The profit motive, when it is the sole basis of an economic system, encourages a cutthroat competition and selfish ambition that inspires… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
War provides jobs, profits, political payoffs, research funds, and forms of political and economic power that reach into every aspect of society. — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
For [Karl] Marx what counts is man. He is the root of everything;while for capitalism, the aim are things, profit, and man… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
I think where genre is limiting is that in the marketplace, you have to put things in a box to create expectations… — Robert Eggers Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Morality is a code of black and white. When and if men attempt a compromise, it is obvious which side will necessarily… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Far too many executives have become more concerned with the four P's -- pay, perks, power and prestige -- rather than making… — T. Boone Pickens Copy Share Image
Today we have a health insurance industry where the first and foremost goal is to maximize profits for shareholders and CEOs, not… — Dianne Feinstein Copy Share Image
For the last one hundred and fifty years, the history of the House of Rothschild has been to an amazing degree the… — Frederic Morton Copy Share Image
I'm against the theory of the multinational corporations who say if you are against hunger you must be for GMO. That's wrong,… — Jean Ziegler Copy Share Image
The effort to make financial or political profit out of the destruction of character can only result in public calamity. Gross and… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
When television is good, nothing - not the theater, not the magazines or newspapers - nothing is better. But when television is… — Newton N. Minow Copy Share Image
Once upon a time there lived in Berlin, Germany, a man called Albinus. He was rich, respectable, happy; one day he abandoned… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Inflation, especially a slow steady rise in prices, encourages producers, because it means that they can commit themselves to costs of production… — Carroll Quigley Copy Share Image
There is a progression of understanding vis-a-vis pro football that varies drastically with the factor of distance -- physical, emotional, intellectual and… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
In Europe, Socialism is just another political party. It just means that government takes over certain things like hospitals, prisons, military and… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
We can profit only by our own misfortunes and those of others. The former, though they may be the more beneficial, are… — Polybius Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
We [entrepreneurs] required that you leave us free to function -- free to think and work as we choose ... -- free… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Truly visionary and successful companies have discovered that there is no conflict between the pursuit of profit and having a pursuit beyond… — David Maister Copy Share Image
Hollywood is for-profit, is what Hollywood is. All the studios are owned by big, megacorporations that are the furthest thing from liberal… — Adam McKay Copy Share Image
When a company is fairly certain of a profit margin that is substantial, it can assume responsibility for the clinical trials to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The United States is at a critical juncture in time. Our government is riddled with historic debt, and the limited resources of… — Simon Mainwaring Copy Share Image
Credit cards have been extremely profitable to banks. They're profitable not from the fees they collect from the retailers that use the… — Richard Thaler Copy Share Image
When business leaders ask me what they can do for Indiana, I always reply: 'Make money. Go make money. That's the first… — Mitch Daniels Copy Share Image
If you look at the big entertainment industry and their pursuit of the bottom line profits in exchange for producing content and… — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
Water must be free for sustenance needs. Since nature gives water to us free of cost, buying and selling it for profit… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
Take charity work for example; the motivation of my various charitable activities is neither for fame nor profits. It is my sincere… — Li Bingbing Copy Share Image
Scripture points out this difference between believers and unbelievers; the latter, as old slaves of their incurable perversity, cannot endure the rod;… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
I believe that a newspaper is a great civic asset and that ownership is best in the hands of foundations or wealthy… — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
Take advantage of little sufferings even more than of great ones. God considers not so much what we suffer as how we… — Louis de Montfort Copy Share Image
America was in full swing now, all the papers said so, and people were rushing forward, leaving behind the horrors of war.… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Trading is a waiting game. You sit, you wait, and you make a lot of money all at once. Profits come in… — Michael Covel Copy Share Image
Corporations wield enormous power in society.In order to see lasting social change, leaders in the private sector must begin to think of… — Darren Walker Copy Share Image
Integrate purpose into your for-profit business model through a long term commitment to a cause that is aligned with your core values… — Simon Mainwaring Copy Share Image
Then to side with Truth is noble when we share her wretched crust, Ere her cause bring fame and profit, and 't… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
We consume far too many animal products, processed and refined foods, saturated fats, and empty calories. Industries that profit from both our… — Kris Carr Copy Share Image
It's fine to do movies and say, 'We made big grosses,' but you've got to go back and ask, 'How much did… — Lee Rich Copy Share Image
Apparently there is no profit in the unique, or not enough to make it worthwhile to preserve. Ultimately it drains the life… — Lewis Black Copy Share Image