Quotes with effective

  • Years of research in psychology has shown that rewards and punishments can be very effective in changing behavior. But, at the same time, they can create an addiction to rewards and punishments.
  • One horse-laugh is worth ten thousand syllogisms. It is not only more effective; it is also vastly more intelligent.
  • Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic currents passing through your being, is another.
  • Boldness will be at a disadvantage only in an encounter with deliberate caution, which may be considered bold in its own right, and is certainly just as powerful and effective; but such cases are rare.
  • The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective.
  • The methods that EPA introduced after 1970 to reduce air-pollutant emissions worked for a while, but over time have become progressively less effective.
  • Cartels have spread and will spread as long as the world lacks an effective mechanism by which balanced expansion may be achieved without a resulting disruption of prices.
  • We have finally started to notice that there is real curative value in local herbs and remedies. In fact, we are also becoming aware that there are little or no side effects to most natural remedies, and that they are often more effective than Western medicine.
  • Cutting taxes for very high income people an average of more than $100,000 a year for people that make more than a million dollars a year is not an effective way to get the economy going.
  • Watteau is no less an artist for having painted a fascia board while Sainsbury's is no less effective a business for producing advertisements which entertain and educate instead of condescending and exploiting.
+7

Quotes 1 till 20 of 113.

1 2 3 4 5 6 Next 
  • Aristotle Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
    - +
    +2
  • Stephen R. Covey Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.
    Stephen R. Covey
    American educator, author and businessman (1932 - 2012)
    - +
    +1
  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe For this reason the Bible is a book of eternal and effective power; because, as long as the world lasts, no one will say: I comprehend it in the whole and understand it in the particular. Rather we must modestly say it on the whole it is venerable, and in the particular practical.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
    - +
    +1
  • Henry David Thoreau I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism until you provoke him. Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
    - +
    +1
  • James Russell Lowell I have always been of the mind that in a democracy manners are the only effective weapons against the bowie-knife.
    James Russell Lowell
    American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat (1819 - 1891)
    - +
    +1
  • Stephen R. Covey The character ethic, which I believe to be the foundation of success, teaches that there are basic principles of effective living, and that people can only experience true success and enduring happiness as they learn and integrate these principles into their basic character.
    Stephen R. Covey
    American educator, author and businessman (1932 - 2012)
    - +
    +1
  • Jawaharlal Nehru Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
    Jawaharlal Nehru
    Indian nationalist and statesman (1889 - 1964)
    - +
     0
  • Alan Cohen Acts that proceed from your calm center are always more effective than acts that proceed from fear, guilt, or anger.
    Alan Cohen
    American businessman (1954 - )
    - +
     0
  • Ida P. Rolf An effective human being is a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts.
    Ida P. Rolf
     
    - +
     0
  • Elbert Hubbard Art is the beautiful way of doing things. Science is the effective way of doing things. Business is the economic way of doing things.
    Elbert Hubbard
    American writer and publisher (1856 - 1915)
    - +
     0
  • Bernie Sanders As a single-payer advocate, I believe that at the end of the day, if a state goes forward and passed an effective single-payer program, it will demonstrate that you can provide quality health care to every man, woman and child in a more cost-effective way.
    Bernie Sanders
    American politician (1941 - )
    - +
     0
  • Bernadette Devlin Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I've allowed the people to sacrifice me at the top and let go the more effective job I should be doing at the bottom.
    Bernadette Devlin
    Irish civil rights activist (1947 - )
    - +
     0
  • William S. Burroughs Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.
    William S. Burroughs
    American writer and artist (1914 - 1997)
    - +
     0
  • Carl von Clausewitz Boldness will be at a disadvantage only in an encounter with deliberate caution, which may be considered bold in its own right, and is certainly just as powerful and effective; but such cases are rare.
    On War (1832)
    Carl von Clausewitz
    Prussian general and military theorist (1780 - 1831)
    - +
     0
  • Ban Ki-moon Border strengthening is effective, but not if done in isolation. We also need to give priority to establishing public institutions that deliver a sustained level of security and justice for citizens. Border security can never come at the expense of migrants' rights. Nor can it be used to legitimize inhumane treatment.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
    - +
     0
  • Brad Feld By 2002, I realized that what was classically called a rollup strategy was not generally effective, at least not for me.
    Brad Feld
    American entrepreneur, and author
    - +
     0
  • Woody Allen Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime.
    Woody Allen
    American movie director and actor (1935 - )
    - +
     0
  • George Bernard Shaw Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
    - +
     0
  • Benjamin Graham Cartels have spread and will spread as long as the world lacks an effective mechanism by which balanced expansion may be achieved without a resulting disruption of prices.
    World Commodities and World Currencies Ch. II, The Issue of Cartels, p. 21
    Benjamin Graham
    British-born American economist, professor and investor (1894 - 1976)
    - +
     0
  • Austan Goolsbee Cutting taxes for very high income people an average of more than $100,000 a year for people that make more than a million dollars a year is not an effective way to get the economy going.
    Austan Goolsbee
    American economist (1969 - )
    - +
     0
1 2 3 4 5 6 Next 
All effective famous quotes and sayings you will always find on greatest-quotations.com

Popular subjects

Popular authors