Investors should remember that their scorecard is not computed using Olympic-diving methods: Degree-of-difficulty doesn't count. If you are right about a business… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
People aren't honest about the horrors of fame. The downsides are so overwhelming that, for me, there is no payoff. — Sia Furler Copy Share Image
It's a wonderful opportunity to be part of a child's growing up, which is always an endless springtime. You see the blossoming… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
The real payoff is the writing itself, that a day when you have gotten your work done is a good day, that… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“Leaving what feels secure behind and following the beckoning of our hearts doesn't always end as we expect or hope. We may… — Steve Goodier Copy Share Image
If you sat with a pencil and jotted down all the decisions you've taken in the past week, or, if you could,… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Democrat women lead the way in showing other women how to be stepped on and diminished by men. That's what they do,… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
If somebody else is making the rules for you, no matter how good the payoff is for you, you're being conned. — Jon Rappoport Copy Share Image
[C]ultivated risk-taking represents an 'experiment with trust' (in the sense of basic trust) which consequently has implications for an individual's self-identity. (...)… — Anthony Giddens Copy Share Image
Try not to be concerned with it. It's a spiritual thing. Don't look for the results, don't live in the payoff. Live… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
The only thing that makes me put down a book is if the characters are boring, or the situations aren't fraught with… — Michael Boatman Copy Share Image
Economic policies absorb almost the entire attention of government, and at the same time become ever more impotent. The simplest things, which… — E. F. Schumacher Copy Share Image
here's a payoff for everyone. The reason we hang on to self-defeating behaviors is because it's easier not to take responsibility. — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
Why do you think the lottery is so popular? Do you think anybody would play if the super payoff was a job… — Mike Royko Copy Share Image
The cost of praising someone is nil - but every psychological study shows the payoff is huge. — Harvey Mackay Copy Share Image
When we can see an immediate payoff, we are more likely to change our behavior in the moment. This aligns our daily… — Tom Rath Copy Share Image
Is it harder having kids and working? It definitely is, but the payoff is you get to go home to your kids,… — Edie Falco Copy Share Image