Long Term Quotes - Page 16

• The dominance of short-term perspectives has led to routine decisions in the markets that sacrifice the long-term buildup of genuine value in pursuit of artificial, short-term gains.

  Al Gore

  Sacrifice, Long, Perspective

  Interview with John McMurtrie, www.sfgate.com. February 17, 2013.

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• Turning away Turkey from the EU would be a great, long-term - a century-long - error by Europe.

  William Hague

  Errors, Europe, Turkeys

  "William Hague: 'We have to build new alliances with the emerging powers'". Interview with Andrew Rawnsley and Toby Helm, www.theguardian.com. October 1, 2011.

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• Most of us understand that innovation is enormously important. It's the only insurance against irrelevance. It's the only guarantee of long-term customer loyalty. It's the only strategy for out-performing a dismal economy.

  Gary Hamel

  Loyalty, Irrelevance, Long

  "Gary Hamel On Innovating Innovation". Interview with Steve Denning, www.forbes.com. December 04, 2012.

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• Great leaders, like Steve Jobs or Jeff Bezos, also focused on the long term.

  Reed Hastings

  Jobs, Long, Leader

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• People repeat behaviour that leads to flooding their brains with pleasurable chemicals. The short-term reward loop acts over hours to years, and the long-term reproductive success loop over generations.

  Keith Henson

  Years, Long, People

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• Action leads to Attention. that in the short-term releases Rewarding brain chemicals and in the long term improves reproductive success.

  Keith Henson

  Long, Brain, Attention

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• I want to initiate a change in society in the long term.

  Francois Hollande

  Long, Want, Term

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• Great risks come in long term, tremendously assiduous, very courageous study.

  William Hurt

  Long, Risk, Courageous

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• The wisdom and experience of older people is a resource of inestimable worth. Recognizing and treasuring the contributions of older people is essential to the long-term flourishing of any society.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Long, People, Essentials

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• The long term sustainable growth in job creation comes from the private sector. It is important that the Obama administration partner with the private sector and come up with the best possible ideas for creating jobs.

  Valerie Jarrett

  Jobs, Ideas, Creating

  "Exclusive Interview With Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor and Assistant to President Obama". Interview with Earl Ofari Hutchinson, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 21, 2011.

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• There are domains in which expertise is not possible. Stock picking is a good example. And in long-term political strategic forecasting, it's been shown that experts are just not better than a dice-throwing monkey.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Long, Political, Example

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• If owning stocks is a long-term project for you, following their changes constantly is a very, very bad idea. It's the worst possible thing you can do, because people are so sensitive to short-term losses. If you count your money every day, you'll be miserable.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Loss, Ideas, Long

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• In point of fact, 'Simpson-Bowles' has become a symbol, or SimBowl, rather than an actual plan, political shorthand for the process of long-term deficit reduction.

  Joe Klein

  Long, Political, Facts

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• If you want a long-term relationship that doesn't require a lot of work, I say, get a dog. They love you no matter what. But when it comes to humans, there's no secret; you really have to appreciate the person every single day.

  Denis Leary

  Dog, Love You, Long

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• Charity is a fine thing if it's meeting a gap where needs must be met and there are no other resources. But in the long term we need to support people into helping themselves.

  Annie Lennox

  Long, People, Support

  "Question time: Annie Lennox". Interview with Hannah Pool, www.theguardian.com. November 25, 2009.

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• Drilling in ANWR fails to lower energy prices today and sets no long term energy strategy for tomorrow.

  Dan Lipinski

  Long, Energy, Anwr

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• Corporations often partner with government after natural disasters, as many companies did in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. As a rule, however, long-term civic/corporate partnerships are still rare .But this need not remain the status quo, as many opportunities are available for such partnerships.

  Simon Mainwaring

  Opportunity, Government, Long

  Simon Mainwaring (2011). “We First: How Brands and Consumers Use Social Media to Build a Better World”, p.126, Macmillan

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• Communists have always played an active role in the fight by colonial countries for their freedom, because the short-term objects of Communism would always correspond with the long-term objects of freedom movements.

  Nelson Mandela

  Country, Fighting, Long

  Nelson Mandela (1973). “No Easy Walk to Freedom”, p.180, Heinemann

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• I don't think anyone is thinking long-term now.

  Thomas Mann

  Thinking, Long, Term

  "Mondale viewed as solid choice for Dems" by Sean Loughlin, www.cnn.com. October 29, 2002.

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• I think long term you can see Tesla establishing factories in Europe, in other parts of the U.S. and in Asia.

  Elon Musk

  Thinking, Europe, Long

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Religious, War, Reality

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• Staying married may have long-term benefits. You can elicit much more sympathy from friends over a bad marriage than you ever can from a good divorce.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Marriage, Sympathy, Divorce

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People”, p.122, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• Lot of ugly funny dudes end up with some pretty gorgeous women. Women are much deeper than us in choosing a mate - they see in the long term.

  Patton Oswalt

  Long, Ugly, Gorgeous

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• Lately, I've been doing a lot of tuning in and impatiently tuning out. As a longtime fan of talk radio, I don't think this bodes well for the long-term broad appeal of the medium.

  Camille Paglia

  Thinking, Long, Fans

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• American decision-makers must understand how damaging a foreign policy that privileges order and profit over justice really is in the long term.

  Samantha Power

  Order, Long, Justice

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