Productive Quotes

673 Productive quotes by 536 unique authors

It's better to wait for a productive programmer to become available than it is to wait for the first available programmer to become productive. — Steve McConnell
We're more than friends and neighbors and allies; we are kin, who together have built the most productive relationship between any two countries in the… — Ronald Reagan
Simple exchanges can break down walls between us, for when people come together and speak to one another and share a common experience, then their… — Barack Obama
Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause. — George Washington
Our society has changed in unforeseeable ways since Social Security was created. For example, we are living longer, healthier, and more productive lives and while… — Norm Coleman
We have a constantly-changing portfolio of social media experiments. The first time we tried applying social technologies in a customer service department it became the… — Sandy Carter
The year that Rutherford died (1938 [sic]) there disappeared forever the happy days of free scientific work which gave us such delight in our youth.… — Pyotr Kapitsa
Productiveness is your acceptance of morality, your recognition of the fact that you choose to live-that productive work is the process by which man's consciousness… — Ayn Rand
The best defence of the country is the fear of the fighter. If we are strong in fighters we should probably never be attacked in… — Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding
Terrorists hate Americans. Indians hate each other. A terrorist will blow up an airport. Indians like to work at the airport. That would be counter-productive. — Russell Peters
We want these assets to be productive. We buy them. We own them. To say we care only about the short term is wrong. What… — Carl Icahn
We're not about liquidating companies, but if you do that, why is that terrible? We're not blowing up the factories. The person who buys it… — Carl Icahn
During the year 1957, I experienced, by the grace of God, a spiritual awakening which was to lead me to a richer, fuller, more productive… — John Coltrane
There is a close connection between socio-political development, the struggle between social classes and the history of ideologies. In general, intellectual movements closely reflect the… — Kwame Nkrumah
The most remarkable aspect of the transition we are living through is not so much the passage from want to affluence as the passage from… — Henri Lefebvre
I am looking forward to a series of productive meetings in both Austria and Estonia, particularly what role organized crime plays in the Baltic drug… — Howard Coble
The test for aid to poor nations is therefore whether it makes them capable of being productive. If it fails to do so, it is… — Dean Acheson
There is no substitute under the heavens for productive labor. It is the process by which dreams become realities. It is the process by which… — Gordon B. Hinckley
You’ve got to give great tools to small teams. Pick good people, use small teams and give them great tools so that they are very… — Bill Gates
Grief is not productive. It simply represents an inefficiency in accepting change of status. — Greg Bear
Competition, founded upon the conflicting interests of individuals, is in reality far less productive of wealth and enterprise than co-operation, involving though it does the… — Robert Hugh Benson
... both individuals and companies are using the Netherlands as a haven for productive activity. ... This is good news for all taxpayers. The rich… — Daniel J. Mitchell
Empathically accurate perceivers are those who are consistently good at 'reading' other people's thoughts and feelings. All else being equal, they are likely to be… — William Ickes
Thus, for those who are willing to go out into the field, to look and to listen, changing demographics is both a highly productive and… — Peter Drucker
We owe the origin and development of human society and, consequently, of culture and civilization, to the fact that work performed under the division of… — Ludwig von Mises

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