Thus the labour of a manufacture adds, generally, to the value of the materials which he works upon, that of his own… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Profits are the ultimate measure of how efficiently we provide customers with the best products for their needs. Profits are required to… — Henry Ford II Copy Share Image
Marriage is a lot of things-an alliance, a sacrament, a comedy, or a mistake; but it is definitely not a partnership because… — Phyllis McGinley Copy Share Image
Under the rules of a society that cannot distinguish between profit and profiteering, between money defined as necessity and money defined as… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
Many people and companies only have one goal: money, money, and more money. Greed is ok when you let others profit from… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
America, the land of the free, is turning itself into the land of the free ride. [U.S. airlines] are operating in protected… — Rod Eddington Copy Share Image
Well, I started thinking about what you were saying about how your movies need to make a profit. Now, what is the… — Ed Wood Copy Share Image
Today, 112 years later, 94% of the people in the world recognize the Coca-Cola logo and product. In 112 years, we can… — David Sills Copy Share Image
Capitalism offers nothing but frustrations and rebuffs to those who wish - because of claimed superiority of intelligence, birth, credentials, or ideals… — George Gilder Copy Share Image
The investor has a right to expect good results to flow from a consistent and courageous application of the principle of buying… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
Food is a great metaphor for the consolidation of corporate power in the hands of very few, who are mostly interested in… — Robert Kenner Copy Share Image
Love the quick profit, the annual raise, vacation with pay. Want more of everything ready-made. Be afraid to know your neighbors and… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
The fact that you have government-guaranteed student loans has created a whole new sector in the American economy that didn't really exist… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
Do what you love, but be damned sure it's profitable. If you do work you love, but it doesn't generate income, your… — Steve Pavlina Copy Share Image
Part of America's industrial problems is the aim of its corporate managers. Most American executives think they are in the business to… — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
In the same way that banks succeeded at privatizing the profits and socializing the losses as they led the global economy to… — Felix Dodds Copy Share Image
If you create something, you don't want someone else to go and profit from it; you have your right to make a… — Kim Dotcom Copy Share Image
Experience has proved to me that real money made in speculating has been in commitments in a stock or commodity showing a… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore Copy Share Image
The real problem at the moment is that the banks - because of their existing culture, which is frankly anti-business, obsession with… — Vince Cable Copy Share Image
Second is the way of the merchant. The wine maker obtains his ingredients and puts them to use to make his living.… — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
Japanese tend to put sales and market share first. They make many products with the aim of raising sales. But then profits… — Fujio Mitarai Copy Share Image
Either for profit or for political malevolent reasons, people are polluting the otherwise wonderful democratizing agent called the internet, with all kinds… — Edward Greenspon Copy Share Image
In times of political confusion, and under an arbitrary government, many will prefer to keep their capital inactive, concealed, and unproductive, either… — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
Profit is not the legitimate purpose of business. The legitimate purpose of business is to provide a product or service that people… — James Rouse Copy Share Image
The key in mastering any kind of sales is switching statements about you and how great you are and what you do,… — Jeffrey Gitomer Copy Share Image
I am not supportive of large multi-national corporations that made billions a year in profit and don't pay a nickel in taxes,… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Businesses can lead with their values and make money, too. You don't have to simply be purely profit-driven. You can integrate social… — Jerry Greenfield Copy Share Image
Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
My memories are of my dad taking me to football on Saturday mornings, and my mum taking me swimming. Those are the… — David Miliband Copy Share Image
During the Gold Rush, most would-be miners lost money, but people who sold them picks, shovels, tents and blue-jeans (Levi Strauss) made… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
[T]he State . . . gives idle capital the power of increase, and, through interest, rent, profit, and taxes, robs industrious labor… — Benjamin Tucker Copy Share Image
Deceit and falsehood, whatever conveniences they may for a time promise or produce, are, in the sum of life, obstacles to happiness.… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
When I see the move of RFID into universities, it concerns me, ... It is sending a message that not only do… — Katherine Albrecht Copy Share Image
It is the media that controls the boundaries of what is politically permissible, so better to change the media. Profit motives work… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
What men call friendship is only social intercourse, an exchange of favours and good offices; it comes down to a commercial dealing… — Andre Maurois Copy Share Image
Making a profit is no more the purpose of a corporation than getting enough to eat is the purpose of life. Getting… — Kenneth Mason Copy Share Image
And were in the middle of a perfect storm. These days, government social services are being bad-mouthed and defunded. The non-profit world… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
There can be associations - enlightened businesses, for example - that do not work on the basis of us against them or… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Over the years, the diamond industry has had a devastating impact in countries such as Sierra Leone, Angola and the Congo, where… — Sheherazade Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Capitalism and the thirst for profit without limits of the capitalist system are destroying the planet...Climate change has placed all humankind before… — Evo Morales Copy Share Image
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