Mikey Garcia Quotes

He who seeks for gain, must be at some expense.

You must spend money to make money.

From a financial perspective, you have to think about what the film will generate in revenue so you can set a budget against it.

Pay-per-view is bit of a gamble.

Money has no grey areas. You either make it or you lose it.

I used practically all the money I had available.

In any investment, you expect to have fun and make money.

We make a series of investments, some will pan out and some won't.

It'd be nice to make lots of money but it's quite difficult, because every time I make lots of money I make a bigger piece that costs lots of money.

The second thing we did was said, OK, we've now identified the risk, but what do you want to do with the money? Because it's not enough to have risk; you've got to have a meaningful use for the money we give you.

Like everybody, I have invested in things that have gone bad, because there's never any guarantee of success or profit when it comes to money.

I consider each business investment based on concept and revenue.

The key, I think, from a business point of view, is to learn how to be efficient in making a record that's not too expensive, so that you're not going crazy spending tons of money making a product that might not ever return that money.

The movie business is a big gamble.

Price is what you pay, but value, as Warren Buffett has observed, is what you get.

You have to spend a lot of money to build strong sides.

Some companies are worth paying for up front.

Costs merely register competing attractions.

Doing ventures is great - I'm talking economics now - if you've got a rising market. It's wonderful. If I hadn't got HKT, I would have been just as happy. Because there's a price for everything. And to overpay for something is awful.

Economy does not lie in sparing money, but in spending it wisely.

The more people's money you take to do something, the more inputs you get.

As ye sow, so shall ye reap. When a ballet company spends a lot of money on gimmicky pieces, it's stuck with them for a while - they have to earn their keep.

When you are on assignment, film is the least expensive thing in a very practical sense. Your time, the person's time, turns out to be the most valuable thing.

Even from the very beginning, I didn't put any money in the stock market.

The first thing you've got to remember is that it's your clients' money you're spending.