Adam Smith's image of competition in the marketplace was intended as an adjunct to his detailed description of human motivation in The… — Ted Malloch Copy Share Image
If thou wilt receive profit, read with humility, simplicity and faith, and seek not at any time the fame of being learned. — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
He knows which fighters to steal, how to exploit anyone's vice, vanity or insecurity and make a profit for himself. — Jack Newfield Copy Share Image
We Shall Build Good Ships Here; At A Profit If We Can, At A Loss If We Must, But Always Good Ships. — Collis Potter Huntington Copy Share Image
But when that information travels only to a privileged few, when it is used to profit at the expense of the investing… — Arthur Levitt Jr Copy Share Image
Modern capitalism is just as subversive as Marxism. The materialistic view of life on which both systems are based is identical. As… — Julius Evola Copy Share Image
Money goes out first to pay expenses and then comes back as profits later - if at all. The high rate of… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The danger of tautological propositions is considerable in discussions of the concept of normal profits. Because supernormal profits seem to invite newcomers… — Fritz Machlup Copy Share Image
The idea that the profits of capital are really the rewards of a just society for the foresight and thrift of those… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
Journalism was being whittled away by a Wall Street theory that profits can be maximized by minimizing the product. — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
The scientific world, the materialistic world, the world of commerce, the world of business, the world of individualism, the world of capitalism,… — Satish Kumar 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
That, to me, is a kind of brilliant environmental ju-jitsu - using the energy of the market and the profit-motive to get… — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
I think that it's worthwhile to explore the ways in which you write the person that's writing your plays as opposed to… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
The commendable conduct of man is shown by his discriminate treatment of merits and sympathetic regard for pleasure and pain, profit and… — Dayananda Saraswati Copy Share Image
Because they claim to be concerned with the welfare of whole societies, governments arrogate to themselves the right to pass off as… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
Legal plunder can be committed in an infinite number of ways; hence, there are an infinite number of plans for organizing it:… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
Defense contractors are able to reap tremendous profits while rarely confronting the risks for which those profits are supposed to be the… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
Walter Scott has no business to write novels, especially good ones. He has fame and profit enough as a poet, and should… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Our being edified at conference depends on us. It becomes necessary that we prepare our hearts to receive and profit by the… — Lorenzo Snow Copy Share Image
If sustainability is going to take hold in the corporate sector in a big way - and we need it to -… — Paul Gilding Copy Share Image
