Todd Gitlin Quotes

There's always more money to be made.

I am a capitalist and I believe in making a profit.

My philosophy is to make money.

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.

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.

The thing is, people can't complain about profit-oriented moves if they're only interested in profit themselves. You can't have it both ways. If they're willing to polish up a gift and sell it to make money, they can't really complain about the fact that somebody above them has sold them down the river. That's the way it goes.

I make no claim to being a business genius. You can make so much money in this business that it loses its value.

Profit does not decrease but increase in the progress of society

I think financial markets only look after their own interests.

Most companies are out to make money. They aren't worried about anything except whether they can buy their new BMW next month.

If you want to make a lot of money, resist diversification.

It's not selling out, it is called making lots of money.

Capitalists behave like capitalists wherever they are. They pursue the expansion of value through exploitation without regard to the social consequences.

Profits are better than wages.

If you happen to be in the right place at the right time, the capitalist system is a beautiful thing.

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.

Capitalism, after all, is no fun when real failure becomes a possibility.

The studios will go wherever they smell money. It's like sharks to the blood.

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

The freedom to make a fortune on the stock exchange has been made to sound more alluring than freedom of speech.

American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.

It's no surprise companies that quickly grow in value attract those who may want to also profit from the hard work of others.

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.

The role of private equity as fiduciaries is certainly to make money.

I believe wealth should be in the hands of those who know how to create more wealth.