“I feel like God has intrusted a lot into me and I don't want to sit on it and be selfish. I want to think long term on how we can help this next generation of Christian filmmakers to make a big impact for God.” ThinkingWantFeelsLongHelpingBigsChristianNextTermGenerationsImpactSelfishLong TermFilmmakerNext GenerationBeing SelfishBig Impact Author:Stephen Kendrick
“When you're in a relationship, the dynamic seems to change over time. I only had two long-term girlfriends, but with both of them, as time went on, the sex tapered off in terms of frequency. We had sex less and less often. And talking with friends or whatever, hearing other people's stories, that seems to be the case with a lot of romantic relationships.” PeopleLongTwoStoriesSeemsSexTermTalkingCasesHearingLong TermGirlfriendFrequencyRomantic RelationshipChanges Over Time Author:Chester Brown
“The government of Qatar, as I mentioned, has proposed to come and lease Kenya's Tana River delta in order to farm there. What I am not sure of is, has an environmental impact assessment been made to ensure that exploiting this delta for agricultural activities is the best way we can use the delta?We must be concerned about the long-term impact of agricultural activities in the delta.” WayLongMadeUseGovernmentOrderTermActivityConcernedRiversImpactEnvironmentalBest WayLong TermNot SureFarmsAssessmentKenyaLeaseDeltaQatarEnvironmental Impact Author:Wangari Maathai
“We've got to make sure that we rebuild the infrastructure in America, because we used to be - have the best bridges, the best roads, the best airports. And now, when you go to China or you go to Europe, you see that they are outstripping us in terms of infrastructure. And if we put people back to work, that would be good not only in the short term, but it would also lay the foundation, the framework for long-term economic and job growth.” PeopleIfsLongWould BeJobsAmericaUsedGrowthTermEconomicEuropeFoundationLaysChinaBe GoodUsed To BeBridgesLong TermAirportsInfrastructureFrameworkShort TermBack To WorkJob Growth Author:Barack Obama
“There are some cases that have come to my attention where there's been a head injury, or getting struck by lightning and surviving, with really no disability or residual. So there are cases that I'm aware of where there's been some incident which triggered the acquired savant ability, but is not associated with long term disability, so that can occur. But I think that's probably the exception rather than the rule in that I think many of the acquired savants do end up with some residual disability.” ThinkingLongEndsTermAbilityAttentionCasesLong TermInjuryExceptionDisabilityLightningSurvivingIncidentsResidualSavantsHead Injuries Author:Darold Treffert
“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
“The voice of God does not pander, offers no five-year plan, no long-term solution, nary an edict. It is small & fond & local. Don't look for your initials in the geese honking overhead or to see thru the glass even darkly. It says the most obvious crap - put down that gun, you need a sandwich.” NeedsYearsLooksLongDoeVoiceTermFivePlansOffersSolutionsGunGlassesObviousLocalsLong TermFive YearsCrapInitialsSandwichesGeeseOverheadVoice Of GodFive Year PlansHonking Author:Mary Karr
“In terms of optimism, I am optimistic. I do think that, in the long term, that America will right itself. I have to think so.” ThinkingLongAmericaTermOptimismOptimisticLong Term Author:Ben H. Winters
“People are interested in authentic long-term, socialist goals, which is not what is usually called socialism. They should be thinking through carefully how the projected society should work, but not in extensive detail because a lot of things just have to be learned by experiment and we don't know enough to plan societies in detail by any means. But, general guidelines could be worked out and many of the specific problems can be discussed. That should just be part of people's popular consciousness. That's how a transition to socialism could take place.” PeopleThinkingKnowsShouldMeanLongEnoughProblemGoalTermConsciousnessPlansDetailsExperimentsSocialismLong TermTransitionSocialistGuidelines Author:Noam Chomsky
“In a capitalist system, there's a principle that if you invest, especially in a long-term risky investment, if something comes out of it, you're supposed to get the profit. It doesn't happen in our system. The taxpayer paid for it and gets nothing - assumes all of the risk, gets zero. The money goes into the pockets of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, who are ripping off decades of work in the public sector.” IfsLongHappensJobsTermPrinciplesRiskPaidBillsAssumingInvestmentProfitDecadesLong TermPocketsGatesZeroCapitalistTaxpayersPublic Sector Author:Noam Chomsky
