Today's investors want to see a positive impact on society…

The media wants overnight successes (so they have someone to tear down). Ignore them. Ignore the early adopter critics that never have enough to…

— Seth Godin

If investors are willing to fund the U.S. deficit, why wouldn't investors want to fund the press freedom deficit?

— Sasa Vucinic

Bond investors want growth much like equity investors, and to the extent that too much austerity leads to recession or stagnation then credit spreads…

— Bill Gross

You have to have in mind what you want when you go public. It's not just an end in and of itself. Suddenly, you…

— Gary Kovacs

I should say, the one thing you run into is, if you're trying to raise a round you have to decide, well, how much…

— David Plotz

I think there's a lot we could do that maybe would give a little more decision space to CEOs, to shareholders who want to…

— Hillary Clinton

The only way for me to be an artist is to be honest in my craft. If I veer from that, I'm not giving…

— Talib Kweli

“Be good, create your environment and achieve financial returns.”

— Anyaele Sam Chiyson

Politicians and the government have become too interested in short-term gains. Of course, if you look at the direct financial returns in the short…

— Helen Sharman

Economic dynamism can be combined with environmental and social responsibility. High financial returns can go hand in hand with respect for human rights, and…

— David Miliband

When you solve big, hard problems, problems that fundamentally improve how an industry works, financial returns follow, giving you resources to do more of…

— Joe Lonsdale

I believe that the profits will come from the quality of your creative products. Since the beginning, I've always wanted to develop a self-feeding…

— Guy Laliberte

What investors want is growth, margin, and cash.

— John L. Flannery

As investors, we want to believe we are smart, insightful and uniquely talented - even though we often fail to do the heavy lifting,…

— Barry Ritholtz

Emerging investors want to invest differently. They want to have their dollars - their investment dollars - do double duty.

— Sallie Krawcheck