Steve Ballmer Quotes

Even though I'm a hype man myself, I like the practicality of it all. People who understand how to turn a profit. At the end of the day, this is still business so I'm looking for real practical knowledge of how to actually make money, not necessarily raise it.

If the books are selling, the money will follow.

Lets not focus on saving a nickel... lets focus on making a buck.

You know what's a savvy business move? Making a profit.

Obviously generating revenue is what this is all about anymore, which is sad, but again, you have to find ways to make it work. But, yeah, that's certainly intriguing.

Sometimes you have to wait for the right deal. They all seem good, at least at first, and they may make you some quick money. But when the right deal comes, and it fits into your [overall] plan, it's just overwhelming success. Sometimes, with the long-term deals, you have to take a risk if you're going to get a reward. It's exactly like fighting. Sometimes you have to take chances to get that huge win.

If we look at pricing holistically, we'll create a more solid business.

All of my businesses are profitable.

I've made a profit from everything I have done in life.

I am an entrepreneur in the classic mold. No matter what I do - outside of sticking my tongue out - I tend to make money, and quite a bit in non-KISS stuff.

I made my million before I was 19!

I made a small fortune. I made a lot of money and I made a lot of other people wealthy.

We need to take excellent care of our customers, and do so at a profit.

There is nothing to be embarrassed about being profitable.

I put £150,000 into the stage production of Grease and have got back £1.5 million so far. It has been a fantastic success.

There's very little substitute in the business world for making money.

I enjoy building something good and having a successful product and making money.

Sometimes earning awards doesn't matter as much as earning revenue or profit, or having a good response from the audience. No matter how many awards you win, if you can't earn any profit from your movie, if the audience doesn't like it, then it doesn't matter how many awards you get.

Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.

I've had such a great track record in making a huge profit when the movies are smaller.

We are now after 7 months operation making money here.

I'm in the music business for one purpose - to make money.

I have seen many a man turn his gold into smoke, but you are the first who has turned smoke into gold.

I had made a great deal of money, and I was proud of it. I was a capitalist.

I've found that entrepreneurial success usually comes through great execution, simply by doing a superior job of doing the blocking and tackling.