Quote by Thorstein Veblen
It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at an

It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost and at any risk to the rest of the community. – Thorstein Veblen

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The basis on which good repute in any highly organized industrial community ultimately rests is pecuniary strength and the means of showing pecuniary strength, and so of gaining or retaining a good name, are leisure and a conspicuous consumption of goods. – Thorstein Veblen

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strength
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Labor wants pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or doing something beautiful or useful – to be treated with dignity and respect as brother and sister. – Thorstein Veblen

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respect
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The addiction to sports, therefore, in a peculiar degree marks an arrested development in mans moral nature. – Thorstein Veblen

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No gain is so certain as that which proceeds from the economical use of what you already have. – Proverb

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And gain is gain, however small. – Robert Browning

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Civilization and profits go hand in hand. – Calvin Coolidge

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Profitability doesnt happen when youre walking on bullshit. – Jerry Martin

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Why, Id like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip. – Aristophanes

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Im comfortable being old… being black… being Jewish. – Billy Crystal

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Life is a long process of getting tired. – Samuel Butler

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Theres great sadness and life doesnt work out like you would want, on a lot of levels, but theres no need to feel all alone. This happens to everybody, so theres no self-pity. This is the ride that humans are on, and all of it is essential for our natural part of it. – Mike Mills

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