Payoff Quotes

72 Payoff quotes by 68 unique authors

Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle behind lotteries, dating,… — Scott Adams
If somebody else is making the rules for you, no matter how good the payoff is for you, you're being conned. — Jon Rappoport
The real payoff is the writing itself, that a day when you have gotten your work done is a good day, that total dedication is… — Anne Lamott
Economic policies absorb almost the entire attention of government, and at the same time become ever more impotent. The simplest things, which only fifty years… — E F Schumacher
The growth of a nation's productive potential is the central factor in determining its growth in real wages and living standards.... high rates of investment… — Paul Samuelson
Take risks and you'll get the payoffs. Learn from your mistakes until you succeed. — Bobby Flay
You learn after you've been in the business for a while that it's not getting your face recognized that's the payoff. It's having your film… — Leonardo DiCaprio
But we go out as a band because we enjoy each others company, first of all. And its the payoff for me, to go out… — Peter Frampton
It's hard for bands to stick it out because people grow up, and it never really pays off. If you're looking for some sort of… — Thurston Moore
The message I got from my father was that life is hard, but you just don't quit. I am grateful that I didn't let fear… — Mariska Hargitay
My dogs are a priority and a big responsibility... but the payoffs are well worth it — Will Estes
Expect the best; convert problems into opportunities; be dissatisfied with the status quo; focus on where you want to go, instead of where you're coming… — Denis Waitley
The reward for doing right is mostly an internal phenomenon: self-respect, dignity, integrity, and self-esteem. . . . Not doing right may have momentary payoffs… — Laura Schlessinger
Investors should remember that their scorecard is not computed using Olympic-diving methods: Degree-of-difficulty doesn't count. If you are right about a business whole value is… — Warren Buffett
Companies like Enron have learned that small investments in endowing chairs, sponsoring research programs or hiring moonlighting professors can return big payoffs in generating books,… — Ralph Nader
Who’s afraid of the big, bad buildings? Everyone, because there are so many things about gigantism that we just don’t know. The gamble of triumph… — Ada Louise Huxtable
It is the love that we give and the service we render that really is the great payoff. — David B. Haight
It is one of our most exciting discoveries that local discovery leads to a complex of further discoveries. Corollary to this we find that we… — R. Buckminster Fuller
Killing is the payoff of war. — Morley Safer
As you get older there shouldn't be anything you won't try. The payoff is that you open up whole new avenues that are fun. It's… — Malcolm Forbes
For a while in my teens, I was sure I had it. It was about getting to heaven. If heaven existed and lasted forever, then… — Alan Alda
What payoff are you getting for remaining stuck at this point in your expansion? — Julia Cameron
Make a list of your current wants and desires. Next to each, put down what benefit or payoff there would be when you achieve it.… — Denis Waitley
When we can see an immediate payoff, we are more likely to change our behavior in the moment. This aligns our daily actions with our… — Tom Rath
If I offered you a thousand dollars to take off your shoes, you'd very likely accept--and then I could triumphantly announce that 'rewards work.' But… — Alfie Kohn

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