“Particularly when we are a country where leaders turn over every few years and - I mean, in Russia, Vladimir Putin has been in charge for 17 years and counting, right? That`s a disadvantage for us in terms of knowing the players, having a long-term plan, right?” YearsMeanLongHas BeensCountryTurnsTermLeaderKnowingPlayerPlansRussiaLong TermCountingPutinDisadvantages Author:Rachel Maddow
“In the end, you do need institutions to transmit the faith for the long haul. That's why I make the case that, in certain ways, American Protestants could stand to recover the denominationalism that they've left behind over the last 50 years. They are real values in having a confessional tradition that can sustain your faith over the long term.” WayNeedsYearsLongRealEndsLastsCertainValuesLeftTermBehindsCasesTraditionInstitutionsLong TermLeft BehindProtestantsTransmitHaulReal ValueLong Haul Author:Ross Douthat
“In the United States at present the 'culture wars' of the last thirty years have now produced a horrid stand-off which compels you all into a binary either/or with all kinds of spin-offs. This is deeply unhealthy. The trouble is that the way the system is set up in order to get in and try to change it you have to be (a) a millionaire, (b) someone who can work inside the system long-term, (c) someone prepared to make deals and compromises... Which does rule out the vast majority of committed Christians.” WayTryingYearsKindLongDoeWarStatesChristianLastsOrderCultureTermUnitedDealsUnited StatesTroubleMajorityPreparedCommittedAll KindsCompromiseLong TermThirtyMillionaireUnhealthyThirty YearsBinaryEither Or Author:N. T. Wright
“I often repeat three numbers: 20-23-26. Quebec generates only 20 per cent of Canada's wealth; it represents 23 per cent of the population, but it does 26 per cent of government spending in Canada. That's incompatible with good financial health over the long term.” LongDoeGovernmentThreeTermWealthNumbersFinancialPopulationSpendingLong TermRepeatsCanadaCentsGovernment SpendingQuebec Author:Philippe Couillard
“I would favor three policies: raising the minimum wage to $12, closing the tax loophole where persons only pay a 15% income tax on long term capital gains (tax it at the full tax rate), and institute a progressive tax moving the highest tax rate from 39.6% to 45%. I would favor implementing these three policies in that order, starting with raising the minimum wage, but not stopping there.” PersonsLongMovingOrderThreeTermPayPolicyTaxesHighestGainsRateStartingFavorsIncomeLong TermProgressiveMinimumStoppingClosingInstituteIncome TaxMinimum WageLoopholesImplementingCapital GainsCapital Gains TaxProgressive Tax Author:Philip Kotler
“Professional accountants should use that influence to encourage the companies they serve to think long term and integrate sustainable development goals into their accounting, such as by including a natural capital account, which I have heard is gaining ground.” ThinkingShouldLongUseGoalTermNaturalCompanyHeardInfluenceDevelopmentAccountsIncludingLong TermAccountingIntegratingSustainable DevelopmentAccountants Author:Kofi Annan
“This was an age before e-books. We all knew that the only way you can allow a book to survive in print in the long term is in paperback. The hardback has a certain life, and then it stops having that. It stops selling, and if you want the book to just stay around there has to be a paperback edition. So if there were not a paperback edition the book would eventually disappear from the shelves, and we would have lost the battle.” IfsWayWantLongBookAgeCertainLostTermBattleDisappearSellingLong TermPrintShelves Author:Salman Rushdie
“Journalists are among a select group, along with warriors and executioners who are authorized to do harm. As James Fallows says, a lot of journalists think that isn't so, and that everything will wash out ultimately. But I don't think they are aware of the long-term damage.” ThinkingLongTermGroupsHarmWarriorJournalistLong TermDamageSelectExecutioners Author:Jean Houston
“Men in long-term relationships, we all know how they lose their mojo, they just completely fall apart. They feel like they're not even a man anymore, and they get kind of feminized and weird and they have this longing for this animal, brutal part of themselves to come back. Love does something to men.” KnowsMenFeelsKindLongDoeFallTermLosesAnimalKnow HowLongingLong TermBrutalFalling ApartLong Term RelationshipMojoBack Love Author:Anna Biller
“Heterosexual women who've had long-term relationships see their man fall apart. They go, "I'm giving him my whole life - I'm giving him my love, I'm cooking for him, he's got this great sex, he's got everything. Why is he so miserable all of a sudden? Why does he want to get away with his buddies and look at other girls? What is his problem?" It seems like something that happens to men, they feel like their manliness has been chipped away and destroyed by being with just one woman. They feel resentful and they're passive-aggressive.” MenWantGivingFeelsLooksLongDoeHas BeensWholeProblemSeemsHappensFallGirlSexTermCookingWhole LifeDestroyedMiserableLong TermJust OneGet AwayAggressivePassiveFalling ApartBuddyLike SomethingOne WomanOther GirlManlinessResentfulLong Term RelationshipPassive AggressiveGreat Sex Author:Anna Biller
