#incentive

ACT and SAT each have their own parts of the country. The GRE has its lock on graduate admissions. And so, one could blame the companies, but really, economically, they have no incentive to change things very much because they're getting the business. ↗

— Robert Sternberg

#act #because #blame #business #change

We must shift the energy policy debate in America with an increased focus on alternative and renewable fuels and Congress must pass meaningful alternative fuels and incentive programs to help move the U.S. away from dependence on foreign oil. ↗

— Rick Renzi

#america #away #congress #debate #dependence

Dangling a carrot in front of a donkey—or anyone else for that matter—is not nice, and not fair, unless you eventually plan to give it up to them. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#dangle #dangling #donkey #incentive #tease

Frustrated love has been the incentive for many great works. ↗

— John N. Mitchell

#frustrated #great #incentive #love #many

Are people innately altruistic?" is the wrong kind of question to ask. People are people, and they respond to incentives. They can nearly always be manipulated--for good or ill--if only you find the right levers. ~ Levitt & Dubner, "Superfreakonomics ↗

— Levitt & Dubner

#incentives #innate #people #nature