"Hmm. Petty? Yes. Ineffectual? Yes. Infuriating and off-putting?……" — Glenn Reynolds
"Hmm. Petty? Yes. Ineffectual? Yes. Infuriating and off-putting? Yes. Counterproductive? Yes. It's got to be a product of the French Foreign Ministry."
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25 Quotes by Glenn Reynolds
Glenn Reynolds has 25 quotes on this site.
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As my father-in-law once said, when they talk about taxes it's always for teachers, firemen, and police - but when…
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What's wrong with "the new elite?" Forget cultural insularity or smugness. The main problem with the "new elite" is that…
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Personally, I'm tired of hearing the whole have-you-no-decency routine from people who have made quite clear that they possess none…
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When the private sector fails, the solution is more government. When the government fails, the solution is more government.
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[T]he people as ultimate sovereigns, retain the ultimate power - and even the duty - to overthrow any government that…
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The government decides to try to increase the middle class by subsidizing things that middle class people have: If middle-class…
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The nannyism is partly to distract from the corruption — and partly just another opportunity to leverage it. A good…
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But remember: All this talk of tolerance and diversity is basically just a way for one group of white people…
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The proverbial thirteenth chime of the clock - is not only wrong itself, but calls into question everything that came…
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Bush is quite vulnerable if the Democrats pick the right issues. So far, though, they've shown their usual tendency to…
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Diplomacy has more to do with (credible) threats than with sweet reason. And threats from America are a lot more…
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Let's be honest: Kerry has no idea what it is to be even a middle-class white in this country.
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More Counterproductive Quotes
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I think that most small amounts of marijuana have been decriminalized in some places, and should be. We really need…
— William J. Clinton
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The only feasible solution is a political reconciliation... Mr. President, the time is now to put pressure on the Iraqi…
— Mike Coffman
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I would need to see changes in the Iraq governance. Otherwise I don't think strikes are going to have any…
— Adam Schiff
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Uh uh uh, turning the car into oncoming traffic...is counterproductive!
— Jim Carrey
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Independent self-reliant people would be a counterproductive anachronism in the collective society of the future where people will be defined…
— John Dewey
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And yet as a coach, I know that being fixated on winning (or more likely, not losing) is counterproductive, especially…
— Phil Jackson
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The last thing the consumer index wants men and women to do is to figure out how to love one…
— Naomi Wolf
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Today, the world is so small and so interdependent that the concept of war has become anachronistic, an outmoded approach.…
— Dalai Lama
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Certainly, the Bush Administration will rely in the first instance on its friends, since it would be both illogical and…
— Richard V. Allen
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I don't like rock. Honestly, I like to listen to it, but it's not for me. There's a lot of…
— Luis Miguel
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Slowing down doesn't mean accomplishing less; it means cutting out counterproductive distractions and the perception of being rushed.
— Tim Ferriss
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'Efficient' scheduling and control of time are often counterproductive. The efficiency focus creates expectations that clash with the opportunities to…
— Stephen Covey
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