Nat King Cole Quotes

We have no obligation to make history. We have no obligation to make art. We have no obligation to make a statement. Our obligation is to make money.

Even though I'm a hype man myself, I like the practicality of it all. People who understand how to turn a profit. At the end of the day, this is still business so I'm looking for real practical knowledge of how to actually make money, not necessarily raise it.

[Corporate] takeovers are for the public good, but that's not why I do it. I do it to make money.

Private industry's job is to make money. Private industry's job is to create a huge economic engine.

I know I'm intellectually capable of finding a series of things and making hundreds of millions. I have to get there and do it. Carefully. Legally.

A desire of gain is common to mankind, and the general motive to business and industry.

We believe that business is good because it creates value. It is ethical because it is based on voluntary exchange; it is noble because it can elevate our existence, and it is heroic because it lifts people out of poverty and creates prosperity.

I've made money in real estate, hotel, and restaurant investments.

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

I'm not in business to make money.

In these times of the 'Great Recession', we shouldn't be trying to shift the benefits of wealth behind some curtain. We should be celebrating and encouraging people to make as much money as they can. Profits equal tax money. While some people might find it distasteful to pay taxes, I don't. I find it patriotic.

There's always more money to be made.

You can't do business without money, of course, because that's how it works, but I'm not in business only for money.

You're either making money or you're not. If you're not making money get out of the business.

My philosophy is to make money.

I think it's a completely good thing to want to do business, to want to make money and be a success in the marketplace, to get the attention of customers. I'm not in the business of pointing fingers or blaming companies, but there is a limit to everything.

Capital is that part of wealth which is devoted to obtaining further wealth.

I always wanted to start a public company and make a lot of money.

The only reason to do business is to make money; that's the only reason for doing business.

I want business to prosper and make a profit caused by business expansion and prosperity.

You get rich through luck. You get rich through crime. You get rich through fulfilling the needs of another. You can be as greedy as you like. If you can't do one of those three things, you ain't going to get any money.

Business is the salt of life.

I just hate meetings. Though it's true that once you've made a lot of money, people around you might be full of ideas about ways to make lots more money and might be disappointed that you don't want to seize every opportunity to do so.

I am a huge fan of capitalism and a huge fan of entrepreneurship and changing the world with technology and with entrepreneurship. Capitalism is awesome. To me, capitalism is my religion.

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