Profit Quotes · Page 16

The only way to achieve a practical, livable peace in a world of competing nations is to take the profit out of…

— Richard M. Nixon

“Should we still be friends when it could be more profitable if otherwise?”

— Toba Beta

Under perfect competition, in the long run no company makes an economic profit.

— Peter Thiel

To rectify past blunders is impossible, but we might profit by the experience of them.

— George Washington

What I possess I would gladly retain. Change amuses the mind, yet scarcely profits.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

An economy hampered by restrictive tax rates will never produce enough jobs or enough profits

— John F. Kennedy

A king ruleth as he ought, a tyrant as he lists, a king to the profit of all, a tyrant only to…

— Aristotle

The large banking interests were deeply interested in the World War because of the wide opportunities for large profits.

— William Jennings Bryan

An honest man is not accountable for the vice and folly of his trade, and therefore ought not to refuse the exercise…

— Michel de Montaigne

“In my experience, those for whom war is lucrative are rarely satisfied. For them, war is opportunity, not hardship or sorrow. After…

— C.S. Harris

Give me the boy who rouses when he is praised, who profits when he is encouraged and who cries when he is…

— Quintilian

Of course we have to make a profit, but we have to make a profit over the long haul, not just the…

— Akio Morita

See what the world looks like from orbit. Well, in that way, at least, there was profit to be had. Nobody could…

— Jack McDevitt

Sometimes, we get mixed up when we say that profit is not important for stakeholders. Oxygen is not the reason a person…

— Ajay Piramal

To become financially independent you must turn part of your income into capital; turn capital into enterprise; turn enterprise into profit; turn…

— Jim Rohn

While the soul is in mortal sin, nothing can profit it; none of its good works merit an eternal reward, since they…

— Anonymous

Lacking a profit motive, workers in the government by and large have a different work ethic from those in private industry. When…

— Ronald Kessler

In a nutshell, this United Nations non-profit organization [World Food Programme] feeds millions of starving children at schools in third world countries…

— Sheryl Crow

The decay of old aristocratic prejudices against greedy speculation, the undermining of orthodox Christian faith (which forbids avarice)... the debauching of agriculture…

— Russell Kirk

You must ignore what everyone else is doing and trade only when you feel the odds are in your favor. In short,…

— Gary B Smith

The fossil fuel industry will inevitably have to experience major cutbacks and, over the longer term, near-total demise. There is simply no…

— Robert Pollin

When I started it [non for profit], I thought, I'm not smart enough to do this. I had no experience in management,…

— Michael J. Fox

...in spite of the deep-seated craving for love, almost everything else is considered to be more important than love: success, prestige, money,…

— Erich Fromm

The U. S. is headed toward a period of business depression... beginning within the next two years, which may exceed that which…

— Irving Fisher

In general, the final filter of Hollywood is for-profit. Nothing goes through unless it can make money.

— Adam McKay

All I want to do is make serious movies that explore social issues and turn a profit, and slip the schnitzel to…

— James Ellroy

Show me who makes a profit from war, and I'll show you how to stop the war.

— Henry Ford

After the success of 'Smokey,' my profit participation only went up on future movies I directed.

— Hal Needham

A hacker doesn't deliberately destroy data or profit from his activities.

— Kevin Mitnick

You shouldn't have a profit motivation to fill prison cells with young Americans.

— Hillary Clinton

It is dressed into speeches about patriotism, love of country...but the profits...skyrocket...

— Smedley Butler

People should only profit to the extent they make other peoples lives better.

— Charles Koch

Time to talk about the money, I can tell you bout a profit. Ocean front spot moving niggas out the projects.

— Rick Ross

The profit motive promotes economic growth by creating better products at cheaper prices.

— Mark Skousen

No salesman can ever guarantee you a grant from any government or non-profit organization.

— Matthew Lesko

The culture around here is much less cutthroat than it is in, say, Silicon Valley, or even within the non-profit culture in…

— Ethan Zuckerman

Profits are not made by differential cleverness, but by differential stupidity.

— David Ricardo

At its core, banking is not simply about profit, but about personal relationships.

— Felix Rohatyn

If you are a local church or non-profit, you live and die with volunteers.

— Andy Stanley

Profits, like sausages... are esteemed most by those who know least about what goes into them.

— Alvin Toffler