Rainforest land is mistakenly valued solely for the worth of its timber, mining and oil resources by short-sighted corporations and governments. — Chris Kilham Copy Share Image
The great majority of men use their own short-sighted ideas as a yardstick for measuring the divine omnipotence. — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
“History had shown again and again that ignoring evil because it did not affect you was a short-sighted and often deadly mistake. ” — Aleron Kong "The Father of American LitRPG Copy Share Image
We don't see what we could be. We should be looking at our potential, stretching ourselves into everything we can become. — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
The manufacturer who finds himself up the creek is the short-sighted opportunist who siphons off all his advertising dollars for short-term promotions. — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
I don't think generally politician come from democratic country. I think not that thinking. But sometimes little bit short-sighted. They are mainly… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I am very short-sighted but I don't wear my glasses as they give me a headache, so if everyone could just stand… — Sara Pascoe Copy Share Image
...short-sighted men who in their greed and selfishness will, if permitted, rob our country of half its charm by their reckless extermination… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
We see the tendency in the world to criticise democracy and sometimes even to say that authoritarian countries like China are more… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
“In case you’re short on definitions, here’s one. Insanity: ‘Destroying the very things that sustain us.’ And if we’re so short-sighted so… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
To regard human beings as tools - as instruments - for the use of other human beings is not only unscientific but… — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share Image
Society today is being fragmented by a way of thinking that is inherently short-sighted because it disregards the full horizon of truth… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
I shall not be deterred by people who don't see where the future of Africa lies. It is the short-sighted people who… — Yoweri Museveni Copy Share Image
Two large prominent eyes that rolled about to no purpose (for he was utterly short-sighted) a wide mouth, thick lips and inflated… — Horace Walpole Copy Share Image
Soon after a disaster passes, we tend to turn our eyes away and focus our resources on the day-to-day, rather than on… — Sheri Fink Copy Share Image
We're going to go to the moon. We're going to go on to Mars. We're going to set up a base on… — John Glenn Copy Share Image
“Ultimately everything depends on the quality of the individual, but our fatally short-sighted age thinks only in terms of large numbers and… — C.G. Jung Copy Share Image
I am endeavoring to steer gymnastics out of a dead end that satisfies only a handful of short-sighted individuals with nostalgia for… — Bruno Grandi Copy Share Image
I think it's a bit short-sighted to play any character and not explore, in some respects, the way they act when things… — Rebecca Hall Copy Share Image
Air Power is, above all, a psychological weapon - and only short-sighted soldiers, too battle-minded, underrate the importance of psychological factors in… — B. H. Liddell Hart Copy Share Image
New Labour was the most short-sighted, self-serving, incompetent, useless, and ineffective government that Britain has ever known. — Liam Fox Copy Share Image
“It may seem, to us short-sighted mortals, better that we were placed in a world where there were no wars, or murders,… — Henry Wager Halleck Copy Share Image
Here is the thing: I have seen several times that anti-Russian cards are being played during domestic campaigns in the United States.… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
If you borrow money to make money, you've done something magical. On the other hand, if you go into debt to pay… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Deep down, everything boils down ("au fond tout se ramène", Fr.) to the following simple question; Do we really want justice and… — African Spir Copy Share Image
What does patience mean? It means to look at the thorn and see the rose, to look at the night and see… — Shams Tabrizi Copy Share Image
Parents - and teachers too - are woefully short-sighted when they try to protect the child from his mistakes, when they make… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
The world has been tragic since the day Adam and Eve sinned in the garden. From that moment murder, mayhem and war… — Louie Giglio Copy Share Image
The laws by which the Divine Ruler of the universe has decreed an indissoluble connection between public happiness and private virtue, whatever… — William Cabell Rives Copy Share Image
I am not astonished that men who lean, as it were, on an atom, should stumble at the smallest efforts they make… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
“The mark of a short-sighted goal is that it is solely designed to achieve whatever needs to be achieved as a means… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Philanthropy is not about giving money but about solving problems. While well-meaning, the idea of writing a check and calling it 'philanthropy'… — Naveen Jain Copy Share Image
It is short-sighted, not to say stupid, in the correct desire to be relevant as Christian artists in an unchristian age, to… — Calvin Seerveld Copy Share Image
“Short-sighted people are amorous. Sometimes just a stronger pair of glasses will cure an amorous man; and if someone had the power… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
We can become very short-sighted in terms of objectives. The first thing to go during times of economic crisis and budget cuts… — Julia Stiles Copy Share Image
Oceans are one of the most important things in the world now and that is a national security threat of the United… — Ian Somerhalder Copy Share Image
If I had to guess what the new Etch-A-Sketch picture is going to be like, it's going to be considerably less to… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
The TUC's new slogan 'a future that works' sets a profound challenge. Austerity and rapid deficit reduction is failing in its own… — Frances O'Grady Copy Share Image
The dynamic principle of fantasy is play, a characteristic also of the child, and as such it appears inconsistent with the principle… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
I was trouble - and always in trouble. Aged eight I still couldn't read. In fact, I was dyslexic and short-sighted. Despite… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
