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Bottom Line Quotes

Weighing financial priorities against what else matters.

A studio executive can describe the bottom line as simply money, while a storyteller insists what really matters most in a spy drama is the relationships underneath it. This page gathers quotes that use the phrase both literally and loosely. Related reading continues on Bottom quotes.

The bottom line is: Polls can be provocative, informative, fun or maddening. But as we move into 2020, it's important to be mindful that news organizations or those interpreting their polling results may not always be providing context that would...

Quotes by Sharyl Attkisson

The bottom line is that finding orphan planets - small, faint, and located who-knows-where - is not for the faint of heart. The task is comparable to observing a match flame at the distance of Pluto. The WISE satellite, a...

Quotes by Seth Shostak

The bottom line is, like, one in five stars has at least one planet where life might spring up. That's a fantastically large percentage. That means in our galaxy, there's on the order of tens of billions of Earth-like worlds.

Quotes by Seth Shostak

The bottom line is what we do might not be the safest so there is always some risk but we are ready to take that into account because we love racing and we love motor sports and it is dangerous.

Quotes by Sebastian Vettel

The bottom line is, you love your wife, you do your best with that.

Quotes by Sean Penn

The bottom line is that it's the NFL, and there's going to be competition wherever you go. That's the way I look at it. I've had competition in high school. I've had competition in college, and that's part of the...

Quotes by Scott Tolzien

The real bottom line is, the national unions want their hands on the money.

Quotes by Scott Walker

Earning money is not a sin, and the bottom line is growth.

Quotes by Rohit Shetty

Even though the Koch brothers' businesses put 4.4 million people at risk with pollutants, the Kochs have poured millions into lobbyists' coffers and political contributions to ensure their bottom line stays unchanged by the most basic safety precaution.

Quotes by Robert Greenwald

The bottom line is that everyone thinks differently.

Quotes by Rihanna

If you look at the big entertainment industry and their pursuit of the bottom line profits in exchange for producing content and distributing that content and marketing that content to inappropriate audiences, that's a problem for me.

Quotes by Rick Santorum

The bottom line is, until we're helping people to stop smoking, screening for breast cancer, giving Pap smears, giving prenatal care to pregnant women, we should not go into publicly paying for the artificial heart, which will benefit at great...

Quotes by Richard Lamm

The people of the United States don't recognize it, but the oil industry has given the greatest gift to the people of the nation, and that gift is the low cost of energy. Bottom line is this enables the country...

Quotes by Ray Lee Hunt

Dealing with those personalities and the people who run this music thing has been most challenging. It's hard to really communicate things to people who run a business yet forget the nature of the business. They only look at the...

Quotes by Q-Tip

Money can come and go, and fame comes and goes. Peace of mind and a relationship with God is far more important, so this is the precedent that we've set in our lives. The bottom line is, we all die,...

Quotes by Phil Robertson

The bottom line may be that my inventing buildings is, indeed, a very private kind of activity. But it's done to be shared. It is comforting and consoling. From the reactions I get I can see I'm not doing something...

Quotes by Peter Zumthor

The bottom line is that after we defeat the armed forces of Iraq, that we will want to and need to provide stability throughout that country.

Quotes by Peter Pace

The Internet was appealing partly because it was something I could do in bed and feel like I was achieving something. I had an operation when I was 13 and ended up with complications, so I was in and out...

Quotes by Pete Cashmore

The bottom line is that there is a lot more that could and should be done to help people with nutrition and exercise.

Quotes by Parris Glendening

Each and every one of us is amazing in our own way. We have five beautiful women who exude talent, and I am blessed and honored to be one of those women. For me, the bottom line is it's all...

Quotes by Normani Kordei

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the common idea across these bottom line quotes?
Most treat "the bottom line" as blunt honesty about what really matters — a former Blockbuster CEO's duty to shareholders, the flat claim that "the bottom line of Hollywood is money," and a lighter line about relationships being the real reason a spy story works.
Is there a quote that pushes back on always prioritizing the bottom line?
Yes — "Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top priority" is the one entry that argues against treating profit or the literal bottom line as the ultimate goal.
Does this collection focus on business specifically?
Partly — it includes a corporate reflection on shareholder duty and a blunt statement about Hollywood being driven by money, both using "bottom line" in its financial sense.
Why do people search bottom line quotes?
Usually to cut through complexity with a single, blunt statement of what actually matters — which is exactly the tone this set favors.
Where can I read related quotes?
For the plain financial sense of the phrase, see Line quotes, or for the standard this idea gets measured against, Best quotes.

One line pushes back directly, arguing that this measure should not always be treated as the top priority. For nearby themes, browse Best quotes or Country quotes.