other-than-to-learn-specific-things-is/)

[Carlos Condit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-condit/)

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> [Any debate among politicians about monetary policy is counterproductive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerhard-schroder/any-debate-among-politicians-about-monetary-policy-is/)

[Gerhard Schroder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerhard-schroder/)

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> [It's counterproductive. The problem with sentimentality is that it kills the emotion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-pierre-dardenne/it-s-counterproductive-the-problem-with-sentimentality-is-that-it/)

[Jean-Pierre Dardenne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-pierre-dardenne/)

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> [It's counterproductive and self-destructive to bear grudges with people that are negative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-froch/it-s-counterproductive-and-self-destructive-to-bear-grudges-with/)

[Carl Froch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-froch/)

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## Top authors on Counterproductive

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-sowell-90605.jpg) Thomas Sowell 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/counterproductive/thomas-sowell/)

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                        "text": "Every passing year brings us more past futures. Here in Europe they had a Dark Age so extensive, radical and obliterative that everyone forgot how to speak Latin. It's counterproductive to blither on about \"the\" future. It's always somebody's future, and we're not who we used to be.",
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                        "text": "When President Nixon declared war on drugs on June 17, 1971, about 110 people per 100,000 in the population were incarcerated. Today, we have 2-3 million prisoners: 743 people per 100,000 in the population. The U.S. has 5% of the world's population, but 25% of its prisoners. As Senator Jim Webb once put it, Either we are home to the most evil people on earth or we are doing something different and vastly counterproductive.",
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                        "text": "Today, the world is so small and so interdependent that the concept of war has become anachronistic, an outmoded approach. As a rule, we always talk about reform and changes. Among the old traditions, there are many aspects that are either ill-suited to our present reality or are counterproductive due to their shortsightedness. These, we have consigned to the dustbin of history. War too should be relegated to the dustbin of history.",
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                        "text": "The efficiency of a President at the beginning of his term depends on their capacity to get everything under control. That was my case. But once the institutions have been put in place, and the responsibilities delegated, the leader becomes a reference, a referee, a symbol and unifying figure for the nation. The issue is how and when to recognize the moment when staying in power becomes counterproductive.",
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                        "text": "The only feasible solution is a political reconciliation... Mr. President, the time is now to put pressure on the Iraqi government to change. That is our only hope. Sending a contingent of U.S. military personnel, no matter how small, will be counterproductive to that goal. Our presence will send the wrong message to the Malaki government that we will support them despite what they have done and continue to do to destroy the country by alienating the minority populations of Iraq.",
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                        "text": "It is not just that it is profoundly offensive to the leaders and people of a democratic Germany to paint Hitler on the wall (or on the remnants of the Wall). It is also consummately counterproductive. Such sauce does not make the meat of substantive criticism more interesting. It means that the whole dish is pushed away. It does not mean that Britain's voice is listened to more attentively in the councils of Europe. It means that it is listened to even less.",
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                        "text": "The decision to attack the entire nation [of Yugoslavia] has been counterproductive, and our destruction of civilian life has now become senseless and excessively brutal. ... The United States' insistence on the use of cluster bombs, designed to kill or maim humans, is condemned almost universally and brings discredit on our nation (as does our refusal to support a ban on land mines). Even for the world's only superpower, the ends don't always justify the means.",
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                        "text": "The resources you happen to accumulate, what do you do with them? You can spend the money and buy some houses or whatever, and people do some of that and that's fine. You can give the money to other people, your family, but usually when you do that you screw them up and it ends up counterproductive. Or, you take those resources and reinvest them in things that you believe in, and that could be reinvesting in a philanthropic cause.",
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                        "text": "“Surely it is counterproductive to expect sense from someone you are beating senseless.”",
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