Ray Dolby Quotes

I don't do something necessarily to make a big profit or because it's a logical business decision.

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

Greed has been severely underestimated and denigrated—unfairly so in my opinion. … there's nothing wrong with avarice as a motive as long as it doesn't lead to dishonest … conduct.

I always look for a challenge. Maybe it's part of my mentality to create something special.

I've always been driven, and I like the creative aspect of figuring things out.

I like my life. I like competing, but it's not just because of the money.

Every creativity has a motive. Either one does it for money, for fame, or for passion. My energies go out for passion.

You've got to have this burning desire in your chest to succeed.

Some people start modeling because they want to be models and they want the parties and the recognition, and then there are people like me. I come from a simple family, and for me getting into modeling was a chance to make money and create a business.

I am not in this business as a calling. I don't do what I do to right any wrongs.

I've never really thought of myself as an entrepreneur. I think of an entrepreneur as someone who wants to make a lot of money. That has never been at the top of my list.

For me, motivation is a person who has the capability to recruit the resources he needs to achieve a goal.

Necessity, n. The mother of invention. Profit is the father.

I am not in Wall Street for my health.

We must expect for a long time yet to see capitalists still striving to obtain the highest possible profits. But observe, that the passion for wealth is certainly in some senses new. It grew up very rapidly at the beginning of the present century; it was not so strong in the last century, when men were much more content to lead a quiet easy life of leisure. The change has really influenced the relations between men; but in the future it is quite possible that the scramble for wealth may grow less intense, and a change in the opposite direction take place.

You’re always reaching for the next thing. Every success leads to another one because you’re always testing yourself.

I'm always going to be looking for something artistically or whatever. I think that's part of being driven, but that doesn't necessarily mean I'm unhappy.

My motivation is internal.

Some people are motivated by a need for recognition, some by money, and some by a broad social goal. I start from a different place: from the love of ideas and the urge to put them into motion and see where they might lead.

The money is nice, but I am not in this game for the money.

When I made 'Voices of a Distant Star,' I wanted to make money from making that movie, of course, but that wasn't my major reason.

I live for the high expectations.

Promoters don't book you 'cause they like you; they do it 'cause there's good business to be done.

I got a boss mentality.

When I left Facebook, I left an enormous amount of equity on the table. I thought, 'I don't want to be a slave to money. I want to be a slave to something bigger: an ambition, a goal.'