Top 137 Payoff Quotes & Sayings

Directing is a huge amount of work with very little payoff, and a quarter of the money, and nine times more time spent.

Decide to be happy, knowing it's an attitude, a habit gained from daily practice, and not a result or payoff.

The results are the payoff. And all this sweating and hard work will be worth it.

The mountain climbing, I just want to be able to have a real cardio-intense event, and the payoff is you get the top.

People aren't honest about the horrors of fame. The downsides are so overwhelming that, for me, there is no payoff.

My fear is you have to be careful as a writer to not get caught up in social media and blogging, because it can start to feed into your writing time. When you are writing a book, it's such a long journey where the payoff is way at the end, sometimes years away. The payoff of the blog post is today. You get the reinforcement, comments or "likes" immediately. It's appealing. You have to be patient with the book.

I felt guilty about what happened on 'Twin Peaks.' All of a sudden, to have that kind of payoff for doing so little seemed very strange.

A game is defined by the players' strategy domains and payoff functions.

If you go about life the right way and you're good to other people that will show and will payoff in the long run.

It's hard for bands to stick it out because people grow up, and it never really pays off. If you're looking for some sort of payoff, it's not gonna happen

There are so many shows that go on endlessly until they lose their original spark, or mysteries that are cancelled before they ever get a chance to payoff.

You've got to kick fear to the side, because the payoff is huge.

It's all a matter of paying attention, being awake in the present moment, and not expecting a huge payoff. The magic in this world seems to work in whispers and small kindnesses.

There’s only one subject for fiction or poetry or even a joke: how it is. In all the arts, the payoff is always the same: recognition. If it works, you say that’s real, that’s truth, that’s life, that’s the way things are. ‘There it is.’

You learn after you've been in the business for a while that it's not getting your face recognized that's the payoff. It's having your film remembered.

Playing someone difficult is tough and can be discouraging, but if you beat them the payoff is huge!

The most immediately gratifying thing about my work is conducting a large orchestra. But the long range payoff is composing because you've written something and it's there forever.

I've learned over the years that when it comes to success, consistency is key. Consistent hard work that we may not like doing today, but for a payoff we'll love tomorrow. Earn it. Enjoy it.

Someone putting down $25 of his or her hard-earned money to buy my product, then doing it again because they felt the payoff was worth it. That's as good as it gets for an author.

The payoff of a human venture is, in general, inversely proportional to what it is expected to be.

Where would heist movies be without the Big Score - that payoff so irresistible it can lure the most jaded desperado out of hiding?

When we can see an immediate payoff, we are more likely to change our behavior in the moment. This aligns our daily actions with our long-term interests.

It is the love that we give and the service we render that really is the great payoff.

Killing is the payoff of war.

There is something inherently foolish in soldiering on when there is no hope of payoff.

I'm very motivated by the occasional creative payoff that comes when something goes really well, be it a song, a recording or performance. The payoff is enormous - when you get it. Most of the time, though, I'm filled with self-loathing and general frustration at the limitations I have as a musician.

The best practical advice then is: try to maximize your expected payoff, which is the sum of all payoffs multiplied by probabilities.

If the audience knows you can be funny when you want to be, they will be willing to wait for that payoff.

Achievers don't submit to instant gratification; they INVEST in the LONG-TERM payoff

From an acting standpoint, you've got to continue to trust your gut because, ultimately, only that will result in a better product, making the audience more happy and resulting in the right payoff.

Making a video is one of the most exciting things for artists and fans. It's like a payoff.

The cost of praising someone is nil - but every psychological study shows the payoff is huge.

Sometimes I'm dealing with so much business, and my mind will be so stressed, that I'll go a week without writing... But the benefit of doing everything yourself is that you get a major payoff.

here's a payoff for everyone. The reason we hang on to self-defeating behaviors is because it's easier not to take responsibility.

I find that when people laugh really hard, it's usually because they're connecting and identifying in a way that they hadn't considered. That's my payoff.

Creativity isn't far away, or outside of you. It's an inner movement, a heart-shift, a joy making its way out of your throat or hands or feet. So go for it. No one's watching. The payoff is magnificent.

The payoff of a customer-centric approach to software and digital product design is substantial and long-lasting for both companies and their customers.

Many debt collectors offer a lump sum option so ask. And if you get it, make sure it's in writing and you keep the payoff statement FOREVER.

I feel like every conversation with my father is like an M. Night Shyamalan movie; 90 minutes of build-up to no payoff.

People enter Web sites hoping to be led somewhere, hoping for a payoff.

With music, you're working with a producer, and you walk out of the studio six hours later with a track that's almost completely finished. There's an almost immediate payoff.

Leaving what feels secure behind and following the beckoning of our hearts doesn't always end as we expect or hope. We may even fail. But here's the payoff: it can also be amazing and wonderful and immensely satisfying.

Cooking at home has made my pantry work harder than ever, and I'm constantly turning to ingredients that I know will add maximum taste-bud payoff with minimal fuss.

The only place where you can really surprise or shock the reader, or make someone laugh, is on the lower righthand corner - the very last panel - so as you turn the page, the payoff is in the upper lefthand panel. To pace every story so that there's a setup and a payoff at the page turn was a huge challenge; it's a part of the medium and you really have to learn what can be done in the medium.

Bill Clinton became president, and he [Bill Clinton] kept cheating - and she kept destroying the women. She was supposed to be paid off in 2008. They gave her health care; she botched that. Hillarycare, it was called in 1993, '94, whatever. That was her first payoff. Co-presidency was the next payoff.

The only real payoff for leadership is eternal.

Among golfers the putter is usually known as the payoff club and how right that is! Putting is in fact a game in itself.

It's hard for bands to stick it out because people grow up, and it never really pays off. If you're looking for some sort of payoff, it's not gonna happen.

Resolve to pay any price or make any sacrifice to get into the top ten percent of your field. That payoff is incredible!

What payoff are you getting for remaining stuck at this point in your expansion?

Democrat women lead the way in showing other women how to be stepped on and diminished by men. That's what they do, for a payoff somewhere down the line.

The young are always coming up with the good ideas; it's because they waste time. They follow their passion and do something, not looking for a payoff, just doing what's interesting.

If you are really into waiting, try holding your breath for Jesus, 'cause I hear the payoff may be that much greater.

If a company's stock is undervalued - as many managers believe theirs is - a repurchase may offer the best payoff of all.

It's a wonderful opportunity to be part of a child's growing up, which is always an endless springtime. You see the blossoming and the growing and the nurturing and the payoff.

We're perfectly willing to trade away a big payoff for a certain payoff.

The more time you put into practicing, then, the greater the payoff.

Our reforms to criminal record disclosure will benefit ex-offenders, but there will a broader, more significant payoff for everyone in society.

If somebody else is making the rules for you, no matter how good the payoff is for you, you're being conned.

The real payoff is the writing itself, that a day when you have gotten your work done is a good day, that total dedication is the point.