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Profit Quotes - Page 7

The culture around here is much less cutthroat than it is in, say, Silicon Valley, or even within the non-profit culture in D.C.

"Dot-coms turn declining small town into 'Silicon Village'" by Perri Peltz, cnn.com. December 30, 2000.

The incentive for business is not, and cannot, be anything other than the root incentive for all business: they must profit.

"Dialogues on the Environment: Q&A With Edward Norton". Interview with Mark Tercek, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 6, 2013.

The variation in the value of money, however great, makes no difference in the rate of profits.

David Ricardo, John Ramsay McCulloch (1852). “The Works of David Ricardo. With a notice of the life and writings of the author: by J. R. McCulloch”, p.32

The proper man understands equity, the small man profits.

Confucius (1956). “Confucian analects”, Commodius Vicus

Actions whose motives he cannot understand that is, actions not prompted by the hope of profit.

"The Immoralist". Book by André Gide. Translated by R. Howard, 1902.

If you mean to profit, learn to please.

"Gotham". Book by Winston Churchill. Book II, line 88, 1764.

I have never been interested in personal gain or profit. This business and this studio have been my entire life.

Walt Disney, Kathy Merlock Jackson (2006). “Walt Disney: Conversations”, p.17, Univ. Press of Mississippi