Incentives Quotes

284 Incentives quotes by 251 unique authors

It's for management to enthuse & motivate employees towards excellence in service; the profit incentive doesn't last — Phil Harding
Most of economics can be summarized in four words: 'People respond to incentives.' The rest is commentary. — Steven Landsburg
I do not choose to be a common man…it is my right to be uncommon—if I can…I seek opportunity—not security…I want to take the calculated… — Peter O'Toole
Meanwhile, NBC and I plan to continue our relationship with several new co-ventures including a new music show, while we also explore our ideas for… — Cee Lo Green
Call it what you will, incentives are what get people to work harder. — Nikita Khrushchev
We must start now to provide additional stimulus to the modernization of American industrial plants I shall propose to the Congress a new tax incentive… — John F. Kennedy
I understand how difficult it can be for an African-American in today’s society. In fact, I can relate to black people very well indeed. My… — Mitt Romney
I mean, these are kids that are getting on rail cars, riding the top of rail cars all the way up through Mexico. I mean,… — Rick Perry
Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil. — Plato
Gun control does not decrease gun ownership by criminals but instead reduces their incentives to refrain from violence because it decreases the supply of armed… — Unknown Author
Love of Allah gives us spiritual life; hope in His Reward is the greatest incentive to do good; and fear of His Wrath stops us… — Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi
It's just economics 101: When it's free to pollute, you get more pollution. But when there's a price to pay, industry will have an incentive… — Fred Krupp
If you want poor people to work you restore their incentive by giving them less, such as by cutting social services. If you want rich… — Jim Stanford
Since you own your life, you are responsible for your life. You do not rent your life from others who demand your obedience. Nor are… — Ken Schoolland
ACT and SAT each have their own parts of the country. The GRE has its lock on graduate admissions. And so, one could blame the… — Robert Sternberg
I think in the end we will have negotiations with the House. They don't have any incentive for a long, drawn-out trial. We'll have negotiations… — Phil Gramm
To all our means of culture is added the powerful incentive to personal ambition, no post of honor is so high but the poorest may… — James A. Garfield
There is nothing else that so kills the ambitions of a person as criticisms from superiors. I never criticize anyone. I believe in giving a… — Charles M. Schwab
In daily life, reality gives us material incentives to restrain our irrationality. But what incentive do we have to think rationally about politics? — Bryan Caplan
When we outlaw child pornography, the prices paid for child performers rise, increasing the incentives for parents to use children against their will. — Mary Ruwart
It is failure that guides evolution; perfection provides no incentive for improvement, and nothing is perfect. — Colson Whitehead
Children who willingly participate in sexual acts have the right to make that decision as well, even if it's distasteful to us personally. Some children… — Mary Ruwart
Copyright law has got to give up its obsession with 'the copy.' The law should not regulate 'copies' or 'modern reproductions' on their own. It… — Lawrence Lessig
Just because scientists have the knowledge to do it, the technology to do it, and some may even have a financial motive or other incentive… — Nathan Deal
There is a huge body of business evidence now showing that energy savings give better service at lower cost with higher profit. We have to… — William J. Clinton

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