Profit Quotes · Page 30

The gods give that man some profit to whom they are propitious. [Lat., Cui homini dii propitii sunt aliquid objiciunt lucri.]

— Plautus

“The elimination of profit, whatever methods may be resorted to for its execution, must transform society into a senseless jumble.”

— Ludwig von Mises

An entrepreneur must pitch a potential investor for what the company is worth as well as sell the dream on how much…

— Daymond John

Obesity is awesome from a Wall Street perspective. It's not just one disease - there are all sorts of related diseases to…

— Anne Wojcicki

Global commerce is driven by a single conviction: the inalienable right to earn profit, regardless of any human cost.

— Barbara Kingsolver

When I was at university in Birmingham, I used to spend half my grant betting on horse racing. Seven terms out of…

— Chris Tarrant

$250,000.00 worth in my closet, a nigga rob me he gonna make 5 years worth of a profit.

— G-Fwea D

Airport expansion is just one example of how our planet is being plundered for profit.

— John McDonnell

I think where genre is limiting is that in the marketplace, you have to put things in a box to create expectations…

— Robert Eggers

Dianetics is not in any way covered by legislation anywhere, for no law can prevent one man sitting down and telling another…

— L. Ron Hubbard

Morality is a code of black and white. When and if men attempt a compromise, it is obvious which side will necessarily…

— Ayn Rand

One common adage...that is completely wrongheaded is: You can't go broke taking profits. That's precisely how many traders do go broke. While…

— William Eckhardt

Far too many executives have become more concerned with the four P's -- pay, perks, power and prestige -- rather than making…

— T. Boone Pickens

In Europe, Socialism is just another political party. It just means that government takes over certain things like hospitals, prisons, military and…

— Bill Maher

We can profit only by our own misfortunes and those of others. The former, though they may be the more beneficial, are…

— Polybius

People are arguing whether Mel Gibson's "Passion of the Christ" is anti-semitic. Well, whether it is or it isn't, it doesn't matter,…

— Joan Rivers

The fossil fuel industry will inevitably have to experience major cutbacks and, over the longer term, near-total demise. There is simply no…

— Robert Pollin

...in spite of the deep-seated craving for love, almost everything else is considered to be more important than love: success, prestige, money,…

— Erich Fromm

When I started it [non for profit], I thought, I'm not smart enough to do this. I had no experience in management,…

— Michael J. Fox

Institutionalized rejection of differences is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people. As members of such…

— Audre Lorde

The cross is the foundation of the Bible: If you have not yet found out that Christ crucified is the foundation of…

— J. C. Ryle

The U. S. is headed toward a period of business depression... beginning within the next two years, which may exceed that which…

— Irving Fisher

With joint-stock corporations, investors can place bets on the success of many different companies, without having to play a central management role…

— Jim Stanford

In a time in which Communist regimes have been rightfully discredited and yet alternatives to neoliberal capitalist societies are unwisely dismissed, I…

— Cornel West

Profits are part of the mechanism by which society decides what it wants to see produced.

— Henry Wallich

There are growing concerns that oil companies are making too much in profits at the expense of consumers.

— Pete Domenici

Profit is a signal that valuable services are being rendered to people on a voluntary basis.

— Llewellyn Rockwell

The creative instinct has always been a stronger motive than mere profit to do truly new and revolutionary things.

— Phil Karn

I daresay one profits more by the mistakes one makes off one's own bat than by doing the right thing on somebody's…

— W. Somerset Maugham

The virtuous man is driven by responsibility, the non-virtuous man is driven by profit.

— Confucius

The few who profit from the labor of the masses want to organize the workers into an army which will protect the…

— Helen Keller

I want to work with non-profits that stimulate growth to the community. Whether it is economic growth, intellectual, or freedom.

— Gbenga Akinnagbe

“A true businessman capitalizes off other people's failures & problems.”

— Keriza

Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.

— Warren Buffett

Profit is the most global aspect of a business, and it is cross-functional.

— Carlos Ghosn

“Every person is a project, God's project, I want to be the most profitable one.”

— Amit Kalantri

For eight years at West Ham, I made a profit. And I kept them in the Premier League. Took them into Europe.

— Harry Redknapp

People work hard and companies make big profits, but employees don't see that they share in the wealth they help to create.

— Mariana Mazzucato

For the first four years, no new enterprise produces profits. Even Mozart didn't start writing music until he was four.

— Peter Drucker

There are always opportunities through which businessmen can profit handsomely if they will only recognize and seize them.

— Anonymous