Quotes About Trade-off

No human endeavour can ever be wholly good... it must always have a cost.

The advantage of some is won by an equivalent loss of others.

In the short term, we prioritize fixing problems over making moments, and that choice usually feels like a smart trade-off. But over time, it backfires.

Enormous gain includes enormous loss.

The opportunity to build an enduring product far outweighs the cost of alienating a few users along the way. And the sooner you internalize that trade-off, the faster you'll move along the path to scale.

there's no choice that doesn't mean a loss

If you're convinced that you face bad options, then by all means take the least bad.

Sometimes you do have to accept your second or third choice in order to avoid an outcome you consider to be even worse.

The trade-off between price and quality does not exist in Japan. Rather, the idea that high quality brings on cost reduction is widely accepted.1

Now think of it this way: which do you think would be better for Dottie, havin' ten thousand dollars so maybe she could go to that Amazon school, or havin' a beat-up, old, ugly, naggy, alcoholic

Choosing a path means having to miss out on others

Everything in life has its price.

The art of compromise centers on the willingness to give up something in order to get something else in return. Successful artists get more than they give up.

It was the lesser of two evils.

Privacy is a vast subject. Also, remember that privacy and convenience is always a trade-off. When you open a bank account and want to borrow some money, and you want to get a very cheap loan, you'll share all details of your assets because you want them to give you a low interest rate.

Life works upon a compensating balance, and the happiness we gain in one direction we lose in another.

I have infinite capacity to do more work as long as you don't mind that my quality approaches zero.

Money is something we choose to trade our life energy for. We

Money is something we choose to trade our life energy for.

Small price to pay for beauty.

People give up the earth for beauty.

We must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils.

No, y no es así como las tomamos. Se trata de elegir entre lo malo y lo menos malo.

She knew what my mother did not: either you want a clean floor or you want to use a mop, but you can't have both.