Short Term Quotes - Page 12

• Short-term can be terminal.

  Mark McCormack

  Business, Finance, Profit

  Mark H. McCormack (2016). “What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School: Notes from a Street-smart Executive”, p.164, Bantam

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• The real problem at the moment is that the banks - because of their existing culture, which is frankly anti-business, obsession with short-term trading profits, not focusing on the long term - are throttling the recovery of British industry.

  Vince Cable

  Real, Recovery, Long

  "George Osborne's campaign against Ed Balls hit by fresh Libor revelation" by Nicholas Watt, www.theguardian.com. July 8, 2012.

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• What gets posted online is not short term, and is open for easy misinterpretation. Messages and pictures spread faster through the Internet than they ever could by word of mouth.

  Anna Maria Chavez

  Mouths, Messages, Internet

  "Confronting Cyber Violence in the Digital Age" by Anna Maria Chavez, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 25, 2013.

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• In England, it's a rare thing to see a player smoking but, all in all, I prefer that to an alcoholic. The relationship with alcohol is a real problem in English football and, in the short term, it's much more harmful to a sportsman. It weakens the body, which becomes more susceptible to injury.

  Alex Ferguson

  Football, Real, Player

  "Smoking Barthez ignores Ferguson" by David Barnes, www.theguardian.com. February 24, 2001.

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• We've long felt that the only value of stock forecasters is to make fortune tellers look good. Even now, Charlie and I continue to believe that short-term market forecasts are poison and should be kept locked up in a safe place, away from children and also from grown-ups who behave in the market like children.

  Warren Buffett

  Children, Believe, Long

  Warren Buffett (2009). “Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha”, p.165, John Wiley & Sons

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• There is a fear of peace that I don't understand. Witness the old epithet "peaceniks," the association of peace with weakness. We mistake kindness for weakness in individuals, too. Gandhi found the essence of Christianity to be gentleness, the exaltation of means over ends. Using violence, against us or them, to achieve peace is like beating children to get them to be good. It only works in the short term. Believe in peace, think peace, live peace. Be a building-block of peace. Make it the center of your strength.

  Jennifer James

  Peace, Kindness, Children

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• Short term, the most important thing is to put people back to work ... If they're working, that means they're paying taxes, that means that they're buying goods and services - and the economy, instead of being on a downward spiral, starts back up on an upward spiral.

  Barack Obama

  Mean, People, Important

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• Football is a very short-term proposition. Football really prepares you for nothing. The only thing I got out of football was the ability to work hard, and that's it.

  Gale Sayers

  Football, Hard Work, Ability

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• Long-term consistency trumps short-term intensity.

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Motivation

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• CONFIDENCE BOOSTER: Take pride in the things that make you stand out. Realize that you're better served by being authentic to yourself than by seeking out short-term praise from someone else.

  Robin Meade

  Being Yourself, Pride, Realizing

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• 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 business until I was a millionaire or more. This was radically different from my previous efforts, where, because I always thought short-term, I would constantly get side-tracked by either good opportunities or when things got tough.

  T. Harv Eker

  Business, Opportunity, Winning

  T. Harv Eker (2009). “Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth”, p.5, Harper Collins

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• So is civil society prepared for the future? Probably not. Most organisations have to live hand to mouth, juggling short-term funding and perpetual minor crises. Even the bigger ones rarely get much time to stand back and look at the bigger picture. Many are on a treadmill chasing after contracts and new funding.

  Geoff Mulgan

  Hands, Looks, Mouths

  "Civil engineering" by Geoff Mulgan, www.theguardian.com. October 24, 2007.

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• If we don't like rent control, we ought to oppose it on political and social grounds - and not just by arguing that, thanks to smartphones and social networks, we can create new, more efficient markets for matching short-term renters with tenants.

  Evgeny Morozov

  Smartphones, Political, Matching

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• The markets are much more interested in America's long-term trajectory than they are in feeling that there is an acute short-term crisis.

  Fareed Zakaria

  America, Long, Feelings

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• But certainly in the short term, or even the long term, I would not support repeal of Roe v. Wade, which would then force X number of women in America to [undergo] illegal and dangerous operations.

  John McCain

  Numbers, America, Long

  "McCain Softens Abortion Stand". www.washingtonpost.com. August 24, 1999.

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• Cutting carbs, fats, or calories (dieting) is like trying to hold your breath.  The longer you do it, the more your body resists it until you finally gasp for air – taking in more than ever to overcome the short-term deficit you induced.

  Matt Stone

  Cutting, Air, Trying

  Matt Stone (2014). “Diet Recovery: Restoring Hormonal Health, Metabolism, Mood and Your Relationship with Food”, p.19, Matt Stone

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• We must remember, elections are short-term efforts. Revolutions are long-term projects.

  Ron Paul

  Long, Effort, Revolution

  "Curbed enthusiasm" by James Antle, www.theguardian.com. March 10, 2008.

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• Dream big dreams, but never forget that realistic short-term goals are the keys to your success.

  Mac Anderson

  Dream, Keys, Goal

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• I think the biggest single thing that causes difficulty in the business world is the short-term view. We become obsessed with it. But it forces bad decisions.

  James Sinegal

  Business, Thinking, Views

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• Unlike the weak, the strong neither give up nor are driven by pain into rash or stupid behavior. They don't like pain any more than anyone else, but they are not willing to settle for short-term relief if it means reducing their options later. They don't rob Peter to pay Paul, they face reality now.

  William Glasser

  Strong, Pain, Giving Up

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• Americans care about their past, but for short term gain they ignore it and tear down everything that matters.

  Jackie Kennedy

  Past, Tears, Gains

  "Warmth In Architecture: Why Grand Central Station Loves Us And Penn Station Could Care Less" by Michael Davis, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 10, 2013.

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• There's nothing as short as short-term debt.

  Evan Esar

  Debt, Term

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• As we get older it is our short term memory that fades rather than our long term memory. Perhaps we have evolved like this so that we are able to tell the younger generation about the stories and experiences that have formed us which may be important to subsequent generations if they are to thrive.I worry though, about what might happen to our minds if most of the stories we hear are about greed, war, and atrocity

  Philippa Perry

  Memories, War, Worry

  Philippa Perry, The School of Life (2012). “How to Stay Sane”, p.75, Pan Macmillan

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• I still audition a lot and work really hard to get work. So I don't really walk around feeling like I've made it. My short term goals are really just to be creatively stimulated and to be excited about material I might be working on.

  Olivia Thirlby

  Goal, Feelings, Might

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

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• Our society does reward beauty on the outside over health on the inside. Women must not be blamed for choosing short-term beauty "fixes" that harm our long-term health, since our life spans are inverted under the beauty myth, and there is no great social or economic incentive for women to live a long time.

  Naomi Wolf

  Makeup, Long, Doe

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