Kartik Aaryan Quotes

We never thought we'd be commercially viable, and we were proved wrong.

All of my businesses are profitable.

Our franchises have never been healthier. Our league, in terms of its economic footing, has never been healthier.

Box office does matter. One cannot ignore it.

If your business is the right business, then money will never be an issue.

Financially, it was very successful. Which is the most important thing. That is the only way you get to make another movie. It's very simple. The market will value you.

If your goal is anything but profitability - if it's to be big, or to grow fast, or to become a technology leader - you'll hit problems.

My goal in coming to General Motors was to help restore profitability, build a strong market position and position this iconic company for success. We are clearly on that path.

We are now after 7 months operation making money here.

Combining their operating business will make Volkswagen and Porsche even stronger - both financially and strategically - going forward.

You take something like RingCentral. It doesn't need any more money or financing: it is relatively mature, recurring revenue business - not really worried - but you know, we could sell it tomorrow. We have not been in a rush to sell it. We don't care about exits as much. We care about building fundamental value.

You put Drake on anything, and it's money.

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

I come back to the same thing: We've got the greatest pipeline in the company's history in the next 12 months, and we've had the most amazing financial results possible over the last five years, and we're predicting being back at double-digit revenue growth in fiscal year '06.

You come out of drama school and do theatre and are interested in creative endeavour, then you drift into TV and movies and realise that artistic endeavour needs to balance with financial success. There's no point spending millions on a movie that doesn't make any money, because the people producing it won't make another one.

We are trying to build large, lasting businesses.

I want my films to make money first. Awards and all can come later.

Art and science are intrinsically the same except for one thing. The universe is in control of your science, whether it's right or wrong, and the public are in control of your art - if they're going to buy it, if you're going to make a living that way.

Until my businesses really took off, my family, I think, just assumed I was selling printed T-shirts out of the back of my car. They just couldn't wrap their head around how fashion could be profitable.

I admire Arsenal very much, and part of that is that they are profitable.

What eventually counts is whether your film was successful at the box-office or not, or more so if the film has made its money, and 'Race 3' did that.

To keep the business going, you gotta keep it boomin'.

The music industry is up and down. Sometimes the people love you, and sometimes they don't. I wanted to be the owner of multiple businesses that were financially profitable and sustainable.

CEOs must go beyond working with policy-makers on new regulatory frameworks. They must also commit to the principle that success cannot be measured by profitability and growth alone.

The minute I went into business, I was a success, and I've done well ever since.