Compensation Quotes

179 quotes by 154 authors

Nowadays the dynamic element is more important in chess - players more often sacrifice material to obtain dynamic compensation. — Boris Spassky
We have all kinds of government compensation systems that are much more efficient than the lawyers. — John Stossel
A general principle of good taxation is that similar jobs, and similar kinds of compensation, should be taxed the same way: otherwise, the government is… — James Surowiecki
Other psychological theories say a good deal about compensation. — Allen Tate
If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment. — Henry David Thoreau
If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings and put compensation as a carrier behind it you almost… — Jack Welch
Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, and it does something to… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
What we seek is some kind of compensation for what we put up with. — Haruki Murakami
She touched the edge of its voluptuous field, knowing it would be lovely beyond dreams simply to submit to it; that not gravity's pull, laws… — Thomas Pynchon
Most timidities have such secret compensations and Miss Bart was discerning enough to know that the inner vanity is generally in proportion to the outer… — Edith Wharton
As we look for humor, seek for the eternal perspective, understnd the principle of compensation, and draw near to our Heavenly Father, we can endure… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
The imaginary is not formed in opposition to reality as its denial or compensation; it grows among signs, from book to book, in the interstice… — Michel Foucault
Were God to show grace to all of Adam's descendants, men would at once conclude that He was righteously compelled to take them to heaven… — Arthur W. Pink
It is a law of nature we overlook, that intellectual versatility is the compensation for change, danger, and trouble. An animal perfectly in harmony with… — H.G. Wells
To beauty, all is forgiven, even vulgarity. Intelligence no longer seems an adequate compensation for things... — Muriel Barbery
The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others. — Bertrand Russell
The ways of fate are indeed hard to understand. If there is not some compensation hereafter, then the world is a cruel jest. — Arthur Conan Doyle
But then, life is a constant withering of possibilities. Some are stolen with the lives of people you love. Others are let go, with regret… — Emily Maguire
Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the over-compensations for misery. — Aldous Huxley
If you are not learning while youâ€™re earning, you are cheating yourself out of the better portion of your compensation. — Napoleon Hill

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