Strategy is about making choices, trade-offs; it's about deliberately choosing to be different. — Michael Porter Copy Share Image
“Being whole means finding balance and making difficult trade-offs without eroding or diminishing ourselves.” — Doug Moran Copy Share Image
I think it's a false trade-off to say quality time versus quantity - you have to have both. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
The trade-off between freedom and security, so often proposed so seductively, very often leads to the loss of both. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
When you choose a language, you're choosing more than a set of technical trade-offs-you're choosing a community. — Joshua Bloch Copy Share Image
Trade-offs have been with us ever since the late unpleasantness in the Garden of Eden. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Freedom is a messy affair, and sometimes people get their feelings hurt but we think the trade-off is worth the aggravation. — Kathleen Parker Copy Share Image
If you get rid of a lot of the poseurs by destroying record companies, maybe it's a good trade-off. — Mark Mothersbaugh Copy Share Image
Luckily, what you trade off in not being part of the comic book canon and not having some literature that you can… — Dallas Roberts Copy Share Image
In a budget, how important is art versus music versus athletics versus computer programming? At the end of the day, some of… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Life has its trade-offs. As you age, you lose things like teeth and the ability to play in the ball pit at… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
Policymaking is a series of trade-offs. The best course of action is often not very salable, so you negotiate between the ideal… — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
“Well, that’s one of the paradoxes of life. You can’t have it all. You can have some of this and some of… — Lisa Wingate Copy Share Image
If you intend on building a solid career, it's best to not worry about the major label approach. It's a trade-off that… — Raheem Jarbo Copy Share Image
“one of the paradoxes of life. You can’t have it all. You can have some of this and some of that or… — Lisa Wingate Copy Share Image
Life is full of trade-offs. At different phrases in your life, you're able to do certain things that you can't do at… — Valerie Jarrett Copy Share Image
Studies of decision-making in the monkey, where activity of single neurons in parietal cortex is recorded, you can see a lot about… — Patricia Churchland Copy Share Image
One of the things we're going to have to discuss and debate is how are we striking this balance between the need… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It definitely is something that can get frustrating, because you want to live life on your own terms, and it feels for… — Mara Wilson Copy Share Image
Every peasant cuisine has incredible ingenious tricks for getting a lot of nutrition out of a small amount of ingredients. There are… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
When divorces meant marriage no longer provided security for a lifetime, women adjusted by focusing on careers as empowerment. But when the… — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
Yes, the more successful you are—or the stronger, the more opinionated—the less you will be generally liked. All of a sudden people… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
Well, coming at a new work requires a certain amount of patience and energy, and there’s always the risk of disappointment. You… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
Recovery isn’t easy, at first. It takes time. It takes more work, sometimes, than you think you’re willing to do. But it… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
How would you describe the difference between modern war and modern industry-between say, bombing and strip mining, or between chemical warfare and… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
Nothing comes without trade-offs. Do you want to spend time with people who like, or with people who might be useful to… — Jeffrey Pfeffer Copy Share Image
J.P. Morgan once had a friend who was so worried about his stock holdings that he could not sleep at night. The… — Burton Malkiel Copy Share Image
There have been trade-offs every day, every month, every year. There's a lot that I missed and I do have regrets in… — Judy Woodruff Copy Share Image
You have the refugee crisis triggered by Syria. That's got a lot of costs associated with it. Domestically, budgets are incredibly tight… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
To those people who say, 'My father is alive because of animal experimentation,' I say, 'Yeah, well, good for you. This dog… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
Fiscal policy will need to manage trade-offs between supporting demand, protecting social spending, and ensuring that public debt remains on a sustainable… — Gita Gopinath Copy Share Image
I think most artists would agree, it's one thing to be playing in front of a crowd that's loving it, it's another… — Brett Dennen Copy Share Image
I've always believed happiness is overrated, you know? It’s those difficult times that inform the next wonderful time, and it’s a series… — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
The anointed don't like to talk about painful trade-offs. They like to talk about happy "solutionsthat get rid of the whole problem-… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
There is inevitably a trade-off between staffing and safety, and as a society we must decide where that balance should be struck. — Simon Calder Copy Share Image
There were some initial instruments I had when I was young and made some trade-offs. Maybe a guitar I bought in a… — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
