It is respectable to have no illusions, and safe, and profitable and dull. — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Society cares for the individual only so far as he is profitable. — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
Over the long term, it is more profitable to do the right thing for the environment than to pollute it. — Aaron Feuerstein Copy Share Image
For those of us who have a ground of knowledge which we cannot transmit to outsiders, it is perhaps more profitable to… — Olive Schreiner Copy Share Image
Find people not to envy but to admire. Do not the profitable but the admirable deed. Live by ideals. — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. — Smedley Butler Copy Share Image
I make bold to say that it is profitable for the proud to fall, in order that they may be humbled in… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Yes. I think the anti-Wal-Mart is Costco, which pays much better and has much better health benefits and which is profitable and… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
I deplored a system that made it more profitable not to work than to work. I wanted to help change all that. — Edward Brooke Copy Share Image
Rise early, that by habit it may become familiar, agreeable, healthy, and profitable. — George Washington Copy Share Image
Yes, it's important to make things great, and you can certainly do this by upgrading over time, but good and profitable is… — Lewis Howes Copy Share Image
Data is just like crude. It’s valuable, but if unrefined it cannot really be used. It has to be changed into gas,… — Michael Palmer Copy Share Image
When you know what you like and what you want and you're able to nudge things in the right direction, that's more… — A-Trak Copy Share Image
I can assure you that buying leases for x and selling them for 5x or 10x is a lot more profitable than… — Aubrey McClendon Copy Share Image
American society has tried so hard and so ably to defend the practice and theory of production for profit and not primarily… — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
Man, being not only a religious, but also a social being, requires for the promotion of his rational happiness religious institutions, which,… — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
It is a well-known experience that the only truly enjoyable and profitable way of studying mathematics is the method of "filling in… — Cornelius Lanczos Copy Share Image
Throughout human history, people have developed strong loyalties to traditions, rituals, and symbols. In the most effective organizations, they are not only… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
All men, or most men, wish what is noble but choose what is profitable; and while it is noble to render a… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Polak, a psychiatrist, has applied a behavioral and anthropological approach to alleviating poverty, developed by studying people in their natural surroundings. He… — Amy Lockwood Copy Share Image
It [the pharmaceutical industry] is the most profitable industry in the world, and partially funds the US government. It surpasses oil in… — Margot Kidder Copy Share Image
With Batman&Robin, the fourth entry in the recent Batman movie series, the profitable franchise appears poised to take a nosedive. This film,… — James Berardinelli Copy Share Image
The only way to escape misrepresentation is never to commit oneself to any critical judgement that makes an impact - that is,… — F. R. Leavis Copy Share Image
Mass production is only profitable if its rhythm can be maintained.. that is, if it can continue to sell its product in… — Edward Bernays Copy Share Image
Reform is a good replete with paradox; it is a cathartic which our political quacks, like our medical, recommend to others, but… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
The truth we have to face about the world we live in is that it's driven by profit, and contradictions and doubts… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
I admire Arsenal very much, and part of that is that they are profitable. — John W. Henry Copy Share Image
“Minding ones own business is the most profitable of all businesses.” — Amit Abraham Copy Share Image
You must endure what is painful to secure that which is profitable. — Publilius Syrus Copy Share Image
The avoidance of loss is the surest way to ensure a profitable outcome. — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image