Term Quotes · Page 42

Obviously Hall & Oates wasn't overlooked by the masses in terms of the record sales.

— Inara George

The way to build long-term returns is through preservation of capital and home runs.

— Stanley Druckenmiller

People are willing to get short-term gains at the risk of long-term choices...

— Rick Rubin

When the term 'machine gun' enters common parlance, the word 'machine' becomes much more sinister.

— Scott Westerfeld

Art indeed is a term referring to the social source and to the social utility of creative acts.

— Laura Riding

Great risks come in long term, tremendously assiduous, very courageous study.

— William Hurt

The single greatest edge an investor can have is a long-term orientation.

— Seth Klarman

A race is what zoologists term a variety or subdivision of a species.

— J. Philippe Rushton

The majority of short term trading results are just random. In the long term the money ends up with those that can…

— Steve Burns

There's a certain standard in classical music that allows the application of the term "genius," but you're treading on thin ice if…

— Jimmy Page

Life has to be described in pure and simple physical and physiological terms. It must be demystified and depsychologised

— U.G. Krishnamurti

The term middle-aged, invented by Descartes, comes from the Latin, medeus, meaning 'not really old' and ageis, meaning 'if you look at…

— Marilyn Suzanne Miller

I really don't know what I am going to do in terms of what a book is going to be about until…

— Robert B. Parker

The aim proposed here for any organization is for everybody to gain - stockholders, employees, suppliers, customers, community, the environment - over…

— W. Edwards Deming

Barack Obama was always special, you know? And not special, like, He's gonna be important, he's gonna be president. He was special…

— Michelle Obama

If you focus on near-term growth above all else, you miss the most important question you should be asking: will this business…

— Peter Thiel

It's tough. We don't have a character-driven show so I think the fans get really frustrated because they don't get to see…

— Eva LaRue

Of course China is an important new market for Tod's, and of course we need to succeed commercially. But I believe the…

— Diego Della Valle

In England, it's a rare thing to see a player smoking but, all in all, I prefer that to an alcoholic. The…

— Alex Ferguson

There is a straight-forward definition for 'Independent Filmmaking'. The term references a group of films that are financed by money that comes…

— Andrew Neel

Others first. Whatever your corporate mission, paint a clear and compelling picture that others can understand and embrace. State your mission in…

— Tony Dungy

When I first heard the term 'training bra,' I was freaked out. I was pretty young and I said, 'Did you just…

— Demetri Martin

Some time ago we discovered the carbon cycle - a long-term set of chemical reactions that govern climates based on how much…

— Annalee Newitz

I realise that man, in his imperfection, can commit innumerable errors - but to devote myself deliberately to errors, that is something…

— Adolf Hitler

Lucy said, 'We're so afraid of being sent away, Aslan. And you have sent us back into our own world so often.'…

— Anonymous

The system of technological production that we have today has been justified in terms of creating more goods to feed more people…

— Vandana Shiva

We rarely use much debt and, when we do, we attempt to structure it on a long-term fixed rate basis. We will…

— Warren Buffett

The biggest issue for me is whether large numbers of Americans can begin to think that government can actually help make the…

— George Packer

Obviously, Donald Trump won't be impeached or removed so long as the Republicans hold even one House of Congress. And even should…

— David Frum

The Soviet transition to a new political structure shows that the Soviet strategists are thinking, planning and acting in broad terms, way…

— Anatoliy Golitsyn

There's the whole Mad Hatter's dilemma, it was the amount of mercury that they used in the glue to make the hats.…

— Johnny Depp

...by the time we understand the pattern we are in, the definition we are making for ourselves, it's too late to break…

— Robert Penn Warren

I invented the term 'Object-Oriented', and I can tell you I did not have C++ in mind.

— Alan Kay

We [Americans] choose not to understand the world on terms other than our own.

— Ralph Peters

The more power government has to provide things, the more power it has to dictate terms.

— Sheldon Richman

I really love the experience of moving things around, in terms of being a director.

— Johnny Depp

I always tried to make a diverse album in terms of emotions and sounds.

— Neige

Term limits would make Congress bolder, more independent, and less risk-averse.

— George Will

I don't use those terms [like Uncle Tom], and I would never speak in that kind of language.

— Jill Stein

Existence is beyond the power of words to define: Terms may be used But are none of them absolute.

— Witter Bynner