Quotes About Objectives

Decisions with multiple objectives cannot be resolved by focusing on any one objective.

It so happens that I am in agreement with the objectives of the Supreme Court as stated in the Brown decision.

Most good decisions will involve these steps: Figure out your goal or goals. Evaluate the importance of each goal. Array the options. Evaluate how likely each of the options is to meet your goals. Pick the winning option. Later use the consequences of your choice to modify your goals, the importance you assign them, and the way you evaluate future possibilities.

I always put my fantasies in the realm of goals.

All too often, new hires have a different expectation of their job and responsibilities than the organization does. Any miscommunication during the recruiting process needs to be cleared up ASAP. Whenever possible, give new employees a written plan of objectives and responsibilities.

Leadership is working with goals and vision; management is working with objectives.

Our objectives are socialist. That means an irreversible shift in the balance of power and wealth in favour of working people.

We've got to be moving together, working together, leading the country together, and ensuring that we achieve the objectives that our alliance has set out for itself.

American actors are taught to have objectives—what does your character want from the other character? That is business. When I deal with other people, I don't want something from them; I want a rapport. Some people say that's an objective—it's not—it's a sensation of well-being. Life is not constantly about wanting to get something from somebody else. Life is about pleasure." I hope, dear Irene, that you are in a sensation of well-being

By the way, goals and objectives are meaningless at the speed of light. At the speed of light, you aren't going somewhere, you're already there. On the telephone you're not going somewhere, you're there. And in the electronic world, going somewhere, you're there. And in the electronic world, there are no goals or objectives, we're already there. McLuhan CD-ROM

moral reasoning as a skill we humans evolved to further our social agendas—to justify our own actions and to defend the teams we belong to—then things will make a lot more sense. Keep your eye on the intuitions, and don't take people's moral arguments at face value. They're mostly post hoc constructions made up on the fly, crafted to advance one or more strategic objectives.

La vida no transcurre bien sin grandes olvidos. Pero la vida necesita metas, retos, planes, objetivos. Quien no sabe lo que quiere no puede ser feliz. La felicidad es un resultado y ser feliz significa haber desarrollado al máximo las posibilidades personales y ser capaz de conseguir superar el sufrimiento.

Mutual understanding becomes misunderstanding, when there are no longer commitments, no definite expectations, no responsibilities and no common objectives. Misunderstanding may end up in regret, pain and confusion. ("Mutual understanding" )

I am one who believes that the market, properly incentivized, can consistently outperform government regulation on achieving objectives.

Both World War II and the subsequent Cold War gave America's involvement in world affairs a clear focus. The objectives of foreign policy were relatively easy to define, and they could be imbued with high moral content.

The worst thing for an effective war on terror is the suspicion of states about the objectives.

Nobody - myself included - believes that we could ever achieve total information awareness. But the government needs to set goals and long-range objectives. Total information awareness is a good goal.

The means we use to achieve our objectives in this world define the type of world we are going to live in. (speaking in deliberations prior to the passage of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act)

At that time, the army leadership said the implementation of this agreement would allow everyone, including the IRA, to take its political objectives forward by peaceful and democratic means.

you can't legitimately criticize someone's tactics if you don't understand his objectives

Consider: What difference would a clear vision of my principles, values, and ultimate objectives make in the way I spend my time?

What difference would a clear vision of my principles, values, and ultimate objectives make in the way I spend my time? How would I feel about my life if I knew what was ultimately important for me? Would a written statement of my life's purpose be valuable to me? Would it affect the way I spend my time and energy? How would a weekly reconnection to such a statement affect the things I choose to do during the week?

focusing on what, not how; results, not methods.

The key was to exploit contradictory British and French objectives. The BEF's priority was to hold on to the French ports through which its manpower and resupply flowed. The French saw Paris as the keystone holding up their nation. In effect, the two Allies' priorities pointed in opposite directions, one toward the sea, the other toward the French heartland.