Democracies are expense-averse and they think in terms of short-term, political interests rather than a long-term interest in stability.
Good decisions can have bad short-term outcomes but be great for the business long-term.
Leadership is, among other things, the ability to inflict pain and get away with it - short-term pain for long-term gain.
As the CEO, I have to take care of the short term, mid term and the long term.
Positive defaults align our short-term decisions with our long-term interests. And we don't always do that.
It is critical that kids start to learn the value of money, short-term and long-term saving and budgeting at an early age.
I don't accept as an article of faith that lots of short-term stimulus boosts the economy and gets us back on the long-term trajectory.
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.
The long-term strategic goals of Iran and the long-term strategic goals of Turkey are close to the long-term strategic goals of the United States.
There are three side effects of acid: enhanced long-term memory, decreased short-term memory, and I forget the third.
The real sin with Social Security is that it's a long-term rip-off and a short-term scam.
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.
We have to preserve it and use it sustainably. And the short-term use of resources at the destruction of the long-term heritage of this country is not a policy that we can pursue.
Self-discipline is often disguised as short-term pain, which often leads to long-term gains. The mistake many of us make is the need and want for short-term gains (immediate gratification), which often leads to long-term pain.
A rival may raise your game in the short-term. An Ally will raise your game for the long-term.
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.
There are too many African-Americans with too much money for us to have to go to anybody else for anything in terms of schools, in terms of scholarships, in terms of entrepreneurship, in terms of moving us along as a group to that place where we shou...
I have said many times that it's a mistake to bet against the long-term health of the U.S. equity markets because it's a mistake to bet against the long-term health of the U.S. economy.
No Western government has ever played the long-term in terms of foreign policy.
If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.
Money is a short-term result that incentivizes short-term decision making.
