#profit

Human nature is such that people are born with a love of profit If they follow these inclinations, they will struggle and snatch from each other, and inclinations to defer or yield will die. ↗

— Xun Zi

#defer #die #each #follow #human

It breaks even. We lose ten, twenty grand every year. But then the people who are working say, Look, I'll kick this back in, I don't need to take this profit share. It's very cooperative. ↗

— John Zorn

#breaks #cooperative #even #every #grand

I never lost money by turning a profit. ↗

— Bernard Baruch

#lost #money #never #profit #turning

It is respectable to have no illusions, and safe, and profitable and dull. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#illusions #profitable #respectable #safe

A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable. ↗

— Finley Peter Dunne

#lie #most #profitable #purpose #worst

Our communications services revenue growth is being driven by continued strong top-line performance in data, Internet and international - three of the fastest growing and most profitable areas within communications services. ↗

— Bernard Ebbers

#being #communications #continued #data #driven

Most people work for the private sector, which cannot exist without profit. ↗

— Larry Elder

#exist #most #people #private #private sector

Profit and bottom line, the contemporary mantra, eliminates the very source of architectural expression. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#bottom #bottom line #contemporary #eliminates #expression

Profits, like sausages... are esteemed most by those who know least about what goes into them. ↗

— Alvin Toffler

#esteemed #goes #into #know #least

So we really need jobs now. We have to take jobs away from other countries because other countries are taking our jobs. There is practically not a country that does business with the United States that isn't making - let's call it a very big profit. I mean China is going to make $300 billion on us at least this year. ↗

— Donald Trump

#because #big #billion #business #call