Quotes about Profits

Profits are better than wages. Votes: 3

Profits on the exchange are the treasures of goblins. Votes: 3

The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits Votes: 3

Profits are not made by differential cleverness, but by differential stupidity. Votes: 3

Bombieri's Law: of Finance: Profits are on paper, losses are in cash Votes: 3

Profits are better than wages. Wages make you a living; profits make you a fortune. Votes: 3

Profits are part of the mechanism by which society decides what it wants to see produced. Votes: 3

Profits, like sausages... are esteemed most by those who know least about what goes into them. Votes: 3

Business success isn't just a selfish aim. Profits spread beyond those who make them and bring jobs and prosperity. Votes: 3

The promise of every product and service is a better life. Profits are the prize for delivering on the promise. Votes: 3

Profits in business always depend on the rate of interest: the higher the interest, the higher the rate of profit required. Votes: 3

Profits are one of the most important goals of any successful business, and investors are one of the most important constituencies of public businesses. Votes: 3

Profits are the ultimate measure of how efficiently we provide customers with the best products for their needs. Profits are required to survive and grow. Votes: 3

Profits and prices are the street signs of the economy. Only fools flout them. The much-maligned price system works not only to secure supply but to conserve. Votes: 3

Profits might also increase, because improvements might take place in agriculture, or in the implements of husbandry, which would augment the produce with the same cost of production. Votes: 3

Profits are the lifeblood of the economic system, the magic elixir upon which progress and all good things depend ultimately. But one man's lifeblood is another man's cancer. Votes: 3

Profits on the exchange are the treasures of goblins. At one time they may be carbuncle stones, then coals, then diamonds, then flint stones, then morning dew, then tears. Votes: 3

The 'defense' budget is three quarters of a trillion dollars. Profits went up last year well over 25%. I guarantee you: when war becomes that profitable, we're going to see more of it. Votes: 3

Profits are the driving force of the market economy. The greater the profits, the better the needs of the consumers are supplied... He who serves the public best, makes the highest profits. Votes: 3

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 to the service which he gives to the public. Votes: 3

Trading is a waiting game. You sit, you wait, and you make a lot of money all at once. Profits come in bunches. The trick when going sideways between home runs is not to lose too much in between. Votes: 3

Profits should be for a purpose. Profits should be productive. You should make money for producing benefits that make the world a better place. Making money is a good thing when it is made in service to humanity or the democracy. Votes: 3

We've grown from 18% of the profits of the top 25 companies in our industry to 23% of the profits of the top 25 companies in our industry over the last five years. Profits are up over 70%, where the industry profit is up about 35%. Pretty good. Votes: 3

The Business Profits Tax, which is imposed on in-state businesses, we need to impose the same thing on out-of-state businesses, because the way the Business Profits Tax is calculated, it is highly dependent on how much sales and profits are generated in-state. Votes: 3

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 not a zero sum game. The more you make, the more of a financial impact you can have. Votes: 3

Profits are what you make when not working. Votes: 2

You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits. Votes: 1

Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right. Votes: 1

Publicly traded United States companies report sales and profits to investors every quarter. Votes: 1

There can be no rise in the value of labour without a fall of profits. Votes: 1

In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product, and profits. Votes: 1

For small business people, less paperwork means higher profits, boosted sales and more time with the family. Votes: 1

A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large. Votes: 1

The food industry profits from providing poor quality foods with poor nutritional value that people eat a lot of. Votes: 1

Journalism was being whittled away by a Wall Street theory that profits can be maximized by minimizing the product. Votes: 1

If you open up the mind, the opportunity to address both profits and social conditions are limitless. It's a process of innovation. Votes: 1

Companies are not charitable enterprises: They hire workers to make profits. In the United States, this logic still works. In Europe, it hardly does. Votes: 1

The employers cannot carry on industry nor accumulate profits if they have not got the good will of the workers or their acquiescence in carrying on such industry. Votes: 1

War is a racket. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives. Votes: 1

Our nation was built by pioneers - pioneers who accepted untold risks in pursuit of freedom, not by pioneers seeking offshore profits at the expense of American workers here at home. Votes: 1

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 hearing promises that we know they'll never keep. Votes: 1

When a nation is over-reliant on one or two commodities like oil or precious minerals, corrupt government ministers and their dodgy associates hoard profits and taxes instead of properly allocating them to schools and hospitals. Votes: 1

Americans mythologize competition and credit it with saving us from socialist bread lines. Actually, capitalism and competition are opposites. Capitalism is premised on the accumulation of capital, but under perfect competition, all profits get competed away. Votes: 1

