"Profit is not a cause but a..." - Quote by Peter Drucker

“Every single social and global issue of our day is a business opportunity in disguise.”

“The most common source of mistakes in management decisions is the emphasis on finding the right answer rather than the right question.”

“Adversarial power relationships only work if you never have to see or work with the bastards again.”

“War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.”

“Look for companies with high profit margins.”

“To the economically illiterate, if some company makes a million dollars in profit, this means that their products cost a million dollars more than they would have without profits. It never occurs to such people that these products might cost several million dollars more without the incentives to be efficient created by the prospect of profits.”

“Well, one time some attractive woman sat next to Charlie and asked him what he owed his success to, and, unfortunately, she insisted on a one word answer. He had a speech prepared that would have gone on for several hours. But when forced to boil it down to one word, he said that was "rational". You know, he comes equipped for rationality, and he applies it in business. He doesn't always apply it elsewhere, but he applies it in business and that has made him a huge business success.”

“Big business never pays a nickel in taxes, according to Ralph Nader, who represents a big consumer organization that never pays a nickel in taxes.”

“Why one Ad is worth more to a paper than 40 Editorials.”