Profit quotes
233 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"Any who may wish to profit himself alone from the knowledge given him, rather than serve others through the knowledge he has gained from learning, is betraying knowledge and rendering it worthless"
"I've always been rapping before I was making money off of it. Before I made a profit, I had always been rapping."
"We must take the profit out of war."
"If we seek God for our own good and profit, we are not seeking God."
"The concept of profit maximization is, in fact, meaningless."
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"Some day the workers will take possession of your city hall, and when we do, no child will be sacrificed on the altar of profit!"
"The entire socioeconomic system is based on production for profit and a growth imperative that cannot be sustained."
"you may take it as an axiom that you cannot profit in Wall Street by continuously doing the obvious or the popular thing"
"Throw away profit and greed, and there won't be any thieves."
"Fools you are. To say you learn by your experience. I prefer to profit by others' mistakes and avoid the price of my own."
"If you're in a system where you must make profit in order to survive. You are compelled to ignore negative externalities, effects on others."
"If one is guided by profit in one's actions, one will incur much ill will."
"At every occasion in your life, do not forget to commune with yourself and ask of yourself how you can profit by it."
"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."
"Profit is not the purpose of a business, but rather the test of its validity"
"Obvious prospects for physical growth in a business do not translate into obvious profits for investors."
"Show me who makes a profit from war, and I'll show you how to stop the war."
"There is massive propaganda for everyone to consume. Consumption is good for profits and consumption is good for the political establishment."
"To make mistakes is human, but to profit from them is divine."
"Shareholders have the right and obligation to set the parameters of corporate behavior within which management pursues profit."
"I never lost money by turning a profit."
"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."
"Profits are better than wages."
"Evil companions bring more hurt than profit."
"Why is pot against the law? It wouldn't be because anyone can grow it, and therefore you can't make a profit off it, would it?"
