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Profit Quotes

Lines on margins, growth, and the pull of financial gain.

These lines examine profit from a business lens, touching on shrinking margins in mature markets and manufacturers holding prices steady to protect their bottom line. One older observation notes that a taste for profit seems almost inborn. Compare with Finance for more on money and strategy.

Amazon has suffered quarters-long profit droughts. Alphabet has given its investors agita over profligate spending on non-core products. Microsoft's growth - if not its profit engine - stalled for years, causing its stock to idle, too.

Quotes by Adam Lashinsky

The U.S. and European markets have become mature, profit margins are lower, and equipment isn't so new. Because profits are relatively low, it limits the willingness of companies to invest in newer equipment.

Quotes by Zong Qinghou

A person is born with a liking for profit.

Quotes by Xun Kuang

If you count all your assets you always show a profit.

Quotes by Wilson Mizner

Emotion Quotes

It is a beneficent incident of the ownership of land that a pioneer who reduces it to use, and helps to lay the foundations of a new State, finds a profit in the increasing value of land as the new...

Quotes by William Graham Sumner

I am fully persuaded that thousands of our fellow-men might profit equally by a similar course to mine; but, constitutions not being all alike, a different course of treatment may be advisable for the removal of so tormenting an affliction.

Quotes by William Banting

The investor of today does not profit from yesterday's growth.

Warren Buffett

In the U.S., PC-makers have no incentive to lower prices because it kills their profit margins. They keep adding new features like high-end retina displays and faster processors to justify their high prices.

Quotes by Vivek Wadhwa

Profit at any cost is one extreme of the spectrum. On the other extreme is unselfish submission for the social good or, more accurately, charity. Somewhere in the middle is peaceful, and much required, coexistence.

Quotes by Tulsi Tanti

Finance Quotes

I plan to publicize my breakups and profit from them like other celebrities.

Quotes by Trixie Mattel

Turning corporations loose and letting the profit motive run amok is not a prescription for a more livable world.

Quotes by Tom Scholz

No one can read with profit that which he cannot learn to read with pleasure.

Quotes by Thomas Hardy

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

Quotes by Thomas Hobbes

A movie that costs only $1.6 million doesn't have to be a cultural event to turn a profit.

Quotes by Steven Soderbergh

Gain Quotes

I started paddy cultivation not for profit.

Quotes by Sreenivasan

We must take the profit out of war.

Quotes by Smedley Butler

The Republicans and Democrats profit from war and sickness.

Quotes by Shiva Ayyadurai

When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses.

Quotes by Shirley Chisholm

Legitimate profit is good. What's bad is profiteering.

Quotes by Shaffi Mather

Strategy Quotes

Kickstarter isn't a profit center, it's an organizer and an instigator.

Quotes by Seth Godin

Frequently Asked Questions

What business angle do these Profit quotes cover?
They look at shrinking margins in mature markets and how companies protect pricing power rather than compete on cost alone.
Why do people search for quotes about profit?
Business readers and entrepreneurs often want a sharp line to frame a strategy discussion or justify a pricing decision.
Is there a quote about technology pricing here?
Yes, one line discusses how manufacturers add premium features instead of lowering prices, to protect their margins.
Does this collection suggest profit-seeking is natural?
One older quote frames the pursuit of profit as something people are simply born inclined toward.
What related page should I check next?
See Finance for more on money, markets, and strategy.

Together the entries suggest profit is as much a mindset as a number, shaping decisions long before any balance sheet is drawn up. Continue with Gain or Strategy for related business thinking.