Al Capone Quotes

The difficulty lies, not in finding a producer, but in finding a consumer.

We do not manufacture wants for goods we do not produce.

The market is not an invention of capitalism. It has existed for centuries. It is an invention of civilization.

5,000 units will saturate the market.

Want and effective demand are not the same thing. If they were, the poorest nations would be the ones to display the most vigorous demand.

Mankind does not drink alcohol because there are breweries, distilleries, and vineyards; men brew beer, distill spirits, and grow grapes because of the demand for alcoholic drinks.

And as in other things, so in men, not the seller, but the buyer determines the Price.

Stores don't order merchandise unless they think they can sell it right away. Manufacturers and builders don't produce unless they have buyers lined up. My business contacts describe this as a paradigm shift and they believe it's permanent.

There's an audience for everything.

There just doesn't seem to be a market for something with aspiration anymore.

Nothing exists if a store doesn't buy it and you're not able to get it.

It took us three years to even come close to catching up with the demand a little bit.

Supply always comes on the heels of demand.

The market is not an invention of capitalism …. It is an invention of civilization.

You only produce one car less than the demand for the vehicle. You just don't exceed that equation.

Violence is totally accepted in this country.

The consumers are merciless. They never buy in order to benefit a less efficient producer and to protect him against the consequences of his failure to manage better. They want to be served as well as possible. And the working of the capitalist system forces the entrepreneur to obey the orders issued by the consumers.

Everything which is demanded is by that fact a good.

As we spend more, and as companies are pushed to invest, they say, "Hey wait a minute! There's more demand in the system. Let's invest more."

Commerce can never be at a stop while one man wants what another can supply; and credit will never be denied, while it is likely to be repaid with profit.

The industry cannot long offer unneeded or overpriced insurance if people will not buy it.

For 99 issues out of 100 we could say that at some price they are cheap enough to buy and at some price they would be so dear that they would be sold.

Good things soon find a purchaser.

People do, as long as you have markets, you'll have excesses.

The more necessary a thing is for living beings, the more easily it is found and the cheaper it is; the less necessary it is, the rarer and dearer it is.