Quotes About Commerce

The commerce of India does not grow, nor does that of Portugal, or of Turkey; that but that of the protected countries does increase, as has been shown in the case of Spain, and can now be shown in that of Germany.

Microsoft's intentions must be judged by Microsoft's actions, not Microsoft's words. Their actions speak plainly enough: they are working to turn today's open-PC ecosystem into a closed, Microsoft-controlled distribution and commerce monopoly.

The more competitive value of the dollar turned around the trade deficit.

Square is turning informal, cash transactions, like you would do with a taco truck, into card swipes. Stripe is more for the Internet, it's focused on the kinds of transactions that weren't possible years ago. We think about how you would buy things from a mobile phone, crowd-funding, how should that work.

The part of Stripe that I've always found most interesting is the idea of facilitating new commerce that wouldn't otherwise happen. Payouts is turning out to be a big part of that. These new networks are efficient, intelligent replacements for offline behemoths.

Many years ago, Bill Gates said that one day we'd be able to click on the shoes of a character in a TV show and buy them online. Whether that happens or not, are you thinking about new ways to combine your assets in programming, customer knowledge, and technology?

In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch Is offering too little and asking too much. The French are with equal advantage content, So we clap on Dutch bottoms just twenty per cent.

Commerce can never be at a stop while one man wants what another can supply; and credit will never be denied, while it is likely to be repaid with profit.

A lot of people dont understand how cargo coming into our ports matters, not just to Southern California but to every single congressional district. I want to educate on that issue.

I have Twitter so I can tell people what I want them to buy and they give me money.

Actually I'd had a certain amount of experience in Europe in the inter-war period, as a banker, and I was also a member of the Board of Directors of the International Chamber of Commerce.

When war becomes a trade, it benefits, like all other trades, from the division of labour.

Second is the way of the merchant. The wine maker obtains his ingredients and puts them to use to make his living. The way of the merchant is always to live by taking profit.

It is not permissible for a Muslim to buy products of the countries that are in a state of war with Islam and Muslims, for example, Israel.

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

It is in this sense that Franklin says, "war is robbery, commerce is generally cheating.

There seems to be three ways for a nation to acquire wealth: the first is by war...this is robbery; the second by commerce, which is generally cheating; the third by agriculture, the only honest way.

A day will come when there will be no battlefields, but markets opening to commerce and minds opening to ideas.

If New York has just become a mall for the world, then what's the difference between being here and somewhere else?

I would love to feel satisfied doing a Hindi film when there is no restriction of commerce, which is song and dance, item numbers.

Good merchandise, even hidden, soon finds buyers.

I remember Geauga Lake. I remember Six Flags. I remember going to the mall. I hung out there. These big, grand places that served as pinnacles of the community were not only institutions or places of commerce. They were communal spaces where a lot of people went and shared good memories. These are very nostalgic places.

Nation-states like war; city-states like commerce; families like stability; and individuals like entertainment

La Ley de Rodas establece que si se tira mercancía para aligerar la carga del barco, lo que se ha perdido para beneficio de todos debe recuperarse mediante la contribución de todos.