Diminishing Returns Quotes

15 quotes by 12 authors

• It is a certainty that Keegan would not have agreed to return unless Mike Ashley had committed to sanctioning a mammoth spending spree. The downside,… — Pete Gill
• The law of diminishing returns is something I really believe in. — Thomas Keller
• Social values in general are incrementally variable: neither safety, diversity, rational articulation, nor morality is categorically a good thing to have more of, without limits.… — Thomas Sowell
• I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview. — Ben Harper
• The Law of Diminishing Returns is true of everything in life, except sex, which seems endlessly repeatable with effect. — Robert McKee
• The one negative to horror is that it's always law of diminishing returns. When you go in the funhouse, the ride is never scary the… — Eli Roth
• The law of diminishing returns means that even the most beneficial prinicple will become harmful if carried far enough. — Thomas Sowell
• Unbounded morality ultimately becomes counterproductive even in terms of the same moral principles being sought. The law of diminishing returns applies to morality. — Thomas Sowell
• Morality, like other inputs into the social process, follows the law of diminishing returns- meaning ultimately, negative returns. People can be too moral. — Thomas Sowell
• As long as my heart's still in it, I'll keep going. If the passion's there, why stop?... There'll likely be a point of diminishing returns,… — Dean Karnazes
• Knowledge is the only instrument of production that is not subject to diminishing returns. — John Maurice Clark
• Whenever you compete, trying harder is truly the game of diminishing returns and a losing one at that — Jan Garavaglia
• While, in general, life satisfaction goes up with wealth, beyond the safety net more and more wealth brings very radically diminishing returns on life satisfaction. — Steve Jurvetson
• Many kids, particularly in lower-income families, would actually benefit from more structured activities. Plenty of children, especially teenagers, thrive on a busy schedule. But just… — Carl Honore
• Other composers have taken this particular technique much further than I in the meantime, with the result that the Law of Diminishing Returns has begun… — Brian Ferneyhough

Who Wrote These Diminishing Returns Quotes

12 authors contributed a total of 15 Diminishing Returns Quotes as follows:

• 4 Diminishing Returns Quotes by Thomas Sowell
• 1 Diminishing Returns Quote by Pete Gill
• 1 Diminishing Returns Quote by Thomas Keller
• 1 Diminishing Returns Quote by Ben Harper
• 1 Diminishing Returns Quote by Robert McKee
• 1 Diminishing Returns Quote by Eli Roth
• 1 Diminishing Returns Quote by Dean Karnazes
• 1 Diminishing Returns Quote by John Maurice Clark
• 1 Diminishing Returns Quote by Jan Garavaglia
• 1 Diminishing Returns Quote by Steve Jurvetson
• 1 Diminishing Returns Quote by Carl Honore
• 1 Diminishing Returns Quote by Brian Ferneyhough