#profit

Don't be seduced into thinking that that which does not make a profit is without value. ↗

— Arthur Miller

#into #make #profit #seduced #thinking

If we were to do the Second Coming of Christ in color for a full hour, there would be a considerable number of stations which would decline to carry it on the grounds that a Western or a quiz show would be more profitable. ↗

— Edward R. Murrow

#christ #color #coming #considerable #considerable number

The pursuit of excellence is less profitable than the pursuit of bigness, but it can be more satisfying. ↗

— David Ogilvy

#excellence #less #more #profitable #pursuit

The President's announcement sounded less like a national energy plan than like a page from an election-year play book. This Administration's plan to reduce obscene oil company profits is to regulate them less. ↗

— Nick Rahall

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Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception. ↗

— Sophocles

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Markets are designed to allow individuals to look after their private needs and to pursue profit. It's really a great invention and I wouldn't under-estimate the value of that, but they're not designed to take care of social needs. ↗

— George Soros

#allow #care #designed #great #i

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

— Steven Spielberg

#comes #down #go #happen #market

Profit is the most global aspect of a business, and it is cross-functional. ↗

— Carlos Ghosn

#business #global #most #profit

If you open up the mind, the opportunity to address both profits and social conditions are limitless. It's a process of innovation. ↗

— Jerry Greenfield

#both #conditions #innovation #limitless #mind

Competition is the final price determinant and competitive prices may result in profits which force you to accept a rate of return less than you hoped for, or for that matter to accept temporary losses. ↗

— Alfred P. Sloan

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