Short Term Quotes

285 Short Term quotes by 248 unique authors

Anyway, maybe there weren't any solutions. Human society, corpses and rubble. It never learned, it made the same cretinous mistakes over and over, trading short-term… — Margaret Atwood
Unfortunately, beer was only a short-term answer. And head transplants had yet to be approved by the FDA. — J R Ward
But because human being tend to focus on short-term benefits and our own immediate needs, such tragedies of the commons occur frequently . — Dan Ariely
Everyone knows history is written by the winners, but that cliche misses a crucial detail: Over time, the winners are always the progressives. Conservatism can… — Chuck Klosterman
In the short term, corporal punishment may produce obedience. But it is a fact documented by research that in the long term the results are… — Alice Miller
Chances are that neither the client nor the agency will ever know very much about what role the ad has played in sales or profits… — Michael Schudson
Anger and hatred cannot bring harmony. The noble task of arms control and disarmament cannot be accomplished by confrontation and condemnation. Hostile attitudes only serve… — Dalai Lama
Poverty is not something people impose on themselves for want of effort and community organisation. It is constructed by divisive and discriminatory laws, inflexible organisations,… — Pete Townshend
The first thing I did was commit to my success and playing to win. I swore I would focus and not even consider leaving this… — T. Harv Eker
One day we will have more inflation, and our bonds will bleed like a pig. The only reason for buying long bonds is short-term or… — Jeremy Grantham
I will take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short-term, earnest is long-term. — Randy Pausch
We live in an age where everything is based on the short term. — Howard Schultz
The choice facing the American people is not between growth and stagnation, but between short-term growth and long-term disaster. — Stewart Udall
Traders can cause short-term volatility. In the long run, the market must revert to a sensible price/earnings multiple. — Ben Stein
Make no mistake: Tackling climate change is vital. But to see everything through the lens of short-term CO2 reductions, letting our obsession with carbon blind… — Alex Steffen
Cash - in savings accounts, short-term CDs or money market deposits - is great for an emergency fund. But to fulfill a long-term investment goal… — Suze Orman
It is critical that kids start to learn the value of money, short-term and long-term saving and budgeting at an early age. — Alexa Von Tobel
I have problems with this very extreme form of capitalism where the pendulum has swung so far in one direction, where the focus is completely… — Noreena Hertz
Some habits of ineffectiveness are rooted in our social conditioning toward quick-fix, short-term thinking. — Stephen Covey
If you have a lesion in the hippocampus in both sides, you have short term memory, but you can convert that short term memory into… — Eric Kandel
Short-term thinking is the greatest enemy of good government. — Anthony Albanese
In the long run, I believe that honesty is definitely the best policy. One can get away by being dishonest for a short term, but… — Kapil Dev
What happens when corn and wheat prices rise is that we see real increases in malnutrition and under-nutrition. And when children are malnourished, their brain… — Jim Yong Kim
Union members not only earn higher median wages; they are more likely to have paid sick leave, short-term disability, and employer-provided child care. Giving people… — Thomas Perez
As a prisoner of conscience committed to peaceful transition to democracy, I urge Europe to apply economic sanctions against Ethiopia. What short-term pain may result… — Eskinder Nega

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