Quotes About Profit

It is against nature for money to beget money.

For government; let it be in the hands of one, assisted with some counsel; and let them have commission to exercise martial laws, with some limitation. And above all, let men make that profit, of being in the wilderness, as they have God always, and his service, before their eyes.

When interest rates are coming down, you cannot have high margins.

Over time, low rates can put pressure on the business models of financial institutions.

In bypassing barriers between different classes, maturities, rating categories, debt seniority levels and so on, credit derivatives are creating enormous opportunities to exploit and profit from associated discontinuities in the pricing of credit risk.

As the ratings go up, so does advertising revenue.

Here's what I know about the business I am in. It's all based on money. It's all based on ratings.

The biggest income we make is from live performances, without any doubt. That's about a 4-to-1 ratio from anything else.

Ray Kroc called his first McDonald's restaurant, which he opened in Illinois, 'a little money machine.' That's why thousands of franchisees bought it.

In some respects, the video-game business is a lot like the razor business, which follows a simple model: Give away the razor, gouge 'em on the price of the blades.

When an entrant competitor attacks the low end of any market, the rational reaction of the incumbent firms is to abandon rather than defend it - because the low end is the least profitable of their possible investments.

I made a lot of money and had a great time playing with the words that make up the news. I exploited the laziness behind the news and people's reading habits.

The great thing about the NFL is that you get into it for love, and you realise it is a fabulous business.

We shouldn't be profiting from our students who are drowning in debt while giving a great deal to the banks. That's just wrong.

Facebook done a great job of monetizing social.

The great thing about capitalism is that it's a system that works.

I think the main focus in America is - is basically greed.

Don't open a bar if you think all you need to be is social and greet the customers. You have to run a business.

Money has no grey areas. You either make it or you lose it.

I consider Apple to be very closed. Let's say you have a book business, and you are charging 5 to 7 percent gross margins; you can't exist in an Apple world because they want 30 percent, and they don't care that you only have 7 percent to play with.

I want a for-profit company counting my vote because they know if they get it wrong, or if they get hacked, their value will plummet.

Maxine did not have any money to contribute, but convinced Louise that she would contribute her first $5,000 in profits back into the business.

Brendan makes $200,000 a year in his pool cleaning business. As a single-member LLC, he would pay over $18,000 in payroll taxes on the entire $200,000 profit. If Brendan used an S corporation and paid himself a $72,000 a year salary and flowed the rest through as profits without payroll taxes, his payroll taxes would be $11,000 per year. As such, Brendan could save $7,000 a year, year in and year out, by using an S corporation over an LLC. Who says choice of entity isn't important?

Their LLC has good credit and is able to borrow $600,000 without the need for personal guarantees. The loan has the effect of increasing each owner's tax basis by $200,000. Because distributions are taxed only when they exceed an owner's basis, this means that Lisa, Lyn and Lovella can each receive $200,000 in profit distributions tax free from the LLC.