The biggest industrial sector next to real estate is oil, gas and other mineral resources. They don't report any taxable income, because… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
Every syllable that can be struck out is pure profit, and every page that can be economised is a five-per-cent dividend. Nature… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
Human nature is such that people are born with a love of profit If they follow these inclinations, they will struggle and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The whole fabric of our religion is based on superstitious belief in lies that have been foisted upon us for ages by… — Edgar Rice Burroughs Copy Share Image
Business is many things, the least of which is the balance sheet. It is a fluid, ever changing, living thing, sometimes building… — Harold Geneen Copy Share Image
Obviously you have to make a profit to put out a newspaper. I'm not an idiot. But when the margins are in… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
Size of industry, concentration of market, or production notwithstanding, the consumer is best served when the businessman is completely free to pursue… — John Pugsley Copy Share Image
Of course if you are launching a new business you can thinking about revenues, profits, and so on, but metrics such as… — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
My chief time for reading is at night while brushing my hair before I go to bed, and as you may suppose,… — Fanny Kemble Copy Share Image
“when the black populations of the world have a future, so will the Western nations have a future-and not till then. But… — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
At age nine, I got a paper route. Sixty-six papers had to be delivered to sixty-six families every day. I also had… — Lou Holtz Copy Share Image
When I decided to be a musician I reckoned that that was going to be the way of less profit, less money.… — Tom Petty Copy Share Image
Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. The successful man will profit from… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
We want to encourage investors to target businesses that focus on achieving more than just profits - by placing their money into… — Brad Duguid Copy Share Image
We welcome private investment, but any company or national firm will be a partner of a venture where the result will go… — Evo Morales Copy Share Image
The role of business is to provide products and services that make people's live better - while using fewer resources - and… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
Creative thinking is not a talent, it is a skill that can be learned. It empowers people by adding strength to their… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
I've always tried to keep my cover prices on the low side. I'm more interested in getting people to read the books… — Kevin Sampsell Copy Share Image
Every land or property owner in America would be tickled to death to pay 45 per cent of his profits, if he… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
The desire of businessmen for profits is what drives prices down unless forcibly prevented from engaging in price competition, usually by governmental… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
War is a profession by which a man cannot live honorably; an employment by which the soldier, if he would reap any… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Everybody knows that the federal government promises a lot and delivers damn little, and pays for most of what it does deliver… — Karl Hess Copy Share Image
In the business world, lower profits reflect less demand for your product. But in government the opposite is true - demand for… — Sonny Perdue Copy Share Image
though some men did not make war as others did, if they sold their goods for profit to the war-makers, did it… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
in this society, dominated as it is by the profit-seeking ventures of monopoly corporations, health has been callously transformed into a commodity… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
CEOs need to produce continuous growth in sales and profits. Yet they must also invest in sustainability and social responsibility, which then… — Philip Kotler Copy Share Image
The unhappy theory of business ethics is this: you have a fiduciary responsibility to maximize profit. Period. To do anything other than… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Oh devil! truth is better than much profit. I have searched over the grounds of my belief, and if wife and child… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
The incredible brand awareness and bottom-line profits achievable through social media marketing require hustle, heart, sincerity, constant engagement, long-term commitment, and most… — Gary Vaynerchuk Copy Share Image
Epicurus says, "gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it." And where is the virtue that has not? But… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
[A]ll churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim, are simply human inventions. They use fear to enslave us. They are a monopoly for… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
When profit diminishes, merchants are very apt to complain that trade decays; though the diminution of profit is the natural effect of… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Look at all of the out-of-wedlock births that are going on, particularly in our inner cities. I have been speaking at a… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
It's completely legitimate for a company to continue striving for growth and higher profits. But business activities have to be conducted in… — Paul Achleitner Copy Share Image
My only goal was to make the largest profit possible for my employer. I was caught in a spiral that - with… — Jerome Kerviel Copy Share Image
Even if gas prices fall, consumers will continue to be gouged at the pump the only thing that we can be sure… — Major Owens Copy Share Image
At long as a stock is acting right, and the market is right, do not be in a hurry to take profits.… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore Copy Share Image
I think I have the best house in the world. I thank God to have it. I thank God that I finished… — Max Azria Copy Share Image
Ours is a system of corporate socialism, where companies capitalize their profits and socialize their losses…in effect, they tax you for their… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
“Businesses are uniquely capable of creating social value and solving social problems - they have this wonderful fuel called the profit motive.” — Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth Copy Share Image