Top 1200 Comparative Advantage Quotes & Sayings - Page 19

When you are writing a memoir, you have the advantage of knowing how it all ends. It's just taking your life apart and putting it together again.

We need improvement in the style of performance. There is no more advantage in a musician who plays and conducts than in one who is only a beater of rhythm.

No matter who you are, if you have a $30 operating loss, you can carry it forward to the next year. And poor people do take advantage of that, also.

Strolling on, it seems to me that the strangeness and wonder of existence are emphasized here, in the desert, by the comparative sparsity of the flora and fauna: life not crowded upon life as in other places but scattered abroad in spareness and simplicity, with a generous gift of space for each herb and bush and tree, each stem of grass, so that the living organism stands out bold and brave and vivid against the lifeless sand and barren rock. The extreme clarity of the desert light is equaled by the extreme individuation of desert life-forms. Love flowers best in openness and freedom.

It is base to take advantage of our rank or greatness by making fun of those placed beneath us in life.

With Ronaldo, I think I've identified a few patterns; there are certain striking things. I will try to utilise this knowledge to my advantage.

An imbalanced association is when one or both parties become abusive and takes unfair advantage, tries to block another's enlightenment or success.

Only he who can view his own past as an abortion sprung from compulsion and need can use it to full advantage in the present.

When you get to the big games you never know when you are going to be back so you've got to try as best as you can to take advantage of those opportunities.

The labours of men of genius, however erroneously directed, scarcely ever fail in ultimately turning to the solid advantage of mankind.

The simplest strategy for bouts of noxious flatus is to not care. Or perhaps to take advantage of a gastroenterologist I know: get a dog. (To blame.)

Being young is a great advantage, since we see the world from a new perspective and we are not afraid to make radical changes.

The team that's on defense first (in overtime) has the advantage because they know whether they need a touchdown a field goal or just a score.

As thou directest the power, harm or advantage will follow, and the torrent that swept the valley may be led to turn a mill.

Acting serves as the quintessential social lubricant and a device for protecting our interests and gaining advantage in every aspect of life.

One colossal advantage of being in extra innings is that you can tell it like it is, say what you think, and largely eschew political caution.

Everything has been said yet few have taken advantage of it. Since all our knowledge is essentially banal, it can only be of value to minds that are not.

Romney still enjoys the Republicans' traditional advantage among voters who are veterans, but the Obama campaign is confident it can chip away at that.

The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are.

Be known for pleasing others, especially if you govern them. Ruling other has one advantage: you can do more good than anyone else.

Texas hold 'em is all about folding and waiting for that time that comes up every hour or two where you actually have an advantage and you can press it.

It's hard to put your heart into things when you feel you're being pulled in so many different directions and people are taking advantage of you.

These political consultants love business guys who've never been in politics to try and take advantage of them. I get that.

In a way, it has been an advantage for me to be a woman because there is always some academic committee that needs you to fill a quota!

Use the word 'cybernetics', Norbert, because nobody knows what it means. This will always put you at an advantage in arguments.

Democracy sometimes appears paralyzed by those who take advantage of its freedoms in order to abuse them for undemocratic ends.

I mean, movies are all geared to be basically under 25, and they're all tentpoles, explosions, excitement and all that - they take advantage of the big screen, which is great.

A primary goal of teaching anything is the advantage that learning gives to people over their competitors who haven't been as well taught.

It is of great advantage that man should know his station, and not imagine that the whole universe exists only for him.

Most of the advice I have received revolves around taking advantage of all the Performance Center has to offer and always giving my best, so I have no regrets.

I refuse to put the unnecessary strain of learning English upon my sisters for the sake of false pride or questionable social advantage.

I've had every advantage in the world, despite the 18 years of silence which were nobody's fault but mine.

It's hard to generalize, because they're all different. When I started, I decided to take as much advantage as I could of the freedom offered by the SF field.

Management innovation is going to be the most enduring source of competitive advantage. There will be lots of rewards for firms in the vanguard.

A big secular thing going on is technology and deflation. This is where I think millennials are getting that it is an improvement in life, and they're taking advantage of it.

There is little advantage in pleasing ourselves when we please no one else, for our great self-love is often chastised by the scorn of others.

Obviously any time you play home in front of your own fans, you definitely get a distinct advantage that way.

That's why I think that I have a big advantage, because I work on my striking a ton, but I don't forget about my wrestling, what brought me to the dance.

Another advantage millennials have over us Gen-Xers are the dads. They're engaged, involved and not afraid to strap on a Baby Bjorn.

An instructor should exemplify the things he seeks to teach. It will be of great advantage if you yourself can do all you ask of your students and more.

Everything has been said yet few have taken advantage of it. Since all our knowledge is essentially banal, it can only be of value to minds that are not.

I have a blend of klotho gene variants that have been linked with a lower risk for coronary artery disease and stroke and an advantage in longevity.

That the way to achieve higher standards of living for all is through science and technology, taking advantage of better tools, methods and organization.

Let the sexes mutually forgive each other their follies; or, what is much better, let them combine their talents for their general advantage.

Everywhere do I percieve a certain conspiracy of rich men seeking their own advantage underthat name and pretext of commonwealth.

Being a substitute can be an advantage. I know this situation from the national team. And I am also good as a player coming from the bench.

Being a mentor and a leader, I've always urged guys, if you're ever allowed to be a free agent, to take advantage of that opportunity.

Sunseeker is well placed to take full advantage of opportunities in China, one of the world's fastest growing luxury yacht markets.

On certain plays and situations I feel like I have the advantage. But sometimes I just have to not think about the size of the guy in front of me.

Let us take advantage of the opportunities presented by climate action and lay the foundations for a more prosperous and secure future for all

Strange as it may seem, there is nothing in which a young and beautiful female appears to more advantage than in the art of smoking.

Most successful entrepreneurs share their knowledge as a way of giving back. They do not demand compensation. Those who do are usually trying to take advantage of you.

In my youth and comparative inexperience I had always regarded the yearning and pangs of love as the worst torture that could afflict the human heart. At this moment, however, I began to realize that there was another and perhaps grimmer torture than that of longing and desiring: that of being loved against one's will and of being unable to defend oneself against the urgency of another's passion; of seeing another human being seared by the flame of her desire and of having to look impotently, lacking the power, the capacity, the strength to pluck her from the flames.

It's too bad, but the way American people are, now that they have all this capability, instead of taking advantage of it, they'll probably just piss it all away.

It was great working with Dhanush. Since we are married, it worked to my advantage because we were in sync and understood what we wanted from each other.

I always say to women, 'Take advantage of the fact that you're in the minority, don't see it as a disadvantage. You're that much more unique when there's fewer of you.

A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover - but will sooner or later find a tyrant.

Top-down authority structures turn employees into bootlickers, breed pointless struggles for political advantage, and discourage dissent.

The greatest advantage of being First Lady is the opportunity it presents to truly make a difference on issues of great importance.

Charming villains have always had a decided social advantage over well-meaning people who chew with their mouths open.