There can be no rise in the value of labour without a fall of profits. — David Ricardo Copy Share Image
Virtual business out sources all the work and in sources all the profits. — Mark Victor Hansen Copy Share Image
Take every gain without showing remorse about missed profits, because an eel may escape sooner than you think. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Obvious prospects for physical growth in a business do not translate into obvious profits for investors. — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
There is no debating that, under President Obama, corporate profits are at their highest levels in decades. — Juan Williams Copy Share Image
The U.S. and European markets have become mature, profit margins are lower, and equipment isn't so new. Because profits are relatively low,… — Zong Qinghou Copy Share Image
Social Security got passed because John D. Rockefeller was sick of having to take money out of his profits to pay for… — Aaron Swartz Copy Share Image
Being rich is a good thing. Not just in the obvious sense of benefitting you and your family, but in the broader… — Mark Cuban Copy Share Image
Everything is always about people trying to make profit: Profits to this, profits to that, the more the merrier, and there's no… — Varg Vikernes Copy Share Image
“They privatize the profits and socialize the losses, so whichever way the wheel spins, they win." Quote from a millionaire Wall-Streeter in… — Paul Samuel Dolman Copy Share Image
Profits are one of the most important goals of any successful business, and investors are one of the most important constituencies of… — John Mackey 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
When war comes, two things happen - profits go way, way up and all perishables go way, way down. There becomes a… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
In 2013, Samsung accounted for about 20 percent of South Korea's total business profits. Samsung Electronics, just one of scores of subsidiaries,… — Kim Young-ha Copy Share Image
I believe that the profits will come from the quality of your creative products. Since the beginning, I've always wanted to develop… — Guy Laliberte Copy Share Image
Remember: the ratings system is a voluntary infringement of First Amendment rights, an uneasy bargain between the needs of parents, the needs… — Marshall Herskovitz Copy Share Image
The biggest profit center for investment banks is the hefty fees they charge for underwriting stock offerings and giving financial advice, and… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
John W. Snow was paid more than $50 million in salary, bonus and stock in his nearly 12 years as chairman of… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Smart development builds on a region's own skills, resources and local businesses. Dumb growth invites a big corporation in, surrenders control and… — Donella Meadows Copy Share Image
For a decade, makers of AIDS medicines had rejected the idea of lowering prices in poor countries for fear of eroding profits… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
Do you know what the overhead is of the Medicare system? One-point-zero-five percent. Do you know what - private insurance is 30… — Anthony Weiner Copy Share Image
“Creating value is not enough—you also need to capture some of the value you create. This means that even very big businesses… — Peter Thiel Copy Share Image
“Such a study indicates that the greatest investment reward comes to those who by good luck or good sense find the occasional… — Philip A. Fisher Copy Share Image
“Between 1990 and 2005, a new prison opened in the United States every ten days. Prison growth and the resulting “prison-industrial complex”—the… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
“Some take pains to be biblical, but many [Christian financial teachers, writers, investment counselors, and seminar leaders] simply parrot their secular colleagues.… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
Too many companies these days can't tell the difference between good profits and bad… By now you're probably wondering how in heaven's… — Fred Reichheld Copy Share Image
The [liberals] consider profits as objectionable. The very existence of profits is in their eyes a proof that wage rates could be… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“The acquisition by dishonest means and cunning,' said Levin, feeling that he was incapable of clearly defining the borderline between honesty and… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
In many ways, large profits are even more insidious than large losses in terms of emotional destabilization. I think it's important not… — William Eckhardt Copy Share Image