Famous Quotes & Sayings

Eleanor Roosevelt

I wonder if one of the penalties of growing older is that you become more and more conscious that nothing is very permanent.

Ludwig von Mises

Neither the entrepreneurs nor the farmers nor the capitalists determine what has to be produced. The consumers do that.

Ludwig von Mises

If, as is generally the case, the heirs are not equal to the demands which life makes on an entrepreneur, the inherited wealth rapidly vanishes.

Ludwig von Mises

There is no reason why capitalists and entrepreneurs should be ashamed of earning profits.

Ludwig von Mises

The better an entrepreneur succeeds, the more is he vilified and themore is he soaked by taxation.

Ludwig von Mises

Economic progress is the work of the savers, who accumulate capital, and of the entrepreneurs, who turn capital to new uses.

Chip Conley

Conventional wisdom suggests the primary motivator for entrepreneurs is money or wealth creation and, in fact, much of the political debate tends to center around what kind of tax or regulatory policy changes will turn corporate suits into small business adventurers overnight.

C. Wright Mills

The market is sovereign and in the magic economy of the small entrepreneur there is no authoritarian center... in the political sphere... the equilibrium of powers prevails, and hence there is no chance of despotism.

Charles Koch

But it [crony capitalism] erodes our overall standard of living and stifles entrepreneurs by rewarding the politically favored rather than those who provide what consumers want.

Albert Schweitzer

Not only is example the best way to teach, it is the only way.

Michael Panzner

Lucent this morning hints at the possibility that you may see other disappointing earnings in the sexier names. The reality is that expectations seem pretty high and the price of the market as a whole has moved higher to reflect that. It doesn't leave a lot of room for disappointment.

John Butters

Many of the energy sector earnings have been revised up recently, and that includes forecasts for the second quarter and for the full year.

Marc Shapiro

Seven of our ten units had double-digit earnings growth and an eighth had record earnings.

Patrick Casselman

Selling the drug unit is going to focus the company. The earnings were also better than expected. It is a good day for investors.

Michael Sheldon

So far the earnings season has gotten off to an underwhelming start. I think the positive news from Intel is just what the market needed and is likely to lead to a favorable opening on Wednesday.

Michael Sheldon

So far the earnings season has gotten off to an underwhelming start, ... I think the positive news from Intel is just what the market needed and is likely to lead to a favorable opening on Wednesday.

Sunil Reddy

Motorola had to spread its resources over too many areas. By moving away from the semiconductor business, it can spend more on research and development and also make its earnings stream more smooth.

Thomas Bauer

No one gave me this information. That's earnings management, that's never OK.

Charles Spurgeon

The only reason why anything virtuous or lively survives in us is this, 'the LORD is there'" (Ez. 35:10)

Ahmed Chalabi

Do not seek to find a reason why elections are not possible. Seek to make them possible, and they will be possible.

David Henry Hwang

There's a reason why the form was originally silent

Avril Lavigne

And suddenly you're all i need the reason why I smile<3

Catherine Opie

Language is a very complicated thing, and that's one of the reasons why I like making photographs.

Bram Stoker

There is a reason why all things are as they are.

Ashleigh Brilliant

One possible reason why things aren't going according to plan is that there never was a plan.

Benjamin Disraeli

There are so many plans, so many schemes, and so many reasons why there should be neither plans nor schemes.

Alexander Lebed

There is no reason why I should call myself a democrat.