Quotes About Advantage

They always build the strongest walls for themselves, the rich and powerful," Rocan muttered, his bitter words so soft the boy almost didn't catch them. "They always protect themselves, even if it's at the expense of others.

Surprise was their greatest weapon. He didn't want to give it up without a very good reason.

It's not gambling to play against someone who's no good. It's common sense.

It was central to Nanny Ogg's soul that she never considered herself an old woman, while of course availing herself of every advantage that other people's perceptions of her as such would bring.

In the Greater Community technology is not the prize. Power is not the prize. Advantage is not the prize. Domination is not the prize. The prize is Knowledge and Wisdom. This is fulfillment. And this is what you need in the world right now.

A race without journalists also has one advantage for Max: he does not have to give so many interviews.

With my jump shot, once I get that consistent, I feel like that is going to be a huge advantage for me.

George Karl's son probably wouldn't have made it to the NBA if he wasn't a coach. He would have never got the opportunity.

The great advantage to labor arising out of co-operative effort has been apparent to me for many years.

If you boost your financial intelligence, moreover, you will very likely stand out from the crowd.

What is your problem?" I asked, scooping the freezing mess out of my cleavage. "We got unfinished business," he reminded me. "My name's not Bill." He chuckled. "Yeah, I loved that movie. Shoulda brought a katana, but it seemed like an unfair advantage.

Years ago, so much about Faery was foreign to me, but I've been studying files on it for a few hundred years, suspended in a timeless chamber, and now possess a powerful advantage: The Light Court drinks from the Cauldron repeatedly, which means I know more about the history and powers of the Fae than they do.

Picture this: Two people are in a room. One's a sociopath, one's not. Who has the advantage? The sociopath. Because it knows it's a sociopath. The empath doesn't. The empath thinks they're playing by the same rules. They aren't. They aren't even playing the same game. There are no rules with a sociopath. There's only— DESIRE, LUST, GREED, AND THE PATH WE CHOOSE TO SUPREMACY.

net gain or net drain

Science may be described as the art of systematic over-simplification — the art of discerning what we may with advantage omit.

Ricardo was right in thinking that very different nations may be able to trade to mutual gain, but comparative advantage is not only what you are blessed with: it is something you can build.

Corporate interest in forging 'circular advantage' is growing fast, and companies leading the pack have adopted a niche set of circular economy techniques such as: aiming for zero-waste manufacturing; selling services instead of products (such as computer printing services instead of printers); and recovering their own-brand goods—ranging from tractors to laptops—for refurbishment and resale.

He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage he won't encounter many rivals.

With this idea, being a man with long experience of the sea (and they certainly have a great advantage over other men in any sort of task)...

The advantage of a permanent emergency for the executive is that even trivial things can routinely be accomplished by the crisis presidency. If everything is an emergency, all power is emergency power.

We all play by the same rules. But some people spend more time reading those rules and figuring out how to make them work in their behalf.

We all play by the same rules; it's just that some people spend more time reading those rules and figuring out how to make them work in their behalf.

A big opportunity is better than a small one, but a small problem is better than a big one.

knew Emzara had been having secret contact with Ham throughout the years. He knew that Ham loved her and would not turn her in for her treachery of freeing slaves. But for Ham this was surely a loyalty to blood, rather than treason to the gods. Besides, revenge against Elohim's Chosen Seed would not be complete in death, but in conversion of his seed. It had been to Lugalanu's advantage to let them develop their secret familial love for one another.