When it comes to public policy, doing the right thing is more important than doing it for the right reason. The best… — Donald Shoup Copy Share Image
The concept of Who Am I is following me around from 2001 to 2005, I filmed high quality videos but never really… — Cormega Copy Share Image
Children who willingly participate in sexual acts have the right to make that decision as well, even if it's distasteful to us… — Mary Ruwart Copy Share Image
Economists love to talk about incentives, but the bottom line is that people hate being controlled or manipulated, even when done through… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
Even the strongest personality will regress and eventually may disintegrate if there is no incentive (other than threat of punishment) for the… — Joe Whitney Copy Share Image
It's my guess that something like 5% of GDP goes to money management and itsattendant friction. I define it broadly - annuities,… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Banks have come to realize in the recent crisis that they are paying the price for having designed compensation packages which provide… — Mervyn King Copy Share Image
Teamwork is not a matter of persuading yourself and your colleagues to set aside personal ambitions for the greater good. It's a… — Greg Brown Copy Share Image
Here's the deal. I get to marry you. You get to become a Garrett - although, considering what you're marrying into, I'm… — Cindy Gerard Copy Share Image
The cleanup costs of polluting a river, injecting pesticides into the ground water, or putting noxious gases into the air have not… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
We all sort of do want incentives for creative people to still exist at a certain level. You know, maybe rock stars… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
One of the unfortunate things about creative writing courses is that they make people impatient. People feel that they have prepared themselves… — Robert Dessaix Copy Share Image
The news is a public service. It's a way to inform people of what's going on in their world. And when you… — Michael Schur Copy Share Image
The eureka moment is two reasons why the output-based standard should be adopted: common sense and accountability. Input-based standards don't encourage energy… — Frank Luntz Copy Share Image
If you want people to perform better, you reward them, right? Bonuses, commissions, their own reality show. Incentivize them. ... But that's… — Daniel H. Pink Copy Share Image
You have various institutions like law firms and accounting firms which bill by the hour. I'm really against that. You have an… — Robert Pozen Copy Share Image
Open source production has shown us that world-class software, like Linux and Mozilla, can be created with neither the bureaucratic structure of… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
Our friends should be our incentives to right, but not only our guiding, but our prophetic, stars. To love by right is… — Margaret Fuller Copy Share Image
So not only are we saving lives now, we're creating the incentive for the breakthroughs that over the next generation will mean… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
As adults, we must ask more of our children than they know how to ask of themselves. What can we do to… — Dawna Markova Copy Share Image
The mounting burden of taxation not only undermines individual incentives to increased work and earnings, but in a score of ways discourages… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Different people have different reasons for racing, but one is simply the incentive to get out and run, increase mileage and feel… — Hal Higdon Copy Share Image
The industrial real estate market completed one of its strongest demand cycles in history as several factors ignited the fire. For projects… — Brian Gordon Copy Share Image
I think that players play, and they compete, and it's not about incentives. — David Stern Copy Share Image
Making money is a happiness. And that's a great incentive. Making other people happy is a super-happiness. — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
