Reactive Quotations

Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.

Online, you can become much more than a reactive donor - you can become a proactive, strategic, collaborative philanthropist, improving your giving every day by tapping into the wealth of philanthropic resources available at the tap of a keyboard or the click of a mouse.

What I really appreciated about Obama in the last campaign was that he was not reactive, and we're such a reactive culture... It takes a certain strength to be patient and have a plan.

We don't have a business model for health care in this country, We just have a business model for care. The way doctors and hospitals get paid is something bad has got to happen. It's a pure reactive model.

Well, the medium of film is so different than a book that just by bringing it into visual storytelling is to change it up. I think in a book, in any book, you can have a reactive character. Some of the great novels of all time have had that, but in a film you can't do that.

My advice to organizations I work with is always to be proactive rather than simply reactive when it comes to human rights issues. After all, the important process of improving company policies and practices must be carried out without having to be prompted by a labour strike, factory collapse or other crisis.

When I graduated from college, I got a 9-to-5 traditional job doing social media for a company, and I'd spend all day long fighting with the system of getting things approved and the fact that social media has such a quick turnaround. Things had to be very reactive and instant.

Some new products are focusing on battling tiredness, a key trait that can actually accelerate the skin aging process. Products such as L'Oreal Europe's Infallible foundation are claiming to resist against the signs of tiredness, which can be felt at any age. It presents more preventive versus reactive options for consumers.

If we could get an increase in officers to get back to that, over time the crime rate would start to drop, ... We've become a more reactive police department.

I think they're looking to throw in some support and do that 'rah, rah' thing, ... But it doesn't change the customer service (issues), Lowe's infringement and cannibalization. It doesn't change anything fundamentally. This is a reactive stance from them.

I thought he played great, let's get that out there right now. He really took it to me so I was playing reactive instead of active.

I think we've gotten way too lackadaisical. Our society is very reactive rather than proactive, and it bothers me that the huge changes right after September 11, like the National Guard at the airport, have been cut back.

We've tended to be passive and reactive when it comes to recruiting companies. We've got to start being active and make ourselves stand out.

The problem with being an actor is that you have to be reactive to what other people want.

We are basically in a reactive mode, ... I don't create the offenses. I react to them and the offenses just seem not to stop coming.

We can't be reactive in this situation; we have to be proactive. Once these areas are polluted -- once they're gone -- they're never coming back. That's why this is so important now.

We become reactive due to fear, but after a while that fear starts to dissipate, so we relax,

The days when reactive technology would protect you are gone.

We're trying to be proactive and not reactive to the situation. We need to have a little more compassion for the underprivileged. It's hard for them to get the help they need because they're looked down upon.

We're reactive right now, in the sense that we are in a lot of ways waiting for the companies to come to us. Instead, we need to have someone out there, pressing the flesh, making Ottawa known to the world.

Ultimately, we need to shift from a reactive to a proactive and event-based data protection, something that CDP helps to start to facilitate,

While we are seeing all organizations moving away from reactive IT spending and toward improved agility and long-term strategic support at a macro scale, there are a number of different trends that are specific to each industry, geography and organization size.

Today you have Southwest Airlines in a reactive mode opening up cities they probably would not have opened up.

Offenses may come up with a 20- or 25-play script to start a game. They add specific formations to see a defense react to it and use a specific motion to see what you are ready for. Really, those first 20 or 25 scripted plays may not have anything to do with down and distance. So, it is more reactive in a sense on offense, to see what the reaction will be.

A lot of pure-play VARs fall into the chaotic or reactive category. We take a business snapshot of what skill sets they have and what their customers look like, to see what they need to do to get up to speed. It's a pretty sophisticated process, so we do assessments of potential partners to see what it would take to get them into selling managed services, and we've had people who didn't sign with us because they realized it's not in the cards for them right now.

They (the Fed governors) are going to follow the jobs report. They're not going to be proactive. They're going to be reactive to the data,

There's no reason to tip your hand because they are in a reactive phase.

The weather in general plays a role, ... We're reactive to what's happening with the weather because we're always watching the weather.

In France, and in Europe generally, consumption is very reactive to prices. So if inflation remains close to two percent, that is a potential problem.

This is clearly a defensive, reactive move by Nasdaq, but a necessary one,

The larger picture--what people see on television is a reactive response. The city of Riverdale is taking a proactive approach. We've identified the problem and we're addressing it,

The city is trying to build a town center in an area that is becoming rundown and looking blighted, ... The mayor and City Council are trying to be proactive and not reactive to all the growth we've had. We're trying to stay ahead of it.

As authors, we all have to learn not to be reactive to public statements about our books. It's really not our business what each reader thinks of them.

They may need to take a step back and get perspective. That might mean reaching out to others and ask how they've handled it. The thing not to do is to be reactive in the moment. You have to choose your words carefully, and human resources people really know this if they keep up with their employment law.

It seems like we're a little reactive right now. We need to be more proactive in our approach.

To a startling degree, the political capital and momentum that he had at the start of 2005 have been dissipated almost entirely. The administration is reactive and in a defensive posture, really. You have a Congress that is splintering and rebellious. ... Republicans are in a survival mode.