Counterproductive Quotes

51 quotes by 49 authors

I think that most small amounts of marijuana have been decriminalized in some places, and should be. We really need a re-examination of our entire… — William J. Clinton
The only feasible solution is a political reconciliation... Mr. President, the time is now to put pressure on the Iraqi government to change. That is… — Mike Coffman
I would need to see changes in the Iraq governance. Otherwise I don't think strikes are going to have any impact and could be very… — Adam Schiff
Uh uh uh, turning the car into oncoming traffic...is counterproductive! — Jim Carrey
Independent self-reliant people would be a counterproductive anachronism in the collective society of the future where people will be defined by their associations. — John Dewey
And yet as a coach, I know that being fixated on winning (or more likely, not losing) is counterproductive, especially when it causes you to… — Phil Jackson
The last thing the consumer index wants men and women to do is to figure out how to love one another: The $1.5 trillion retail-sales… — Naomi Wolf
Today, the world is so small and so interdependent that the concept of war has become anachronistic, an outmoded approach. As a rule, we always… — Dalai Lama
Certainly, the Bush Administration will rely in the first instance on its friends, since it would be both illogical and counterproductive to reward its adversaries. — Richard V. Allen
I don't like rock. Honestly, I like to listen to it, but it's not for me. There's a lot of musical genres that I find… — Luis Miguel
Slowing down doesn't mean accomplishing less; it means cutting out counterproductive distractions and the perception of being rushed. — Tim Ferriss
'Efficient' scheduling and control of time are often counterproductive. The efficiency focus creates expectations that clash with the opportunities to develop rich relationships, to meet… — Stephen Covey
But the consequences of the whole-hearted and uncritical embrace of politics by Christians has been, IN EFFECT, to reduce Christian faith to a political ideology… — James Davison Hunter
I think most people don't react well to being screamed at. It's counterproductive. — Dick Wolf
I believe in truths, but I don't believe in the Truth. Furthermore, I think that vision of an underlying Truth, with as capital T, that… — Evelyn Fox Keller
Vision without implementation is counterproductive. — Douglas B. Reeves
Our federal tax system is, in short, utterly impossible, utterly unjust and completely counterproductive . . . [It] reeks with injustice, and is fundamentally un-American — Ronald Reagan
Just as black anger often proved counterproductive, so have these white resentments distracted attention from the real culprits of the middle class squeeze - a… — Barack Obama
It's counterproductive and self-destructive to bear grudges with people that are negative. — Carl Froch
It's a terrible and tragic and counterproductive policy to avoid communicating with people who disagree with us. — Jimmy Carter

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