Profit Quotes · Page 80

If a man surrenders all power of self-determination in regard to the profits, management or ownership of the place where he works,…

— Fulton J. Sheen

Technological progress becomes even more exciting when it enters into the service of the social idea which demands that not only a…

— Rudolf Christoph Eucken

Evidently there is no need for delay, no need for further study, if the government takes a loss and Wall Street makes…

— Elizabeth Warren

Our government, National and State, must be freed from the sinister influence or control of special interests. Exactly as the special interests…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Even with a margin of safety in the investor's favor, an individual security may work out badly. For the margin guarantees only…

— Benjamin Graham

Antiphon, as another man gets pleasure from a good horse, or a dog, or a bird, I get even more pleasure from…

— Socrates

Profit has to be a means to other ends rather than an end in itself.

— Charles Handy

The solid wealth of insurance companies and the success of those who organsie gambling are some indication of the profits to be…

— Edward de Bono

The economic miracle that has been the United States was not produced by socialized enterprises, by government-unon-industry cartels or by centralized economic…

— Milton Friedman

“I work so hard for profits because my dreams are expensive.”

— Amit Kalantri

We can make market forces work better for the poor if we can develop a more creative capitalism-if we can stretch the…

— Bill Gates

All industries are brought under the control of such people [film producers] by Capitalism. If the capitalists let themselves be seduced from…

— George Bernard Shaw

I believe my business and non-profit investments are much more beneficial to societal well-being than sending more money to Washington.

— Charles Koch

My percentage of winners is only about 50/50, because I cut my losers very quickly. The maximum loss I allow is 7%,…

— David Ryan

Impotence therefore faces both those who believe in what amounts to a pure, stateless, market capitalism, a sort of international bourgeois anarchism,…

— Eric Hobsbawm

One out of every eight prisoners in the world is an African American. We are warehousing people as a profit to shareholders…

— Randall Robinson

By creating so many illusory images of physical perfection, whether on store aisles or storefronts ads, magazine covers or TV show, we…

— Adora Svitak

Why is pot against the law? It wouldn't be because anyone can grow it, and therefore you can't make a profit off…

— Bill Hicks

[T]he State . . . gives idle capital the power of increase, and, through interest, rent, profit, and taxes, robs industrious labor…

— Benjamin Tucker

These motivational tapes have really inspired me! I'm going to make a million dollars, buy my own company and retire early. Then,…

— Randy Glasbergen

By linking with friends and ultimately strangers and building those relationships, social media is reweaving the social fabric that can then be…

— Simon Mainwaring

We are often jealous of our little secrets, though to another ear they generally convey neither profit nor entertainment.

— Eden Phillpotts

Is it reasonable that even the arts should take advantage of and profit by our natural stupidity and feebleness of mind?

— Michel de Montaigne

Profit or loss is not guaranteed. That depends on the consumer and depends on the product. That's a risk that business people…

— Mukesh Ambani

And no business can possibly equate happy workers (community) with profit (effectiveness). Happy workers are much more productive workers and hence contribute…

— Harvey Pekar