William Francis Baxter Jr. Quotes

They realize that spending millions to save billions is just good business.

As a producer or financier, you are going to go where you get the best bang for your buck.

I may believe in something, but if it is not working and is not giving returns, we have to close it down because that is the right thing to do for the shareholders.

I always make sure my film benefits my producer and earns him a profit.

Weighing benefits against costs is the way most people make decisions - and the way most businesses make decisions, if they want to stay in business. Only in government is any benefit, however small, considered to be worth any cost, however large.

You just can't keep pouring money down an endless hole and never recoup any of it. It's got to be a business.

Basically, movies come down to economics, and they're always too expensive. From a producer's point of view, an actor is either going to make him money or save him money.

It's fine to do movies and say, 'We made big grosses,' but you've got to go back and ask, 'How much did it cost?' and 'Where do you make your profit?'

Economics is a subject that does not greatly respect one's wishes.

Advertising is totally unnecessary. Unless you hope to make money.

What's immediately profitable is the only kind of logic that capitalism understands.

In the U.K., there's absolutely no money for television. So you can do pretty much whatever you want. They're not losing money on any of the shows, so they'll give you a lot of creative freedom. In the United States, there are millions and millions of dollars at stake, so they need a sure formula.

Everything I write is designed to be milked to the last drop of revenue.

Economics is everywhere, and understanding economics can help you make better decisions and lead a happier life.

Roughly speaking, when you are dealing with business firms operating in a competitive system, you can assume that they're going to act rationally. Why? Because someone in a firm who buys things at $10 and sells them for $8.00 isn't going to last very long in that firm.

The railroads are not run for the benefit of the 'dear public' — that cry is all nonsense — they are built by men who invest their money and expect to get a fair percentage on the same

Everything is for sale if the price is right.

Remember, if your business isn't making money, then you and your employees aren't, either.

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

You don't do a business for pleasure: You have to make money.

If someone is doing that, saving the customer money, is making a profit so bad?

Because the private sector has evolved processes and metrics for growth over many generations, for-profit models are more likely to efficiently accomplish their goals.

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

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

I don't think my basic business strategy is well known by the public, probably because people think it's too simple. My strategy has always been to try to focus in on a product or service where you can create a dollar of value for 20 cents and sell it for 40 cents.