Short Term Quotes

• We have to choose between a global market driven only by calculations of short-term profit, and one which has a human face.

  Kofi Annan

  Economic Globalization, Faces, Driven

  Kofi A. Annan (2015). “We the Peoples: A UN for the Twenty-First Century”, p.68, Routledge

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• I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon.

  Tom Stoppard

  Inspirational, Believe, Writing

  Tom Stoppard, Paul Delaney (1994). “Tom Stoppard in Conversation”, p.196, University of Michigan Press

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• 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 to heat up the situation, whereas a true sense of respect gradually cools down what otherwise could become explosive. We must recognize the frequent contradictions between short-term benefit and long-term harm.

  Dalai Lama

  Respect, Attitude, Long

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.172, Penguin Books India

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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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• It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.

  Dalai Lama

  Being Yourself, Attitude, Heart

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (2013). “Kindness, Clarity, and Insight”, p.159, Shambhala Publications

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• I mean, if the relationship can't survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term?

  Nicholas Sparks

  Relationship, Mean, Long

  "The Last Song". Book by Nicholas Sparks, September 1, 2009.

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• If we can find short-term incentives that are consistent with our long-term objectives, it is much easier to make the right decisions in the moment.

  Tom Rath

  Long, Decision, Incentives

  Tom Rath, James K. Harter, Jim Harter (2010). “Wellbeing: The Five Essential Elements”, p.9, Simon and Schuster

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• Some argue we should get coal, oil and gas out of the ground as quickly as possible, build more pipelines and make as much money as we can selling it here and abroad. Their priorities are the economy and meeting short-term energy needs so we can live the lives to which we've become accustomed.

  David Suzuki

  Oil, Priorities, Energy

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• The failure to work out sensible budgets makes it impossible for government agencies to make long-term plans, and instead leaves them scrambling to spend money in the short term.

  Matt Taibbi

  Agency, Government, Long

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• When I hear people debate the ROI of social media? It makes me remember why so many business fail. Most businesses are not playing the marathon. They're playing the sprint. They're not worried about lifetime value and retention. They're worried about short-term goals.

  Gary Vaynerchuk

  Media, People, Goal

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• Social media requires that business leaders start thinking like small-town shop owners. This means taking the long view and avoiding short-term benchmarks to gauge progress. It means allowing the personality, heart and soul of the people who run all levels of the business to show.

  Gary Vaynerchuk

  Running, Heart, Mean

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• There's a need for accepting responsibility - for a person's life and making choices that are not just ones for immediate short-term comfort. You need to make an investment, and the investment is in health and education.

  Buzz Aldrin

  Responsibility, Choices, Comfort

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

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• Management is all about managing in the short term, while developing the plans for the long term.

  Jack Welch

  Inspirational, Leadership, Long

  Interview with Larry Kudlow, www.nationalreview.com. March 17, 2009.

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• Any jerk can have short-term earnings. You squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, and the company sinks five years later.

  Jack Welch

  Inspirational, Years, Earning

  Interview with Larry Kudlow, www.nationalreview.com. March 17, 2009.

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• This bill is the legislative equivalent of crack. It yields a short-term high but does long-term damage to the system and it's expensive to boot.

  Barney Frank

  Yield, Long, Doe

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• We, performers, work on willpower. This willpower works in a short term, not durational.

  Marina Abramovic

  Willpower, Term

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• There are three side effects of acid: enhanced long-term memory, decreased short-term memory, and I forget the third.

  Timothy Leary

  Inspiring, Memories, Long

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• As the CEO, I have to take care of the short term, mid term and the long term.

  Carlos Ghosn

  Long, Care, Ceo

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• 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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• When people flirt with despair about the future, they are less likely to take the actions necessary to safeguard it, focusing instead on the short-term.

  Al Gore

  Flirting, People, Despair

  "Al Gore, ‘Inconvenient Truth’ Author And Global-Warming Expert, Talks About Change". Interview with Leigh Haber, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 29, 2013.

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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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• Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable.

  Barbara Jordan

  Country, Guiding Principles, Ideas

  1976 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 12 July 1976, New York, NY

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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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• The government's War on Poverty has transformed poverty from a short-term misfortune into a career choice.

  Harry Browne

  War, Government, Careers

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