“The greenhouse crisis is the bill coming due for the Industrial Revolution. It's not an accident. It's the logical outcome of our world view - the idea that we can control the forces of nature, that we can have short-term expedient gains without paying for them, that there are no limits to exploitation of the environment, that we can produce and consume faster than nature's ability to replenish.” WorldIdeasForceTermAbilityViewsEnvironmentProduceRevolutionLimitsGainsCrisisBillsDuesAccidentsFasterOutcomesGlobal WarmingLogicalOur WorldExploitationShort TermGreenhousesWorld ViewIndustrial RevolutionForces Of Nature Author:Jeremy Rifkin
“Any strategy that involves crossing a valley accepting short-term losses to reach a higher hill in the distance will soon be brought to a halt by the demands of a system that celebrates short-term gains and tolerates stagnation, but condemns anything else as failure. In short, a world where big stuff can never get done.” WorldDoneBigsStuffTermLossAcceptingHigherDemandGainsStrategyDistanceCelebrateHillsValleysTolerateShort TermCrossingsHaltStagnationBig Stuff Author:Neal Stephenson
“Americans care about their past, but for short term gain they ignore it and tear down everything that matters.” MatterCarePastTermTearsGainsShort Term Author:Jackie Kennedy
“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.” LongValuesTermDecisionSacrificePerspectiveGainsPursuitGenuineLong TermRoutineArtificialShort TermDominance Author:Al Gore
“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 will be compensated by long-term gain. A pledge to re-engage energetically with a democratic Ethiopia would act as a catalyst for reform.” MayLongPainTermResultsDemocracyEconomicConscienceGainsEuropeDemocraticCommittedPeacefulReformLong TermUrgesPrisonerTransitionShort TermPledgeSanctionsCatalystEthiopiaEconomic Sanctions Author:Eskinder Nega
“The elevation of appearance over substance, of celebrity over character, of short term gains over lasting achievement displays a poverty of ambition. It distracts you from what's truly important.” ImportantCharacterTermPovertyAchievementAmbitionGainsAppearanceSubstanceLastingDisplayShort TermElevation Author:Barack Obama
“Remember anything you want that's valuable requires you to break through short-term pain in order to gain long-term pleasure.” WantLongMotivationalPainRememberOrderTermPleasureBreakGainsValuableLong TermShort TermBreak Through Book:Awaken The Giant Within Source: Awaken The Giant Within
“When people think of the outcomes of their decisions, they think much more short term than that. They think in terms of gains and losses.” PeopleThinkingTermLossDecisionGainsOutcomesShort TermGains And Losses Author:Daniel Kahneman
“I do think whatever the short-term gain for [Donald]Trump might've been by skipping the Fox debate, it was also kind of - it could become a landmark moment. He has now showed the media that he doesn't need them and that he has the people behind him.” PeopleThinkingNeedsKindMomentsMightTermBehindsMediaTrumpGainsDebateFoxesShort TermLandmarks Author:Ryan Grim
“Management has failed miserably at creating increased value for shareholders. Indeed, despite some recent short-term gains, which actually only put us back where we were eight years ago, they have been devaluing our assets, turning a unique institution into just another entertainment company.” YearsHas BeensValuesTermCompanyCreatingUniqueGainsYears AgoManagementInstitutionsEntertainmentEightDespiteAssetsShort TermShareholders Author:Roy O. Disney
“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.” IdeasCountryPoliticalTermPrinciplesGainsIndigenousShort TermDiscardedGuiding Principles Author:Barbara Jordan
“If I were to be super critical, I would say Formula One is too tactical and not strategic enough. And that brings us back to the digital issue: you may have to invest in order to gain - sacrifice some short-term effects in order to make high returns in the future.” IfsMayEnoughOrderTermIssuesSacrificeEffectsReturnGainsCriticalDigitalFormulasShort TermStrategicTacticalFormula One Author:Martin Sorrell
“When you start with why, which decision you make becomes very easy. It is so hard to do when you may suffer a short term loss or you may lose out on some short term gain. But in the long run it's way more powerful and way more stable.” WayMayLongHardRunningSufferingEasyTermLosesLossDecisionPowerfulGainsStableLong RunsShort TermDecisions You Make Author:Simon Sinek
“Your short-term gains are the rest of the world's long-term disasters - for everybody, including yourselves. And, I'm sorry, I've been saying you and the United States or America, when I actually mean the US government. There's a difference. Big one.” WorldMeanLongStatesBigsGovernmentAmericaTermDifferencesUnitedUnited StatesGainsSorryIncludingDisasterLong TermI'm SorryShort Term Author:Arundhati Roy
“Leadership is, among other things, the ability to inflict pain and get away with it - short-term pain for long-term gain.” LongPainTermLeadershipAbilityGainsLong TermGet AwayShort Term Book:Statecraft As Soulcraft: What Government Does Source: Statecraft As Soulcraft: What Government Does
“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 gain for long-term pain.” HumansLongMadePainTermMistakeSolutionsGainsLong TermTradingShort TermCorpsesHuman SocietyRubble Book:Oryx And Crake Source: Oryx And Crake