Profits Quotes

385 quotes by 304 authors

Creative thinking is not a talent, it is a skill that can be learned. It empowers people by adding strength to their natural abilities which… — Edward de Bono
It is not about bits, bytes and protocols, but profits, losses and margins. — Lou Gerstner
The economic miracle that has been the United States was not produced by socialized enterprises, by government-unon-industry cartels or by centralized economic planning. It was… — Milton Friedman
If workers struggle for higher wages, this is hailed as "social gains", if businessmen struggle for higher profits, this is damned as "selfish greed". — Ayn Rand
The desire of businessmen for profits is what drives prices down unless forcibly prevented from engaging in price competition, usually by governmental activity. — Thomas Sowell
The message from Wal-Mart today to the rest of the business community is there need not be any conflict between the environment and the economy.… — Al Gore
The prospect of penury in age is so gloomy and terrifying that every man who looks before him must resolve to avoid it; and it… — Lyndon B. Johnson
The profit motive is not only fundamental to our ability to reward shareholders and pay employees; it's fundamental to excellent journalism. Far from corrupting the… — Lachlan Murdoch
If you buy all the stocks selling at or below two times earnings, you will lose money on half of them because instead of making… — John Templeton
You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits. — Denis Waitley
These are the men who, without virtue, labour, or hazard, are growing rich, as their country is impoverished; they rejoice, when obstinacy or ambition adds… — Samuel Johnson
While many have been left behind by Part D, there is a clear winner: the drug industry. Independent analysts predict that Part D will increase… — Louise Slaughter
When forced to choose, I will not trade even a night's sleep for the chance of extra profits. — Warren Buffett
Good profits simply are not inconsistent with good behavior. — Warren Buffett
If you didn't auction the [CO2] permits, it would represent the largest corporate welfare program that has ever been enacted in the history of the… — Peter R. Orszag
This morning, prompted by increasing concerns about terrorism, oil prices reached a record high as the cost of a barrel of crude is a whopping… — Jon Stewart
As long as civilization is essentially one of property, of fences, of exclusiveness, it will be mocked by delusions. Our riches will leave us sick;… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I don't want to take up literature in a money-making spirit, or be very anxious about making large profits, but selling it at a loss… — Lewis Carroll
A prudent person profits from personal experience, a wise one from the experience of others. — Joseph Collins
The best of all monopoly profits is a quiet life. — Sir John Richard Hicks

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