Over the years, the diamond industry has had a devastating impact in countries such as Sierra Leone, Angola and the Congo, where profits from the sale of diamonds have been used to fund brutal wars, with disastrous effects on local communities. Votes: 1

Arab leaders worry more about making money from the profits they get from oil and gas that they turn the other way when Lebanon is being destroyed right next to them. Their neighbours are being murdered, but they only make calculations for their own benefit. Votes: 1

Economic theory dictates that the value of a company is basically the present value of its future profits. To estimate Facebook's value through its future profits, we need to have a view on its user growth and how this will evolve in the next 10 to 50 years. Votes: 1

A lot of people have said a lot of great things about Steve Jobs. And for good reason: he built the world's second-most valuable company, with billions in profits and products that have improved every aspect of our lives. But Steve didn't get there by being a soft, fluffy, Kumbaya-type leader. Votes: 1

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 encouraging people to make as much money as they can. Profits equal tax money. While some people might find it distasteful to pay taxes, I don't. I find it patriotic. Votes: 1

We didn't become the most prosperous country in the world just by rewarding greed and recklessness. We didn't come this far by letting the special interests run wild. We didn't do it just by gambling and chasing paper profits on Wall Street. We built this country by making things, by producing goods we could sell. Votes: 1

Every time a pundit or elected official is on any TV news program, it should be a polite formality to mention that GE has made such and such billions off the war in Iraq by selling arms or that Murdoch is a right-wing activist with a clear stake in who wins and who taxes his profits the least. Votes: 1

We are beginning to see a fundamental outrage at the whole interconnected mess of a system: at energy companies who record massive profits, yet allow pensioners to struggle to stay warm in winter; at CEOs who can earn up to a 1,000 times the salary of their average worker; and soon, any day now, at those politicians who allowed this to happen. Votes: 1

Civilisation and profits go hand in hand. Votes: 0

Change amuses the mind, but rarely profits. Votes: 0

Where there are problems, there are profits. Votes: 0

Taxing profits is tantamount to taxing success. Votes: 0

We make our profits through content and services. Votes: 0

He who profits by villainy, has perpetrated it. Votes: 0

Your profits reflect the success of your customers. Votes: 0

He only profits from praise who values criticism. Votes: 0

A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth. Votes: 0

Private insurance companies in America are reaping huge profits. Votes: 0

Good profits simply are not inconsistent with good behavior. Votes: 0

The proper man understands equity, the small man profits. Votes: 0

You do not require an invitation to make profits. Votes: 0

There are too few rich and too few profits. Votes: 0

He has committed the crime who profits by it Votes: 0

The mind profits by the wrecks of every passion. Votes: 0

The best of all monopoly profits is a quiet life. Votes: 0

Wars are popular. Contractors make profits; the aristocracy glean honour. Votes: 0

I liked the results of the profits in the markets. Votes: 0

This hunger for profits causes great misery for the people. Votes: 0

He who serves the public best, makes the highest profits. Votes: 0

Should you protect profits? Yes. But run for the hills? No. Votes: 0

I work so hard for profits because my dreams are expensive. Votes: 0

There are more ways than one to measure profits and losses. Votes: 0

Watch the costs and the profits will take care of themselves. Votes: 0

I have never been sad because my losses are my profits Votes: 0

Big business is willing to destroy the planet for short-term profits Votes: 0

Capitalism believes that its remit is exclusively to make maximum short-term profits. Votes: 0

Amateurs go broke taking large losses, professionals go broke taking small profits. Votes: 0

Fearlessness begets happiness, which begets creativity, which begets innovation, which begets profits. Votes: 0

We're essentially continuing a system where profits are privatized and...losses socialized, Votes: 0

Virtual business out sources all the work and in sources all the profits. Votes: 0

There is no way of keeping profits up but by keeping wages down.... Votes: 0

Unfortunately, Congress is protecting the profits of those opposed to protecting the planet. Votes: 0

Mothers are the ultimate executives. Instead of raising profits they are raising humanity. Votes: 0

More men come to doom through dirty profits than are kept by them. Votes: 0

Gains in corporate profits depend in large part on accelerating global economic growth. Votes: 0

Persistence with patience and prayer pays with profits, prosperity and peace of mind. Votes: 0

A fair observer only has to ask: If there is violence, who profits? Votes: 0

Transcendent values like trust and integrity literally translate into revenue, profits and prosperity. Votes: 0

The best businesses are really ones that can combine passion, profits, and purpose. Votes: 0

