Profits Quotes

385 Profits quotes by 304 unique authors

There is too much talk and gossip; pictures are apparently made, like stock-market prices, by competition of people eager for profits... All this traffic sharpens… — Edgar Degas
False shame accompanies a man that is poor, shame that either harms a man greatly or profits him; shame is with poverty, but confidence with… — Hesiod
When we find ourselves wondering about the meaning of conditions and events, its always useful to ask, who profits? — Richard Mitchell
Business is no longer a matter of profits alone. Profits must come through public confidence, and public confidence is given to any merchant in proportion… — James Cash Penney
Whenever, then, the usual and ordinary rate of the profits of agricultural stock, and all the outgoings belonging to the cultivation of land, are together… — David Ricardo
Profits are related to customer retention. Customer retention is related to employee retention. Employee retention may or may not be related to benefits, but benefits… — Jeffrey Pfeffer
Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. The joy and… — Theodore Roosevelt
I vote Democrat because I believe oil companies profits of 4% on a gallon of gas are obscene, but the government taxing the same gallon… — David Letterman
I vote Democrat because I believe that businesses should not be allowed to make profits for themselves. They need to break even and give the… — David Letterman
Great events ever depend but upon a single hair. The adroit man profits by everything, neglects nothing which can increase his chances; the less adroit,… — Napoleon Bonaparte
My passion has been to build an enduring company where people were motivated to make great products. Everything else was secondary. Sure, it was great… — Steve Jobs
Zeal for the public good is the characteristic of a man of honor and a gentleman, and must take the place of pleasures, profits and… — Richard Steele
Every land or property owner in America would be tickled to death to pay 45 per cent of his profits, if he didn't have to… — Will Rogers
People invest in companies in order to get a share of the profit that company will make. If the Government increases its share of the… — Malcolm Turnbull
In many ways, large profits are even more insidious than large losses in terms of emotional destabilization. I think it's important not to be emotionally… — William Eckhardt
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 amateurs go broke… — William Eckhardt
Amateurs go broke taking large losses, professionals go broke taking small profits. — William Eckhardt
To those men and women in business, remember the ultimate end of your work: to make a better product, to create better lives. I ask… — George H. W. Bush
Be careful how you do one man a pleasure which must needs occasion equal displeasure in another. For he who is thus slighted will not… — Francesco Guicciardini
Being rich is a good thing. Not just in the obvious sense of benefitting you and your family, but in the broader sense. Profits are… — Mark Cuban
In these times of the 'Great Recession', we shouldn't be trying to shift the benefits of wealth behind some curtain. We should be celebrating and… — Mark Cuban
Money and corruption are ruining the land, crooked politicians betray the working man, pocketing the profits and treating us like sheep, and we're tired of… — Ray Davies
Racism, in the first place, is a weapon used by the wealthy to increase the profits they bring in by paying Black workers less for… — Angela Davis
Whoever is content with the world, and who profits from its lack of justice, does not want to change it. — Friedrich Durrenmatt
Today we have a health insurance industry where the first and foremost goal is to maximize profits for shareholders and CEOs, not to cover patients… — Dianne Feinstein

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