Joseph Schumpeter Quotes

Just as water is a key ingredient to growth on the farm, capital is required for businesses to thrive.

No Man is richer for having his Estate all in Money, Plate, etc. lying by him, but on the contrary, he is for that reason the poorer. That man is richest, whose Estate is in a growing condition…

Capital is that part of wealth which is devoted to obtaining further wealth.

You know, capital isn't patriotic. Capital goes to where it needs to go to get a return.

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.

You don't do a business for pleasure: You have to make money.

The only thing we lack for even faster growth is more capital.

Private industry's job is to make money. Private industry's job is to create a huge economic engine.

Profits in business always depend on the rate of interest: the higher the interest, the higher the rate of profit required.

There are a lot of people who get support from a thriving business.

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.

A desire of gain is common to mankind, and the general motive to business and industry.

Every business is there to make money, and making a record is business. This tends to be forgotten by many.

I never lost money by turning a profit.

You have to spend a lot to make a lot. It's not like I'm sitting on top of a pile of money.

One hundred percent of our earnings are reinvested in the company, and a great deal of that goes to research.

If a rich person invests in a business, either directly or through stock purchases, it means business can grow and hire more people.

These will be fabulous investments and will make millions of more people rich.

I'm not in business to make money.

Efficiency innovations provide return on investment in 12-18 months. Empowering innovations take 5-10 years to yield a return. We have ample capital - oceans of capital - that is being reinvested into efficiency innovation.

Producers are not gamblers. They want a good return on their investment.

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

We know that's the bottom line: if money is made, the powers that be pay attention.

When I see people laughing at ideas and companies we have backed, I smile. It means we are going to make a lot of money on that investment.

You're either making money or you're not. If you're not making money get out of the business.