“Every time I would arrive in China I would go through a few days of depression from being reminded of both short-term and long-term ruin; the ruining of the city that is happening in the short-term, and the ruining of culture and history that has happened over decades. When you see a building that says so much about the culture that built it being destroyed, there are a lot of emotions. You feel a lot of anger when you see a building being destroyed and realize that it's just a small part of what's going on in the entire country.” FeelsLongCountryCultureTermRealizingEmotionCitiesHappenedBuildingHappeningsBuiltChinaDecadesDestroyedRuinsLong TermShort TermSmall Parts Author:Sze Tsung Leong
“Like I tell people they wind up having short term pleasure and long term pain. I'm a tell what Minister Louis Farrakhan said, "Black people ain't poor, they just don't spend wisely" and that's the truth.” PeopleLongSaidPainBlackTermPleasurePoorWindMinistersLong TermBlack PeopleShort Term Author:Mr. T
“We do have to take the long-term view. And long term, the question to ask ourselves is whether America should attack others pre-emptively, whether she should embroil herself in wars far away from our soil, and try to bring democracy by force to the rest of the world.” WorldTryingLongWarTermDemocracyLong TermFar Away Author:John F. Kerry
“Let's all recognize that, in a world full of disgusting dictators, Bashar Assad maybe ranks at the top. This is a guy, in order to hang on to power, has allowed 400,000 people in his own country to be killed and millions to be displaced. Our goal, long term, has got to work with countries around the world. We cannot do it unilaterally. We've got to work with countries around the world for a political solution to get rid of this guy and to finally bring peace and stability to this country, which has been so decimated.” PeopleWorldLongCountryPoliticalGuyGoalTermSolutionsLong TermStabilityDisgustingDictator Author:Jake Tapper
“In the short term, it absolutely feels devastating to break a bond of friendship. In the long term, it is the best possible thing. You're actually doing something noble and good if you do it in the right way. You can leave them with, "I wish you the best, but I have to take care of myself." Or you don't have to wish them the best. It's okay if you don't. Maybe they don't deserve the best. That's not up to you to decide. You not wishing someone the best is not going to make anyone's life not the best.” LongCareWishTermBreakDeserveOkayTake CareLong TermShort Term Author:Sara Benincasa
“We Germans are particularly aware that you can only be successful on the global market over the long term if you offer energy-efficient products that are, by nature, climate-friendly.” LongTermSuccessfulLong TermBeing Successful Author:Martin Schulz
“In all of my speeches I talk about why a strong Europe is necessary in order for Germany to be strong over the long term. I think that I have sufficiently shown over the past years that I have a clear notion of how we can make Europe stronger, more democratic and more inclusive. There is really no competition there with Sigmar Gabriel.” ThinkingLongPastStrongTermStrongerCompetitionDemocraticLong TermOver The Past Author:Martin Schulz
“We're getting companies to invest in Canada, to expand their workforces, to do more R&D. I think people are looking at Canada and realizing we're a place that is building for the long term and where the world's going to be.” PeopleThinkingLongTermRealizingBuildingLong Term Author:Justin Trudeau
“Angela Merkel has been focused on the right things. She has focused on the interests of her citizens - and not just in a narrow, short-term way, but in a very thoughtful - Let's make the world a better place for future generations as well - kind of way. Whether it's about climate or migration, she's not afraid to look at the longer-term trendlines and say, OK, we need position ourselves here, even if it doesn't seem obvious - this is the direction we need to go in. People respect that in Merkel, that a politician has a vision for the long term.” PeopleWorldKindLongTermInterestVisionPoliticianObviousFocusedLong TermRight ThingThoughtfulNot AfraidFuture Generation Author:Justin Trudeau
“In order to make the tough decisions we have to know what our values are and who we're fighting for and our priorities and if we are spending $300 billion on tax cuts for people who don't need them and weren't even asking for them, and we are leaving out health care which is crushing on people all across the country, then I think we have made a bad decision and I want to make sure we're not shortchanging our long term priorities.” PeopleThinkingLongCountryCareValuesFightingTermDecisionCuttingTaxesToughLeavingPrioritiesHealth CareLong TermCrushBad DecisionTough Decisions Author:Barack Obama
