Almost Quote by Gerry Schwartz

I'm not going to run my business on the basis of quarterly numbers.

— Parker Conrad

Being captive to quarterly earnings isn't consistent with long-term value creation. This pressure and the short term focus of equity markets make it difficult…

— Charles Koch

There's a myth out there that you have to genuflect at the altar of quarterly earnings. But it's a false choice that you can…

— Tom Perez

If you truly want to innovate, there will be some failures, and this can be difficult for some organizations - especially public companies managing…

— Lynne Doughtie

Be true to yourself, and, um, don't worry about some large companies' quarterly profit index.

— Natalie Merchant

“Several researchers have found that companies that spend the most time offering guidance on quarterly earnings deliver significantly lower long-term growth rates than companies…

— Daniel H. Pink

Try to buy assets at a discount than to buy earnings.

— Walter Schloss

Focus on return on equity, not earnings per share.

— Warren Buffett

People ought to invest in us because they like our company and the way they run it. We still do quarterly earnings guidance, but…

— Jeffrey R. Immelt

There will be no good business unless the majority comes to agree that we should demand more from business than large quarterly returns.

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

“The obsession with quarterly earnings came about because personal compensation was increasingly tied to what happened to the share price. Improving market capitalization became…

— Michael Farmer

The market is often stupid, but you can't focus on that. Focus on the underlying value of dividends and earnings.

— John C. Bogle