#profit

In the state of nature profit is the measure of right. ↗

— Thomas Hobbes

#nature #profit #right #state

We got more provisions for our whiskey than the same money, which we paid for the liquor, would have bought; so after all it proved a very profitable investment. ↗

— Buffalo Bill

#bought #got #investment #liquor #money

Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit. ↗

— Josh Billings

#fools #fun #living #out #profit

It is no wonder that bank capital is regulated. When borrowing and lending is profitable, it is tempting for banks to scale up their operations and to borrow and lend too much in relation to their capital, in effect reducing the effectiveness of the potential capital cushion. ↗

— Evan Davis

#banks #borrow #borrowing #capital #cushion

Those who cultivate moral confusion for profit should understand this: we will name their names and shame them as they deserve to be shamed. ↗

— Bob Dole

#cultivate #deserve #moral #name #names

There are growing concerns that oil companies are making too much in profits at the expense of consumers. ↗

— Pete Domenici

#concerns #consumers #expense #growing #making

A lot of our entertainment throws into detail the stagnation and illness of how we live today-it's sad and it's sick... and it's profitable. ↗

— Heather Donahue

#entertainment #how #illness #into #live

It may not always be profitable at first for businesses to be online, but it is certainly going to be unprofitable not to be online. ↗

— Esther Dyson

#always #businesses #certainly #first #going

In speaking of Jesus, I must speak about Christianity because I do not think it possible or profitable to divide the two. ↗

— Lionel Blue

#because #christianity #divide #i #i do

Yes. I think the anti-Wal-Mart is Costco, which pays much better and has much better health benefits and which is profitable and offers low prices. ↗

— Barbara Ehrenreich

#better #costco #health #health benefits #i