“America can't provide health care to people who need it. We can't invest in science and technology, which will determine whether or not we are going to be competitive in the long term. There has never been a country on Earth that saw its economy decline and yet maintained its military superiority.” PeopleLongCountryCareEarthTermTechnologyEconomyMilitaryDetermineHealth CareLong TermSuperiorityScience And Technology Author:Barack Obama
“Sadly, too many corporate leaders still believe that the way to boost productivity and profits is to continually reduce salaries, benefits, and training expenditures, a strategy that can be taken only so far. At a certain point in a developed society, salaries and benefits can't be slashed further and, in the long term, comparative economic advantage then must be realized through the effective mobilization of an educated, engaged, and loyal workforce.” BelieveLongTermLeaderTakenEconomicTrainingStrategyProductivityEducatedLong TermLoyal Author:James O'Toole
“The most important thing that a company can do in the midst of this economic turmoil is to not lose sight of the long-term perspective. Don't confuse the short-term crises with the long-term trends. Amidst all of these short-term change are some fundamental structural transformations happening in the economy, and the best way to stay in business is to not allow the short-term distractions to cause you to ignore what is happening in the long term.” LongImportantTermEconomyEconomicPerspectiveTransformationCrisisLong TermDistraction Author:Paul Saffo
“I have gotten the sense that developments when it comes to human rights are very alarming. In the long term, it needs to be in our interest to have a Turkey in which human rights are respected. Anything else would mean destabilization right on our border. If we look away, the developments in Turkey will constantly get worse.” MeanLongTermInterestHuman RightsLong Term Author:Sebastian Kurz
“Trump is an innovator who has shown how out of step the political establishment was. Which I think, probably, in the long term will be healthy. We have to figure out how to reinvigorate our political institutions and he's demonstrating to us the urgency of that task.” ThinkingLongPoliticalTermHealthyLong TermUrgency Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“The whole music industry has completely and totally changed from how it was. It's very, very different. When we started, there were loads of record company people throwing money at musicians, and that did give people a long term career.” PeopleGivingLongDifferentTermChangedMusicianLong TermMusic Industry Author:Susan Ann Sulley
“Developing wisdom in community is to constantly learn and relearn that expedience in the short term - whether for efficiency or profitability - can lead to disasters in the long term in financial, ecological, political, social, and spiritual spheres.” LongSpiritualPoliticalTermCommunityFinancialDisasterLong TermEfficiencyShort TermEcological Author:Alan Briskin
“Governor is the only office I've ever run for, and I did so in the first place because I felt that there was a contribution I could make right now in governing for the long term and by leading by values. I ran for a second term to finish the work we started. I'll finish this out and return to the private sector, which I enjoy and miss in some ways.” LongRunningValuesEnjoyTermMissingOfficeRanLong Term Author:Deval Patrick
“I would love to see more African-American females engaged in all aspects of sports. All of the research tells us that participation in sports has a very positive impact in both the short and long term. Girls who participate in sports have a higher self-esteem and are more likely to graduate from college, and 80 percent of female executives played team sports growing up.” LongGirlSportsTermGrowing UpTeamCollegeFemaleLong TermGraduatesParticipationVery PositivePositive Impact Author:Laurel J. Richie
“We need a federal government commission to study the way our financial services system is working - I believe it is working badly - and we also need more educated investors. There are good long term low-priced mutual funds - my favorite is a total stock market index fund - and bad short term highly priced mutual funds. If investors would get themselves educated, and invest in the former - taking their money out of the latter - we would see some automatic improvements in the system, and see them fairly quickly.” BelieveLongI BelieveTermStudyFinancialMy FavoriteImprovementEducatedLong TermFundMutualInvestorsShort TermMutual FundGood Long Author:John C. Bogle