The only corporate social responsibility a company has is to maximize its profits. Votes: 0

Putting people before profits is how we've tried to operate from the beginning. Votes: 0

It is not about bits, bytes and protocols, but profits, losses and margins. Votes: 0

What I possess I would gladly retain. Change amuses the mind, yet scarcely profits. Votes: 0

It's the American view that everything has to keep climbing: productivity, profits, even comedy. Votes: 0

The best way to invest corporate profits is to give them to the employees. Votes: 0

Whoever has a keen eye for profits, is blind in relation to his craft. Votes: 0

There is no reason why capitalists and entrepreneurs should be ashamed of earning profits. Votes: 0

Leave no stone unturned to help your clients realize maximum profits from their investment. Votes: 0

Leave no stone unturned to help your clients realize maximum profits from their investment. Votes: 0

It is dressed into speeches about patriotism, love of country...but the profits...skyrocket... Votes: 0

Accounting rules give financial institutions flexibility about when they choose to recognize venture capital profits. Votes: 0

Big food companies have their priorities, which include selling cheap, unhealthy foods at high profits. Votes: 0

An economy hampered by restrictive tax rates will never produce enough jobs or enough profits Votes: 0

A prudent person profits from personal experience, a wise one from the experience of others. Votes: 0

Besides the practical knowledge which defeat offers, there are important personality profits to be taken. Votes: 0

Nothing contributes so much to the prosperity and happiness of a country as high profits. Votes: 0

What is a socialist? One who has yearnings To share equal profits from unequal earnings. Votes: 0

The profits follow, and if we have remembered that, they have never failed to appear. Votes: 0

I changed the mindset at Canon by getting people to realize that profits come first, Votes: 0

Just as Jimmy Stewart and Tyrone Power get 50 percent of the profits, so do I. Votes: 0

America can no longer afford to get the Nobel Prizes while our competitors get the profits. Votes: 0

It profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world... but for Wales! Votes: 0

Obvious prospects for physical growth in a business do not translate into obvious profits for investors. Votes: 0

Non-profits must become deeply engaged in the ways that their donor communities are using social technology. Votes: 0

Medicine is for the patient. Medicine is for the people. It is not for the profits. Votes: 0

Reading that pleases and profits, that together delights and instructs, has all that one should desire. Votes: 0

Good businesses generate missions to drive their profits. Great businesses generate profits to drive their missions. Votes: 0

Ford's federal income tax rate was just 2.3 percent in 2009 even though it made $3 billion in profits. Votes: 0

There is no debating that, under President Obama, corporate profits are at their highest levels in decades. Votes: 0

It was obvious that their profits were simply cash borrowed from destiny with some random payback time. Votes: 0

A sustaining innovation makes better products that you can sell for better profits to your best customers. Votes: 0

Socialism will be here the day we share our profits to the degree we share our failures. Votes: 0

Wall Street is where prophets tell us what will happen and profits tell us what did happen. Votes: 0

The variation in the value of money, however great, makes no difference in the rate of profits;... Votes: 0

U.S. companies rely on the European market for more than half of their global foreign profits. Votes: 0

There is no greater injustice than to wring your profits from the sweat of another man's brow. Votes: 0

Take every gain without showing remorse about missed profits, because an eel may escape sooner than you think. Votes: 0

The solutions the non-profits are trying to provide aren't keeping pace with the problems they're trying to survive. Votes: 0

Investors are sometimes too busy looking for profits to notice where the truth ends and the deception begins. Votes: 0

Achieving conventional goals, such as profits and joy, with unconventional methods, such as investing energy instead of money. Votes: 0

Ideals and morality are often spoken of as virtual antimatter to the behaviors allegedly needed to maximize profits. Votes: 0

Less volatile stocks tend to have negative abnormal profits; more volatile stocks tend to have positive abnormal profits. Votes: 0

There are growing concerns that oil companies are making too much in profits at the expense of consumers. Votes: 0

When people make donations to non profits, they want to know that their money goes to good use. Votes: 0

All things to all men only fools will tell, Truth profits none but those that use it well. Votes: 0

When forced to choose, I will not trade even a night's sleep for the chance of extra profits. Votes: 0

It is a socialist idea that making profits is a vice; I consider the real vice is making losses. Votes: 0

Non-profits find the very best Who and put them on their Boards because they don't want to pay them. Votes: 0

The guiding principle is not to manufacture the goods everyone needs, rather to earn profits for a few capitalists. Votes: 0

When we find ourselves wondering about the meaning of conditions and events, its always useful to ask, who profits? Votes: 0

