N. R. Narayana Murthy Quotes

In my opinion MS is a lot better at making money than it is at making good operating systems.

Our continued investment in productivity will add to our margins, and you'll see that reflected in the bottom line earnings.

We care about margins.

Revenue cures everything in the business world.

We expect all our businesses to have a positive impact on our top and bottom lines. Profitability is very important to us or we wouldn't be in this business.

I don't want to do business with those who don't make a profit, because they can't give the best service.

Market leadership can translate directly to higher revenue, higher profitability, greater capital velocity, and correspondingly stronger returns on invested capital.

I have a business to run and stockholders to think about.

There's very little substitute in the business world for making money.

The key, I think, from a business point of view, is to learn how to be efficient in making a record that's not too expensive, so that you're not going crazy spending tons of money making a product that might not ever return that money.

Creating value isn't enough - you also need to capture some of the value you create.

General Motors is not in the business of making cars. It is in the business of making money.

I have not been selling. In fact, it might prove beneficial by making it possible to get cheaper labor and cheaper money..

I truly believe that the combination of a strong top line together with a strong bottom line is what makes for a sustainable business.

I have a hard time with businesses that don't make money at some point.

As long as you're a company that makes profits, all's good.

At the end of the day, it's show business: you earn money to make money.

Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success.

Unlike Marvel, we are not setting up redundant organizations for expertise that exists. We will track all DC properties to measure financial success.

It's a sin to have your films not to make money.

Profit or perish... There are only two ways to make money: increase sales and decrease costs.

The big companies are the private industry. But they're faced with a short-term need to show a profit in short-term.

A well-managed business will have a high return on invested capital. But that's a consequence. It's not a way to manage a business.

Profit and bottom line, the contemporary mantra, eliminates the very source of architectural expression.

Corporations are not in business to be social-welfare organizations; they are there to make money.