You seek escape from pain. We seek the achievement of happiness. You exist for the sake of avoiding punishment. We exist for… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
When I was a child and teenager I read whenever I had the opportunity, but since then I've found it hard to… — Louise Brown Copy Share Image
Natural resources are so vast that no single individual or business is going to protect them; they don't have an incentive to. — William Weld Copy Share Image
If we're doing this for ten hours, I'm going to need a little incentive to stay motivated." Patch hooked his elbow around… — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
Even the poor can be fat in the U.S. That says something about a country. That's how incredible what we have is.… — Jim Courier Copy Share Image
Every company, every boardroom in which I sit, has a plan, and they have objectives, goals, and a process. And to make… — Vernon Jordan Copy Share Image
I just think you've created an industry now, where you create the situation where very much you've created an incentive for people… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
When I read a script and have my first interaction with this character, do I feel like there's something I'm gonna' learn… — Bill Skarsgard Copy Share Image
If it were possible for us to have so deep an insight into a man's character as shown both in inner and… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Most of economics can be summarized in four words: 'People respond to incentives.' The rest is commentary. — Steven Landsburg Copy Share Image
If you have a rigidly controlled economy, cut off from the rest of the world by infinite protection, nobody has any incentive… — Manmohan Singh Copy Share Image
Intelligent policies will be largely self-regulating in the sense that the system of incentives and standards makes it absolutely ludicrous to not… — Paul Hawken Copy Share Image
It is inconceivable that people are motivated solely or even mainly by external incentives. — Bruno Frey Copy Share Image
“When the solution to a given problem doesn’t lay right before our eyes, it is easy to assume that no solution exists.… — Steven D. Levitt Copy Share Image
Economic power is exercised by means of a positive, by offering men a reward, an incentive, a payment, a value; political power… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
It's just economics 101: When it's free to pollute, you get more pollution. But when there's a price to pay, industry will… — Fred Krupp Copy Share Image
If the price of everything is going down, that's going to include wages as well. People will have an incentive to sit… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
“Godliness must be presented with its profit and incentives, not only for the good of the nation and society, but of eternal… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
To summarize, using money to motivate people can be a double-edged sword. For tasks that require cognitive ability, low to moderate performance-based… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
I think that if you have a single payer system and an opt-out for people who want to pay more [for better… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
