Quotes About Profit

Fighting and scars are part of a trader's overhead. But fighting is only useful when there's money at the end, and if I can get it without, so much the sweeter.

After all, the essential point in running a risk is that the returns justify it.

What do you require to exchange your ideas for mine?" "You think my convictions are for sale?" "Why not?" came the cold response. "Isn't that your business, buying and selling?" "Only at a profit," said Mallow

I'm a man of business. If it adds up to a plus mark, I'm for it.

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.

Politicians can either keep listening to a small number of polluting fossil fuel companies, who're keen to profit from keeping us hooked on oil, coal and gas, or they can listen to the majority of other voices from civil society to business calling for an urgent switch to low and zero carbon heat and power.

Zombies are so popular. There's a lot of chaff out there. For every one person who is legitimately passionate about zombies, there are a hundred people who are thinking, 'Hey, I can make a buck off of this.' The problem is that some of their stuff is so lame.

As the scale of economic activity increases until capitalism affects everything, from the atmosphere to the deep ocean floor, the entire planet becomes a sacrifice zone: we all inhabit the periphery of the profit-making machine.

It's them that takes advantage that gets advantage i' this world.

There is nothing the body suffers which the soul may not profit by.

Many receive advice, only the wise profit by it.

A fair price for oil is whatever you can get plus ten to twenty per cent.

Crime is a logical extension of the sort of behaviour that is often considered perfectly respectable in legitimate business.

There is only one social responsibility of business - to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits without deception or fraud.

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

Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.

The most important thing in life is not to capitalize on your gains. Any fool can do that. The really important thing is to profit from your losses.

'Quality' means what will sell and do a customer some good - at least try to.

Why can't modern tech companies both grow and turn a profit at the same time?

Hubspot's leaders were not heroes but rather a pack of sales and marketing charlatans who spun a good story about magical transformation technology and got rich by selling shares in a company that still has never turned a profit.

The Bollywood distribution system is so corrupt that they have trouble making money off movies. So they sell shoes that an actress stepped in. If they turned up the amps some, maybe they could sell the actresses.

I never lost money by turning a profit.

There was a time when a company could not sell its shares to the public unless its revenues were growing and it was turning a profit. Companies that lost money were deemed too risky for public investors.

Turning corporations loose and letting the profit motive run amok is not a prescription for a more livable world.