When I began working in not-for-profits, it was taking a vow of poverty, which eliminated huge numbers of folks. Votes: 0

The large banking interests were deeply interested in the World War because of the wide opportunities for large profits. Votes: 0

When Hobby Lobby was created in the early 1970s, I was committed to use profits to help ministry work. Votes: 0

In an information society, education is no mere amenity; it is the prime tool for growing people and profits. Votes: 0

Ray and I do not draw salaries, Any profits will be re-invested into marketing the music we believe in. Votes: 0

The entrepreneur profits to the extent he has succeeded in serving the consumers better than other people have done. Votes: 0

For the first four years, no new enterprise produces profits. Even Mozart didn't start writing music until he was four. Votes: 0

The tax code rewards corporations for outsourcing jobs, and their profits overseas, instead of investing here in the United States. Votes: 0

I want to work with non-profits that stimulate growth to the community. Whether it is economic growth, intellectual, or freedom. Votes: 0

Knowledge born from actual experience is the answer to why one profits; lack of it is the reason one loses Votes: 0

Whoever is content with the world, and who profits from its lack of justice, does not want to change it. Votes: 0

Our world is certainly dangerous, but it is made more dangerous, not less, by those who value profits over peace. Votes: 0

The profits of oil, coal, and natural gas companies will have to yield to the imperative of sustaining life on earth. Votes: 0

There is massive propaganda for everyone to consume. Consumption is good for profits and consumption is good for the political establishment. Votes: 0

If you help create the profits, you should be able to share in them, not just the executives at the top. Votes: 0

Grant me profits only, grant me the joy of profit made, and see to it that I enjoy cheating the buyer! Votes: 0

...The war (WWI) cost your Uncle Sam $52 billion. $39 billion was expended in the actual war period. This expenditure yielded $16 billion in profits. Votes: 0

War provides jobs, profits, political payoffs, research funds, and forms of political and economic power that reach into every aspect of society. Votes: 0

When the profits of trade happen to be greater than ordinary, over-trading becomes a general error both among great and small dealers. Votes: 0

I don't get money from the vitamins that I make. My after tax profits go to a foundation that supports integrative medicine. Votes: 0

When I say 'serve you better,' I mean 'increase our profits.' We newspapers are very big on profits these days. Votes: 0

You can see it in terms of the obsession on Wall Street with not just profits but greed, more profit, more profit. Votes: 0

The first test of ability and intelligence is to find a field of endeavor in which profits are large and risks small. Votes: 0

People work hard and companies make big profits, but employees don't see that they share in the wealth they help to create. Votes: 0

For-profit does not belong in a taxpayer-funded health system. For-profit means cutting medical services to patients, and payments to providers, to preserve profits. Votes: 0

If oil companies were to invest their high profits into alternative fuel research it will help America move toward new forms of energy. Votes: 0

We give more economic aid to multinational corporations to increase their profits than we do to all the countries in the world combined. Votes: 0

We can't allow multinational oil companies boasting of record profits to gouge consumers... We must do what we can to fix this problem. Votes: 0

We can't allow multinational oil companies boasting of record profits to gouge consumers... We must do what we can to fix this problem. Votes: 0

Profitability is a shallow goal if it doesn't have a real purpose, and the purpose has to be share the profits with others. Votes: 0

The desire of businessmen for profits is what drives prices down unless forcibly prevented from engaging in price competition, usually by governmental activity. Votes: 0

At Patagonia, making a profit is not the goal because the Zen master would say profits happen 'when you do everything else right'. Votes: 0

The unforgivable sin of Hitler's Germany was to develop a new economic system by which the international bankers were deprived of their profits. Votes: 0

Defense contractors are able to reap tremendous profits while rarely confronting the risks for which those profits are supposed to be the reward. Votes: 0

If workers struggle for higher wages, this is hailed as "social gains", if businessmen struggle for higher profits, this is damned as "selfish greed". Votes: 0

Copyright protects corporate monopoly rights over culture and provides much of the profits to media conglomeratesm encouraging the wholesale privatization of our common culture. Votes: 0

Furthermore, the apostolic life does not exclude contemplation but encompasses it and profits by it to know better the eternal truths it must proclaim Votes: 0

History reveals no civilized people among whom there was not a highly educated class and large aggregations of wealth. Large profits mean large payrolls. Votes: 0

The marketing department uses many advanced techniques to match products and buyers in a way that mximizes profits. For example, they give away keychains. Votes: 0

I'm a hard-nosed businessman, that if a company is paying its way, increasing profits for thirty-odd consecutive years, you don't put it into receivership. Votes: 0

