Short term Quotes · Page 8

Fear is not a motivating factor. You might be able to get a little bit more out of someone in the short…

— Mindy Grossman

But because human being tend to focus on short-term benefits and our own immediate needs, such tragedies of the commons occur frequently .

— Dan Ariely

Good decisions can have bad short-term outcomes but be great for the business long-term.

— Gerry Schwartz

Efficiency may curtail [energy] demand in the short term, for the specific task at hand. But its long-term impact is just the…

— Peter W. Huber

I do think that it is no surprise that, economically, America is in trouble. There's been a lot of trouble out there.…

— Jennifer Love Hewitt

I truly believe that capitalism was created to help people live better lives, but sadly over the years it has lost its…

— Richard Branson

I'm just sick of the way things are. We're in an age in which we can't live without accepting the logic of…

— Jose Mujica

Democracies are expense-averse and they think in terms of short-term, political interests rather than a long-term interest in stability.

— Samantha Power

Training for a marathon is much like climbing a ladder. Each ring is a short-term goal that must be met in sequence…

— Richard Benyo

The markets are much more interested in America's long-term trajectory than they are in feeling that there is an acute short-term crisis.

— Fareed Zakaria

You cannot do a goal. Long-term planning and goal-setting must therefore be complemented by short-term planning. This kind of planning requires specifying…

— Alan Lakein

My books are more about people experimenting with different identities and social models in a short-term way before they can break through…

— Chuck Palahniuk

Long-term planning is often undervalued by our indefinite short-term world.

— Peter Thiel

When we violate the law ourselves, whatever short-term advantage may be gained, we are obviously encouraging others to violate the law; we…

— J. William Fulbright

Many of the problems the world faces today are the eventual result of short-term measures taken last century.

— Jay Wright Forrester

The government can indefinitely control both short-term and long-term interest rates.

— Seth Klarman

I’m fortunate to have found out early, in 1990, just two years after I retired, that I have neurological damage. I try…

— Harry Carson

I think sometimes when you look long term, you kind of forget to take care of what you have to take care…

— Chip Kelly

Oftentimes things that seem really difficult and traumatic in the short term seem a lot less difficult and traumatic in the long…

— Moby

When an investor focuses on short-term investments, he or she is observing the variability of the portfolio, not the returns - in…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I don't think anyone can predict what the short term will look like. In the long term, it will be a Syria…

— Adel al-Jubeir

We have to preserve it and use it sustainably. And the short-term use of resources at the destruction of the long-term heritage…

— Bruce Babbitt

I don't think it's ungracious to seek cosmetic help - it has crossed my mind from time to time, and I have…

— Diana Quick

The sole virtue of losing your short-term memory is that it does free you to be your own editor.

— Norman Mailer

My organization, my colleagues and I, are paid to run hotels in good times and fair times. We're professionals. That's what we…

— Steve Wynn