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
Economists talk about profit motive, but nothing motivates modern man more than a chance to avoid taxes! — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
My dowry is thirty-five. A year.” His brows climbed. “You’re joking.” “I would never joke about money with a notorious thief. Just… — Shana Abe Copy Share Image
No other depositories of power [but the people themselves] have ever yet been found, which did not end in converting to their… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
One thing we may be sure of, however: For the believer all pain has meaning; all adversity is profitable. There is no… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
Multiplex cinema culture has created a level-playing field for directors where small budget movies are able to break even, even make profit. — Vikramaditya Motwane Copy Share Image
What makes stocks valuable in the long run isn't the market. It's the profitability of the shares in the companies you own.… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
Our position should not be on how to eliminate the competition at all expenses, but we should focus on what we're going… — Tim Scott Copy Share Image
Toy companies aren't interested in ideology, they want to sell toys. If they would sell a toy that both boys and girls… — Christina Hoff Sommers Copy Share Image
Letting your customers set your standards is a dangerous game, because the race to the bottom is pretty easy to win. Setting… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Pythagoras used to say that life resembles the Olympic Games: a few people strain their muscles to carry off a prize; others… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Cause the profit system follows the path of least resistance and following the path of least resistance is what makes the river… — Utah Phillips Copy Share Image
A successful business maximizes the present value of future earnings. The first requirement, therefore, of business success is sustainable profits. One-time winnings,… — Stephen Young Copy Share Image
You can be entrepreneurial even if you don’t want to be in business. You can be a social entrepreneur focused on the… — Steve Case Copy Share Image
The investor is neither smart not richer when he buys in an advancing market and the market continues to rise. That is… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
When forced to choose, I will not trade even a night's sleep for the chance of extra profits. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I learned that sex was not a question of victory or defeat, of pleasure or profit: of a hand's manipulation and a… — Fay Weldon Copy Share Image
The entire socioeconomic system is based on production for profit and a growth imperative that cannot be sustained. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
What does it profit you that all the libraries of the world should be yours? Not knowledge but what one does with… — Saib Tabrizi Copy Share Image
“The “non-profit” institution neither supplies goods or services nor controls. Its “product” is neither a pair of shoes nor an effective regulation.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One of the most important analytic tools when assessing an investment is an intellectually advantaged disparate view. This includes knowing more and… — Michael Steinhardt Copy Share Image
The three pillars of development (economic, social and environmental) must be strengthened together. But it is evident that two of the pillars… — Dave Hampton Copy Share Image