Progressive taxation of income and profits means that precisely those parts of the income which people would have saved and invested are taxed away Votes: 0

Companies are not charitable enterprises They hire workers to make profits. In the United States, this logic still works. In Europe, it hardly does Votes: 0

The only source from which an entrepreneurs profits stem is his ability to anticipate better than other people the future demand of the consumers. Votes: 0

Employers able to work together with workers and sharing gains and profits will lead to a much better world, getting away from income inequality. Votes: 0

There is always risk involved. You can't be a capitalist only when there are investment profits but then a socialist when you experience losses. Votes: 0

There is always risk involved. You can't be a capitalist only when there are investment profits but then a socialist when you experience losses. Votes: 0

As in the past, the costs and risks of the coming phases of the industrial economy were to be socialized, with eventual profits privatized ... Votes: 0

As a wedding gift, Ray J gave Kim Kardashian his profits from their sex tape. It's 'Something Old' as well as 'Something Blew.' Votes: 0

I daresay one profits more by the mistakes one makes off one's own bat than by doing the right thing on somebody's else advice. Votes: 0

Tobacco is the only industry that produces products to make huge profits and at the same time damage the health and kill their consumers. Votes: 0

Far too many executives have become more concerned with the 'four P's' - pay, perks, power and prestige - rather than making profits for shareholders. Votes: 0

May your P&L account of deeds for humanity be in profits; for you have to present the your Balance Sheet on the Judgment Day. Votes: 0

It's completely legitimate for a company to continue striving for growth and higher profits. But business activities have to be conducted in a sustainable manner. Votes: 0

Dominate the market with your products of self-control; no matter how many temptations produced by the devil, you will still overcome with profits of excellence! Votes: 0

When war comes, two things happen - profits go way, way up and all perishables go way, way down. There becomes a market for them. Votes: 0

Companies that model best practices, that model the most upstanding principles, end up as the most profitable. It's not a trade of profits versus principles. Votes: 0

It's a wise man who profits by his own experience, but it's a good deal wiser one who lets the rattlesnake bite the other fellow. Votes: 0

Typically, we make money when we buy things. We count the profits later, but we know we have captured them when we buy the bargain. Votes: 0

Even the best data security systems can't protect private taxpayer information from entrepreneurial foreign businesses than can make huge profits selling U.S. taxpayer information. Votes: 0

The oil companies regard nuclear power as their rival, who will reduce their profits, so they put out a lot of disinformation about nuclear power. Votes: 0

Far too many executives have become more concerned with the four P's -- pay, perks, power and prestige -- rather than making profits for shareholders. Votes: 0

Banks have never made money in the history of banking, losing the equivalent of all their past profits periodically - while bankers strike it rich. Votes: 0

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 wealth. Votes: 0

With less competition to fear, companies are emboldened to raise their mark-ups and profits. That lifts share prices and thus the wealth of already wealthy shareholders. Votes: 0

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 at 15% isn't. Votes: 0

It's not just a hurricane. It's the demand for gas in China... We're paying $3 a gallon, and the oil companies are making historic profits every quarter. Votes: 0

The one thing people seem to forget is the more oil we have, the lower the price and the lower the profits the oil companies make. Votes: 0

Newspapers are the Bibles of worldlings.How diligently they read them!Here they find their law and profits,their judges and chronicles,their epistles and revelations. Votes: 0

Newspapers are the Bibles of worldlings. How diligently they read them! Here they find their law and profits, their judges and chronicles, their epistles and revelations. Votes: 0

Rosa Luxemburg maintained that the capitalist system can keep up its rate of investment (and therefore its profits) only so long as it is expanding geographically. Votes: 0

My parents really raised me with the value that it's important to give back, and I've always gravitated towards non-profits and charities that work with children. Votes: 0

To see how boring you really are, write a book about soap and cults, and the profits you make will be your only means of subsistence. Votes: 0

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 their work. Votes: 0

Creativity is not like the weather: You can do something about it. And you can measure it well enough to determine its effect on sales and profits. Votes: 0

Indeed, American companies make three times as much profits from their investment in one E.U. country, Ireland, than they do from all their investments in China. Votes: 0

In the long run, with profits from piracy greater than international finance mobilised to solve the problem, we can expect piracy to increase geographically and in sophistication. Votes: 0

The clergy, no less than the capitalist class, lives on the backs of the people, profits from the degradation, the ignorance and the oppression of the people. Votes: 0

The first commitment is raise your salary. One of the ways to raise your salary sometimes is to have short-term profits but there are many other ways. Votes: 0

