Profitable Quotes

263 quotes by 230 authors

I think regular Iowans are cynical of this whole idea of corporate welfare, with the biggest awards going to the most profitable companies. It doesn't… — David F. Swensen
I have always been an advocate and was, in my last job at M&S, a supporter of the Al Gore dictum that a sustainable business… — Stuart Rose
It is in general more profitable to reckon up our defeats than to boast of our attainments. — Thomas Carlyle
Go to your confessor; open your heart to him; display to him all the recesses of your soul; take the advice that he will give… — Saint Francis de Sales
One of the most admirable effects of Holy Communion is to preserve the soul from sin, and to help those who fall through weakness to… — Ignatius Loyola
Of all the pursuits open to men, the search for wisdom is most perfect, more sublime, more profitable, and more full of joy. — Thomas Aquinas
Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself. I mean do not be disheartened by your imperfections, but always rise up with fresh courage.… — Saint Francis de Sales
With these vast advantages, ordinary and extraordinary, one would have supposed the North would have been content, and would have at least respected the security… — Robert Toombs
I reckon silence more profitable than speech, for? in the words of the Preacher, 'The words of wise men are heard in quiet' (Eccles. 9:17). — Saint Basil
Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive. — Edward Gibbon
Normal is fading away. Governments and industries and schools like normal, because it's easier, it scales and it's profitable. But people don't like it -… — Seth Godin
It is respectable to have no illusions, and safe, and profitable and dull. — Joseph Conrad
No enterprise can exist for itself alone. It ministers to some great need, it performs some great service, not for itself, but for others; or… — Calvin Coolidge
Eliminating what is not wanted or needed is profitable in itself. — Phil Crosby
It may not always be profitable at first for businesses to be online, but it is certainly going to be unprofitable not to be online. — Esther Dyson
Yes. I think the anti-Wal-Mart is Costco, which pays much better and has much better health benefits and which is profitable and offers low prices. — Barbara Ehrenreich
Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable. — Quincy Jones
One gets the impression that Elvis Presley does what his business advisors think will be most profitable. My advice to them: Put Elvis Presley in… — Jon Landau
Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control. — Don Marquis
It is more profitable for your congressman to support the tobacco industry than your life. — Jackie Mason

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