Quotes About Profit

In the end, the war in Vietnam was much like any other. There were those who profited. Those it devoured. And then there were those for whom there are no words.

When it comes to Vought, or any corporate outfit really, all that counts to them is profit. They send their kids on planes built by the lowest bidder. They travel on the fuckin' things themselves. Company jets or first class, they still go on 'em. Safety costs. Money's God.

If customer ignorance is a profit centre for you, you're in trouble.

Jeff Park paused, as if to let that figure register, but Barry had heard it all before. Prices went up. Shareholders profited. What part of capitalism didn't Jeff Park understand?

earn what you can since everything's for sale

To a large extent, corporations govern us and run our lives—for their profit, not ours. The list could go on and on.

This contrasts sharply with the progressive view that markets must respect human dignity and serve the common good while pursuing profit.

In the strict father model, the "free market" plays a significant, implicit role. The market is a competitive system where the disciplined are rewarded through profit, and the undisciplined (and hence immoral) are punished through poverty. The market is an instrument of morality.

What all this adds up to is the view that nature is there as a resource to be used by man for his self-interest and profit. But, frugality being a virtue, the resource should be "conserved" as much as possible.

Incidentally, conservatives are attempting to destroy this system via "tort reform," the capping of damages at levels so low that the attorneys could no longer afford to function as police and prosecutors and the whole system would break down. Their motivation is to make the market "free" from the loss of profit through lawsuits for harming or defrauding the public. THE

There's still a lot of investors wondering what to invest in. And, of course, I think entertainment looks attractive when you read the few films that make these insane amounts of money. What they don't know is they don't always do that.

Most scams are absurd - so absurd that one wonders how anyone falls for them at all; yet if no one falls for them, how do the scammers make money?

Speculation is only a word covering the making of money out of the manipulation of prices, instead of supplying goods and services.

I go to work every day with two missions. Two! No. 1: how can I make my bosses more money? And No. 2: how can I get some of it?

Now a movie with 30 million returns would be something very incredible and the producer can only get 10 to 15 million. This is only 100 thousands US dollars. This is not enough!

The plundering for profit of the world's natural resources has threatened the very sustainability of the planet.

I think Varga is a manifestation, certainly, and someone who can thrive and profit from the world's failure and has worked out the operation, whatever the operation may be, that he's about, which will remain a mystery.

Although it's easy to forget sometimes, a share is not a lottery ticket... it's part-ownership of a business.

'Baaghi 2' opened in less than 5,000 screens and its ticket prices were also not high, as it's not a festival season release. Yet, it has made the kind of money that has shocked the trade.

Actually, we've done 75 of these shows and every one of them has sold out. But then we buy all the tickets.

I don't think profit margins are great when you're giving away free tickets!

Every time Wal-Mart spends one dollar foolishly, it comes right out of our customers' pockets. Every time we save them a dollar, that puts us one more step ahead of the competition—which is where we always plan to be.

The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit.

Do not make what you can sell, sell what you can make