Corporations, government entities and media conglomerates-fear the ideology of an animal liberationist could catch hold and topple them from their golden thrones, reducing their animal product profits. Votes: 0

Toy companies aren't interested in ideology, they want to sell toys. If they would sell a toy that both boys and girls would buy, it doubles profits. Votes: 0

I want to do and I'm giving all the profits to charity, is to teach people to meditate. All it takes is a little bit of patience. Votes: 0

They don't take eyeballs at the bank. Those who value stocks by eyeballs should go be ophthalmologists, not stock analysts. There is no cyberworld where reach trumps profits. Votes: 0

Imperialism was genuinely popular among Athenians who would expect to share in its profits, even if only indirectly and collectively, and not to have to bear its burdens. Votes: 0

Imperialism was genuinely popular among Athenians who would expect to share in its profits, even if only indirectly and collectively, and not to have to bear its burdens. Votes: 0

The incredible brand awareness and bottom-line profits achievable through social media marketing require hustle, heart, sincerity, constant engagement, long-term commitment, and most of all, artful and strategic storytelling. Votes: 0

In the business world, lower profits reflect less demand for your product. But in government the opposite is true - demand for our services increases in hard times. Votes: 0

I'm the crazy one? This country has gone insane. Read about it. FCC orders NBC newsrooms to partner with Soros funded non-profits. That's how the deal went through. Votes: 0

Today, the United States is No. 1 in corporate profits, No. 1 in CEO salaries, No. 1 in childhood poverty and No. 1 in income and wealth inequality in the industrialized world. Votes: 0

Thinking withdraws radically and for its own sake from this world and its evidential nature, whereas science profits from a possible withdrawal for the sake of specific results. Votes: 0

It is not size that counts in business. Some companies with $500,000 capital net more profits than other companies with $5,000,000. Size is a handicap unless efficiency goes with it. Votes: 0

When you take into public ownership a profitable industry the profits soon disappear. The goose that laid the golden eggs goes broody. State geese are not great layers. Votes: 0

Carl Icahn told me to stay away from airlines. In good times, the unions take away the profits, and in bad times, the cost of oil kills you. Votes: 0

If you look at payments to labor as a proportion of national income or gross domestic product, you find profits going way up, investment and savings going up. Votes: 0

The establishment people tell us that if the workers wanted to share the profits, it was called communism. When management wants to share profits, it's called a bonus. Votes: 0

Drugs are available to those who want them. And where are those profits going? Into organized crime, [to criminals] who spend their profits on the destruction of whole societies. Votes: 0

But in the past, US companies have been able to increase their profits through downsizing in the US, through colonizing other people's resources, and through the increase of globalization. Votes: 0

The solid wealth of insurance companies and the success of those who organsie gambling are some indication of the profits to be derived from the efficient use of chance. Votes: 0

The facility of obtaining food is beneficial in two ways to the owners of capital, it at the same time raises profits and increases the amount of consumable commodities. Votes: 0

We must not close our eyes to the fact that there are conspiring men who would pollute young boys, and girls of corresponding age, for sake of increasing profits. Votes: 0

But a tax on luxuries would no other effect than to raise their price. It would fall wholly on the consumer, and could neither increase wages nor lower profits. Votes: 0

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 all other private gratifications. Votes: 0

It is not the job of the Department of Education to maximize profits for the government at the cost of squeezing students who are struggling to get an education. Votes: 0

The few who understand the system, will either be so interested from it's profits or so dependent on it's favors, that there will be no opposition from that class. Votes: 0

And sometimes I actually start to think human life is just as cheap to corporate America as animal life, so long as there are big profits to be made. Votes: 0

Success by the laws of competition signifies a victory over others by obtaining the direction and profits of their work. This is the real source of all great riches. Votes: 0

If you keep your eye on the profit, you're going to skimp on the product. But if you focus on making really great products, then the profits will follow. Votes: 0

The elite media has been caught in so many lies because of false statements that its whole reputation has eroded, their circulation is down, and their profits are down Votes: 0

Why don't these companies making big profits just pay people better than $14 an hour? It's kind of simple. When you're making record profits, why not? I don't get it. Votes: 0

The elite media has been caught in so many lies because of false statements that its whole reputation has eroded, their circulation is down, and their profits are down. Votes: 0

Broadcast TV is still the mothership and it will be for the foreseeable future. Audiences may be declining slightly but revenues are going up and profits are going up. Votes: 0

