Profit Quotes
There can be no rise in the value of labour without a fall of profits.
David Ricardo (1821). “On the Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation”, p.31
Smedley Butler, Mark Twain, Bertrand Russell (2015). “War is a Racket!: And Other Essential Reading”, p.71, The Forlorn Press
The concept of profit maximization is, in fact, meaningless.
Peter Drucker (2013). “People and Performance”, p.88, Routledge
Joseph A. Schumpeter (2011). “The Theory of Economic Development: An Inquiry into Profits, Capital, Credit, Interest, and the Business Cycle”, p.153, Transaction Publishers
Resolved, never to lose one moment of time; but improve it the most profitable way I possibly can.
Jonathan Edwards (1852). “The Works ...”, p.4
Unpublished letter to the "Providence Journal" (13 April 1934), quoted in "Collected Essays, Volume 5: Philosophy", edited by J. T. Joshi, (pp. 115-116), 1976.