“In the short term, natural selection favors self-propagating systems that pursue their own short-term advantage with little or no regard for long-term consequences.”

“High pressure salesmen focus on the short term incentives to outweigh the long term cons”

“Widespread intellectual and moral docility may be convenient for leaders in the short term, but it is suicidal for nations in the long term.”

“Focusing on a short-term strategy makes you invisible. Focusing on a long-term strategy is a winning formula.”

“Don’t take an eye on the short term but think long.”

“The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term, is the indispensable prerequisite for success.”

“We tend to overestimate what we can do in the short term and underestimate what we can do in the long term.”

“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?”

“Like resilience, self-organizazion is often sacrificed for purposes of short-term productivity and stability.”

“All policies should be packaged with full awareness of the limitation of human nature (amorality, emotionality and egoism) in both the short- and the long-term.”