For profits think, "We've got to find that finest talent available, pay them what they're worth, and put them into their daily solutions. " Apply the Who to the What. Votes: 0

There`s sort of a chilling effect on non-profits and the media and a lot of other places because the establishment is so powerful. That`s where the money is. Votes: 0

A rise in wages, from an alteration in the value of money, produces a general effect on price, and for that reason it produces no real effect whatever on profits. Votes: 0

Happiness is not an individual matter. When you are able to bring relief, or bring back the smile to one person, not only that person profits, but you also profit. Votes: 0

When people are against profits they're against business; when they're against business, they're against employment; when they're against employment, it's not surprising that a large number of them are unemployed. Votes: 0

Our country is a place where hope can be born and great companies, organizations and non-profits can spring up from an idea birthed on the back of a coffee-shop napkin. Votes: 0

I work to promote the idea of sustainable capitalism driven by long-term considerations rather than quarterly profits, which seeks to better people's lives and the planet rather than destroy them. Votes: 0

Five years of Republicans' failed energy policies have resulted in Americans paying twice as much at the pump as they did in 2001, while big oil companies make triple the profits. Votes: 0

Buying and selling securities on the Stock Exchange do not start new industries. Big business never starts anything new. It merely absorbs, consolidates and profits at the expense of others. Votes: 0

Industry cannot flow unless cpaital is confident, and capital will not be confident as long as it fears that Parliament will meddle with it and walk off with its profits. Votes: 0

Washington is broken. Bailing out Wall Street with no strings attached while leaving middle class Arkansas taxpayers with the bill. Protecting insurance company profits instead of patients and lowering health costs. Votes: 0

Like the vast majority of my constituents, I continue to be concerned about record profits reported by petroleum companies at a time when consumers are paying record high prices for gasoline. Votes: 0

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 pay anything if he didn't make it. Votes: 0

Cease being intimidated by the argument that a right action is impossible because it does not yield maximum profits, or that a wrong action is to be condoned because it pays. Votes: 0

Could we chose to amend the rules of the game to create a society that values people over profits, life over pollution, mutual care over guns and prisons, vision over dysfunction? Votes: 0

Capital which overreaches for profits; labor which overreaches for wages, or a public which overreaches for bargains will all destroy such other. There is no salvation for us on that road. Votes: 0

Share your profits with all your associates, and treat them as partners. In turn, they will treat you as a partner, and together you will all perform beyond your wildest expectations. Votes: 0

All that was clear that the profits to be had from smart people making complicated bets overwhelmed anything that could be had from servicing customers, or allocating capital to productive enterprise. Votes: 0

The CEO of the Olive Garden blames his company's low profits on Obamacare - which is odd because most people won't eat at the Olive Garden until they have health insurance. Votes: 0

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 our intelligence and falsifies our judgment. Votes: 0

The economy may be complex, but Americans understand that the Wall Street banks control an outsized portion of the economy and that they have an outsized interest in their own profits. Votes: 0

Drug companies should not be allowed to reap excessive profits or spend unreasonable amounts on marketing if they want to receive support that is designed to encourage life- saving and health-improving treatments. Votes: 0

The lure of heady profits of the late 1990's spawned abuses and excesses. With strict enforcement and higher ethical standards, we must usher in a new era of integrity in corporate America. Votes: 0

The wealthy have installed their slaves in the highest spheres of the state. The banks are privately owned. They are concerned solely with profits. They have no interest in the common good. Votes: 0

Back in the '80s and '90s, when GM was consistently posting giant profits, they were simultaneously firing tens of thousands of workers in my hometown of Flint and across Michigan. Votes: 0

At long as a stock is acting right, and the market is right, do not be in a hurry to take profits. One should never permit speculative ventures to run into investments. Votes: 0

Chances are that neither the client nor the agency will ever know very much about what role the ad has played in sales or profits of the client, either short-term or long-term. Votes: 0

Zeroing in on the best sectors or the best regions of the world is great, but zeroing in on the very best individual stocks is the key to making truly impressive profits. Votes: 0

Drop down someone else's shoe and run to take your own quickly. Don't hire your own to anybody, else it profits you nothing! Brighten the corner where you are. Yes, you can! Votes: 0

Every day seems to reveal a new piece of research about meditation, or new clinical applications of mindfulness or compassion practice, or new corporations or foundations or non-profits bringing mindfulness to work. Votes: 0

Germany is not a fair country. Millions of people believe that things aren't fair in this country. Company profits and bonus payments have increased at the same rate as precarious employment situations. Votes: 0

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 improves teamwork, productivity and, where appropriate, profits. Votes: 0

