Kenneth Arrow Quotes

When I buy something, I do so with the intention of keeping it forever.

People will buy products for quality, and they will buy products for bargains.

What Republicans have to get away from is just worrying about the next election and start thinking about what is good for the country down the road.

Governments, however, must think not only of the present, but of the rights of future generations.

The need to incorporate longer term time scales into our societal choices is very real—and right in the lap of our generation.

You have to build businesses for longer term.

I think in terms of 20-year horizons.

I never buy a house thinking that I'm going to sell it.

Often, sustainability is discussed only in the context of energy. Energy sustainability is essential - but the word has a much broader meaning. It means long-term thinking about how we manage our businesses, invest in social spending, and plan for the future. This requires vision and leadership, and it requires citizen engagement.

I think long-term, not short-term.

I will always choose quality over quantity.

Our government is concerned about the future. Everything we do today is not aimed at tomorrow but rather at a future that preserves the living conditions of Brazilians.

We buy too much stuff we just don't need. We're trying to look cute for next weekend when we ought to be thinking about the next decade.

Everybody wants to own quality, but quality takes time, and it takes money.

One must be aesthetically long-termist in selecting a man - it's like purchasing a farmhouse in the south of France. Sure, it's beautiful to look at, but will the roof stay on?

Short-termism is no good: plans must be carried through to the end.

When you don't spend or invest in the future, you can't always get away with it.

In order to have a decent chance to be a communicating species, you would have to learn to think and plan and act over time scales of a century or a millennium.

There are players who tend not to look at the money short-term: they have a bigger plan.

We need a collective moment where we commit ourselves to long-term solutions.

Let's stop bankrupting the country and start investing in our future.

An entrepreneur never thinks of quarter-on-quarter; he thinks for 25 years, 50 years.

I'm a pushover for cleaning items that come in packages of three or more.

If you don't feel comfortable owning something for 10 years, then don't own it for 10 minutes.

Conservation and rural-life policies are really two sides of the same policy; and down at the bottom this policy rests upon the fundamental law that neither man nor nation can prosper unless, in dealing with the present, thought is steadily given for the future.