“Sure there are some companies at the margins of our society that probably do that and I think we all have the responsibility as consumers and as investors to avoid them like the plague. If we do, they won't last very long. Doing what's right is the only possible formula for long-term - I emphasize long term - business success.” ThinkingLongTermResponsibilityLong TermInvestorsPlague Author:John C. Bogle
“When schools truly become centers of the community, where you have extraordinary teachers, the best teachers, the best principals, great nonprofit partners coming in during the non-school hours to support and do enrichment activities, social services, then those students will beat the odds, will beat poverty, will beat violence in the community, will beat sometimes dysfunctional families, and be productive citizens long term. They will go to college.” LongSometimesSchoolTermCommunityHoursPovertySupportTeacherViolenceStudentsCollegeExtraordinaryLong TermProductiveBest TeacherDysfunctional FamilySocial ServiceEnrichment Author:Arne Duncan
“Vladimir Putin doesn't really gain anything economically from annexation of Crimea. It's more a gain of power. It's a gain of what he can say to his home population about what he's accomplished as president. And so it's really much more an individual gain for Putin politically than for Russia as a state, because over the long term, Russia is not going to particularly benefit from this.” LongHomeIndividualPresidentTermLong TermAccomplished Author:Kimberly Zisk Marten
“There is a clear and strong link between the economy's present woes and the Iraq war. The war was at least one of the factors contributing to rising oil prices - which meant Americans were spending money on imported oil, rather than on things that would stimulate the american economy. Hiring Nepalese contractors in Iraq, moreover, doesn't stimulate the American economy in the way that building a school in America would do - and obviously doesn't have the long term benefits.” LongWarSchoolStrongTermEconomyBuildingLong TermHiringIraq WarSpending MoneyContractor Author:Joseph Stiglitz
“The challenge in Iraq is to provide a security plan such that a political process can go forward. I'm sure you all are tired of hearing me say 12 million Iraqi voted. But it's an indication about the desire for people to live in a free society. That's what that means. The only way to defeat Al Qaida ideology in the long term is to defeat it through another ideology, a competing ideology, one that - where government responds to the will of the people.” PeopleMeanLongPoliticalDesireTermChallengesSecurityTiredDefeatIdeologyLong TermCompeting Author:George W. Bush
“We've got to have all those tools. The Patriot Act tearing down those walls between intel and law enforcement are a necessary part of protecting the country. But, in the long term, the only way to defeat this terrorist bunch is through the spread of liberty and freedom. And that's a big challenge. I understand it's a challenge. It requires commitment and patience and persistence.” LongCountryTermChallengesLibertyWallCommitmentDefeatSpreadTerroristPersistenceLong TermPatriotLaw EnforcementPatriot Act Author:George W. Bush
“If Afghan soldiers continue to kill American soldiers as is happening these days, it can hardly be assumed that they will stay in Afghanistan in the long term. And what role are they to play? There will not be enough soldiers to ensure the security of the country. But will the US still be permitted to kill terrorists in Afghanistan and Pakistan with un-manned drones? That could worsen the situation in the neighboring states and they could view Afghanistan as a threat.” LongCountryEnoughTermSituationSecurityThreatSoldierTerroristLong TermAfghanistanAmerican Soldier Author:Ahmed Rashid
“We want everything in a hurry because our primary aim must be survival in the short term. Long term thinking has seemed like a luxury in human history because lives were shorter, but with our increased longevity we have to figure out what to DO with all our time, and to pace ourselves to achieve things that we want. Hobbes might have been right when he originally wrote that life is 'nasty, poor, brutish and short', but today we are AWASH with time.” ThinkingLongTodayTermPoorAchieveSurvivalAimLong TermLongevityShort TermHobbes Author:Tom Butler-Bowdon
“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.” LongFactsPoliticalProcessTermPlansSymbolsLong TermDeficitReductionShorthand Author:Joe Klein
“What you aren't ready for being the first time in space - on an emotional and intellectual level - is how looking down at Earth will profoundly affect you. Over the long term, it has changed the way I think about planet Earth. When you go around the planet and look down, you think about the fact that this is the cradle of humanity, that this is a place where seven billion people, 200 countries, live side by side, that we share this place and there's nowhere else to go.” PeopleThinkingLongCountryEarthHumanityTermShareChangedEmotionalIntellectualFirst TimeSevenLong TermPlanet Earth Author:Marc Garneau