Return On Investment Quotes

• But a lot of businesses out there don't see the return on investment, they look at it as a liability, and until they can understand that proactive security actually returns, gives them a return on investment, it's still a hard sell for people.

  Kevin Mitnick

  People, Giving, Looks

  "An Hour with Kevin Mitnick, Part 2". Interview with Vince Barnes, www.esecurityplanet.com. April 7, 2004.

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• An investment operation is one which, upon thorough analysis, promises safety of principal and an adequate return.

  Benjamin Graham

  Safety, Promise, Analysis

  Benjamin Graham (2009). “The Intelligent Investor, Rev. Ed”, p.35, Harper Collins

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• When you say ROI, do you mean return on investment or risk of inaction.

  Paul Gillin

  Mean, Risk, Roi

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• I cannot tell you on a day to day basis that there's a return on investment. I can tell you if you stick with it, absolutely in a few months things will start to change. It starts to change slowly. Things start to get a little easier. As the momentum builds it becomes bigger and bigger.

  Simon Sinek

  Momentum, Littles, Months

  Source: advisor.tv

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• If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Education, Learning, Knowledge

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• So this is the goal: To make money by increasing net profit, while simultaneously increasing return on investment, and simultaneously increasing cash flow.

  Eliyahu M. Goldratt

  Money, Business, Cash Flow

  Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox (2016). “The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement”, p.53, Routledge

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• While business advertises, charity is taught to beg. While business motivates with a dollar, charity is told to motivate with guilt. While business takes chances, charity is expected to be cautious. We measure the success of businesses over the long term, but we want our gratification in charity immediately. We are taught that a return on investment should be offered for making consumer goods, but not for making a better world.

  Dan Pallotta

  Long, Guilt, Dollars

  Dan Pallotta (2010). “Uncharitable: How Restraints on Nonprofits Undermine Their Potential”, p.10, UPNE

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• What matters in the new economy is not return on investment, but return on imagination

  Gary Hamel

  What Matters, Imagination, Return

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• Everyone wants a conversation. They want inspiration. Inspire people with your website. Don’t just interrupt, but interact. Asking about Return on Investment is the wrong question today. You should be asking about Return on Involvement.

  Kevin Roberts

  Inspiration, People, Inspire

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• Twitter is like hugging. Just because it's hard to measure the return on investment doesn't mean there isn't value there.

  Tony Hsieh

  Mean, Hug, Marketing

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• If you run a corporation, your job is to maximize the return on investment for your investors. Good for you. But by the same token, we have to remember that corporations have no compassion. That’s why legislation and regulations are necessary.

  Russell Simmons

  Running, Jobs, Compassion

  "Hip-Hop Pioneer Shares His Vision for the Occupy Wall Street Movement". Interview with Kam Williams, aalbc.com.

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• Reading is the best return on investment. You have to live your entire life in order to know one life. But with reading you can know 1000s of people's lives for almost no cost. What a great return!

  James Altucher

  Reading, Order, People

  "The ultimate cheat sheet for what you should do with all of your money" by James Altucher, www.businessinsider.com. April 6, 2014.

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• For me, philanthropic return on investment is about making the biggest impact possible on fellow human beings, regardless of country, race or religion.

  Bobby Sager

  Country, Impact, Race

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• Isn't it ironic that pay, perks, and benefits all cost your company at the bottom line, but authentic recognition, especially when it's most unexpected, costs very little and gives the most impressive return on investment.

  Chip Conley

  Giving, Ironic, Benefits

  "The Best $73 I Ever Spent" by Chip Conley, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 5, 2009.

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• 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.

  Clayton Christensen

  Ocean, Years, Yield

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• I pledge to invest in women because I believe it offers one of the greatest returns on investment. I am committed to the belief that we would all be in a much better place if half the human race (women) were empowered to prosper, invent, be educated, start their own businesses, run for office essentially be given the chance to soar.

  Sara Blakely

  Running, Believe, Race

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• Some critics have challenged what the return on investment is for engagement in social media. Others have complained that the metrics don't exist to demonstrate value.

  Simon Mainwaring

  Media, Engagement, Metrics

  "How Social Media Can Destroy Your Business And What You Can Do About It" by Simon Mainwaring, www.fastcompany.com. June 6, 2011.

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• The return on investment in global health is tremendous, and the biggest bang for the buck comes from vaccines. Vaccines are among the most successful and cost-effective health investments in history.

  Seth Berkley

  Successful, Vaccines, Bucks

  "Vaccines: The Biggest Bang for the Buck in Global Health" by Seth Berkley, M.D., www.huffingtonpost.com. October 19, 2011.

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• I look at my annual budgets for everything and anything, and I look to see where I can save the most money on those items. Saving 30% to 50% buying in bulk - replenishable items from toothpaste to soup, or whatever I use a lot of - is the best guaranteed return on investment you can get anywhere.

  Mark Cuban

  Inspiring, Business, Buying In

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• A recession doubles the necessity to be really focused on three or four tactics that can prove a return on investment.

  David Gates

  Business, Three, Tactics

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• Economic research demonstrates that tax dollars spent in early childhood development provide extraordinary return on investment-16% for high quality programs

  Robert Greenwald

  Childhood, Quality, Dollars

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• The question is not about whether it will work or not. It's how quickly we can pull it off. Structural change will happen. When economies grow, there comes a time when you cannot rely on investment alone. We had that. The return on investment is becoming less and less. So we have to change. The old model doesn't work anymore. It's a question of speed.

  Zhang Xin

  Return, Becoming, Speed

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I have run large organizations, I know what it takes to create a healthy business climate, and I have more experience than Jerry Brown doing that. So it'll be a stark contrast, a career politician vs. someone who has met a payroll, gotten a return on investment, knows how to use technology to do more with less

  Meg Whitman

  Running, Business, Technology

  "CNBC's Larry Kudlow Speaks With California Gubernatorial Candidates Republican Meg Whitman & Democrat Jerry Brown Tonight on CNBC's 'The Kudlow Report'". www.cnbc.com. July 16, 2010.

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• The 'Occupy' movement has no real solutions, except more government, more spending, more regulation, more bureaucracy, more unsustainable lethargic pseudo-university with no return on investment, more more more of what got us into this hole.

  Mark Steyn

  Real, Government, Occupy Movement

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• Most people that derail as leaders in the corporate world, it's not because they couldn't do the math and calculate return on investment properly. The issues are communication and understanding. All of what typically would've been called the 'soft stuff.' You have to be authentic. You have to be dialed into the soft stuff.

  Douglas Conant

  Communication, Math, Issues

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