The forces that have worked hard to stoke populist anger against reform are the very ones that benefit from a health system which puts profits ahead of quality care for its patients. Votes: 0

The bank - the monster has to have profits all the time. It can't wait. It'll die. No, taxes go on. When the monster stops growing, it dies. It can't stay one size. Votes: 0

There is one and only one responsibility of business: to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game. Votes: 0

The President's announcement sounded less like a national energy plan than like a page from an election-year play book. This Administration's plan to reduce obscene oil company profits is to regulate them less. Votes: 0

Our laws demand that a corporation have a fiduciary responsibility with shareholders to maximize profits. They are legally required to make as much money as possible, any way possible within 'the law.' Votes: 0

In a truly great company profits and cash flow become like blood and water to a healthy body: They are absolutely essential for life but they are not the very point of life Votes: 0

A vital function of the free market is to penalize inefficiency and misjudgment and to reward efficiency and good judgment. By distorting economic calculations and creating illusory profits, inflation will destroy this function. Votes: 0

Good information architecture makes users less alienated and suppressed by technology. It simultaneously increases human satisfaction and your company's profits. Very few jobs allow you to do both at the same time, so enjoy. Votes: 0

The U.S. and European markets have become mature, profit margins are lower, and equipment isn't so new. Because profits are relatively low, it limits the willingness of companies to invest in newer equipment. Votes: 0

The U.S. and European markets have become mature, profit margins are lower, and equipment isnt so new. Because profits are relatively low, it limits the willingness of companies to invest in newer equipment. Votes: 0

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, by sometimes disregarding a single chance, fails in everything. Votes: 0

Now one person doing the job of one and a half. So as an employer I can get two people to do the work of three, and think about what that does for profits. Votes: 0

There is work that profits children, and there is work that brings profit only to employers. The object of employing children is not to train them, but to get high profits from their work. Votes: 0

The economic expansion that began in 2001, while it has been great for corporate profits, has yet to produce any significant gains for ordinary working Americans. And now it looks as if it never will. Votes: 0

History, that is to say, the unconscious, universal life of humanity, in the aggregate, every moment profits by the life of kings for itself, as an instrument for the accomplishment of its own ends. Votes: 0

Failing to warn the citizens of a looming weapon of mass destruction- and that's what global warming is- in order to protect oil company profits, well, that fits for me the definition of treason. Votes: 0

We must continue working for a better world. I want my grandchildren to live in a society with a spirit of independence, a society that puts people before profits and looks after the environment. Votes: 0

Having a company that's successful is a wonderful platform to do new things. You don't have to raise money for it; you can take profits from the company and pump them into new business. Votes: 0

Merely taking the profits from the hotels and putting those aside is not enough. They need to look at bank loans. They need to look at foreign banks leasing space in the Trump Tower. Votes: 0

Once a guy starts using a wig, he has to keep using one. It's, like, his fate. That's why wig makers make such huge profits. I hate to say it, but they're like drug dealers. Votes: 0

Smart development builds on a region's own skills, resources and local businesses. Dumb growth invites a big corporation in, surrenders control and profits to a distant headquarters, undercuts local manufacturers, and risks layoffs without warning. Votes: 0

Higher productivity enables companies to increase sales without adding workers. Even if job markets tighten and wages rise, corporate profits can continue to climb as long as worker productivity is growing faster than overall wages. Votes: 0

When each of these three elements of vision-concern for excellence, for people and for the wider environment-are present, business is transformed from a tool for making profits into a creative, humane experiment for improving life. Votes: 0

Competition is the final price determinant and competitive prices may result in profits which force you to accept a rate of return less than you hoped for, or for that matter to accept temporary losses. Votes: 0

Once a guy starts using a wig, he has to keep using one. It's, like, his fate. That's why wig makers make such huge profits. I hate to say it, but they're like drug dealers." Votes: 0

Competition is the final price determinant and competitive prices may result in profits which force you to accept a rate of return less than you hoped for, or for that matter to accept temporary losses Votes: 0

For scientists, growing cells took so much work that they couldn't get much research done. So the selling of cells was really just for the sake of science, and there weren't a lot of profits. Votes: 0

Everybody knows that the federal government promises a lot and delivers damn little, and pays for most of what it does deliver out of the earnings of individuals rather than the profits of great corporations. Votes: 0

Pharmaceutical companies are enjoying unprecedented profits and access with this Administration. Yet the Republicans' prescription drug plan for seniors has been a colossal failure, and over 43 million Americans wake up every morning without health insurance. Votes: 0