Sol Hurok Quotes

Money has never been a motivation.

It's a fire, it's a passion to get out and to create and to innovate. And that I've always enjoyed and I've always been very proud of is that the people I've done business with, the people around me have always made money.

It's never been about making money.

I don't publish the books to make money, not at all.

I only am in this business because I enjoy it. I think that is the only way to be in the business.

I know a lot of people who have tremendous commercial success and they go directly for it. There's something that has always been difficult about that for me.

He has made a profession out of a business and an art out of a profession.

Sweat equity is the most valuable equity there is. Know your business and industry better than anyone else in the world. Love what you do or don't do it.

I'm not interested in business for business's sake.

Business people have been made into these rock stars because they've made a lot of money.

I'm a really boring bloke, actually. My business is my hobby.

I know, in my heart of hearts, I don't do things for money.

I mean, anything that money can be made off will never be a problem to make, no matter what it is.

Jobs has within him sort of this conflict, but he doesn't quite see it as a conflict between being hippie-ish and anti-materialistic but wanting to sell things like Wozniak's board. Wanting to create a business.

And you also have to do movies that are about commerce because that's what is required of the industry today.

Publishing for me is a business, not an ideology.

It's hard to tell with these Internet startups if they're really interested in building companies or if they're just interested in the money. I can tell you, though: If they don't really want to build a company, they won't luck into it. That's because it's so hard that if you don't have a passion, you'll give up.

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

Profit is the concern of a little man.

For richest Jems and gainfull things most Merchants wisely venter; Deride not then New England men, this Corporation enter;

What matters is how well we do in trying to make people's lives better. That's why I'm doing this. That's why I work the way that I work. And that's why I love what I'm doing so much.

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

I do want to be good at what I do, sometimes for a lot of money and sometimes for none.

I'm not in it for the money. No, no. I like to run a business that's successful... I'm a very creative person.

I'm not in this game to make the most money.