“Our port facilities should have the freedom to levy a market-based container fee which will provide new revenue and make our system more equitable to the American taxpayer and American manufacturers.” ShouldShould HaveRevenueTaxpayersFacilityPortFeesContainersEquitable Author:Dana Rohrabacher
“Rothschild is the Lord and Master of the money markets of the world, and of course virtually Lord and Master of everything else. He literally held the revenues of Southern Italy in pawn, and Monarchs and Ministers of all countries courted his advice and were guided by his suggestions.” WorldCountryCoursesLordAdviceMastersMinistersSouthernSuggestionsRevenueMonarchsPawnsRothschildSouthern Italy Author:Benjamin Disraeli
“At a time of massive inequality, I think we can raise substantial sums of revenue to address the needs of working families, the elderly, and the children, by asking those people who are doing phenomenally well to start paying their fair share.” PeopleThinkingNeedsWellsChildrenShareFairsAskingRaisesInequalityAddressesMassiveRevenueElderlyFair Share Author:Bernie Sanders
“...100% of what is collected is absorbed solely by interest on the Federal Debt...all individual income tax revenues are gone before one nickel is spent on the services taxpayers expect from government.” GovernmentIndividualInterestGoneTaxesDebtIncomeRevenueTaxpayersIncome TaxNickels Author:Ronald Reagan
“Our government is operating within an unprecedented revenue shortfall and that we have an obligation to all citizens of the province to manage our finances responsibly. And that's what we're going to do.” GovernmentCitizensObligationFinanceManageRevenueUnprecedentedProvinces Author:Rachel Notley
“We must move from revenue-neutral to revenue-reducing tax reform, because the federal government spends far too much money.” GovernmentMovingToo MuchTaxesReformFederal GovernmentRevenueReducingTax Reform Author:Carly Fiorina
“As an artist who lives here and wants a more sophisticated engagement between local social dynamics and global discourse, it's great to see that reflected via the relationships we've developed with our customers. For some people it's a political act to eat from us three days a week because they recognize they are financially supporting the premise of the project each time they come. 95% of our annual revenue is purely from the public via food sales.” PeopleWantPoliticalArtistThreeSocialWeekProjectsCustomersLocalsEngagementSophisticatedDiscourseRevenuePremisesAnnualsDynamics Author:Jon Rubin
“"There's no CEO for the government." But if you were CEO for a day at the government, would you have tools and reports and wherewithal to look at government the way a business would look at its lines of business, its spending, its revenue? I've actually been working, first by myself and then with a group of people, on then on and off, and now much more on, almost since the I time left Microsoft.” PeopleIfsWayFirstsLooksGovernmentLeftLinesGroupsToolsSpendingReportsCeoRevenueMicrosoftAnd OffTime Left Author:Steve Ballmer
“As a shareholder I have expressed my frustration with not getting more information about revenue and margins from the cloud.” InformationCloudsFrustrationRevenueMarginsShareholders Author:Steve Ballmer
“I think there are lots of opportunities to improve the product. When you read the press, people say, "Oh, the product needs improvement." I look at that and say, "Hey, that's an exciting thing to get behind!" Because they can improve that product. That leaves more upside from an innovation and revenue potential than you're gonna find in a lot of places. So you could say that's a downside, I see that as an opportunity.” PeopleThinkingNeedsLooksOpportunityBehindsProductsExcitingInnovationPressesImprovementHeyRevenueExciting Things Author:Steve Ballmer
“It's going to become clear that the impact of our policies rather than our way of life is what's attracting animosity and warfare on us. And I think there is going to be a surge from the bottom up that will begin to straighten things out. Because Americans, in the long run, are not going to want their daughters and their sons to die overseas so the al Saud family can continue raping Saudi Arabia's revenue.” ThinkingWayWantLongRunningLife IsDiesClearPolicySonDaughterImpactBottomAlsLong RunsWarfareRevenueArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisAnimosity Author:Michael Scheuer
“I came up with this idea to create an app. And the premise of the app is this: every problem in the bar business goes away when there's sales. You increase revenue and you solve every problem. It's when the revenues are low that [the business] doesn't work. So I wanted to put together an app that focused on top-line revenue, guest experience, and business management in a more organized way.” WayIdeasProblemWantedTogetherLinesLowsIncreaseManagementSolveFocusedBarsOrganizedGuestsRevenuePremisesAppsBusiness Management Author:Jon Taffer
“The key question facing those of us working in the media (old and new) is whether we embrace and adapt to the radical changes brought about by the Internet or pretend that we can somehow hop into a journalistic Way Back Machine and return to a past that no longer exists and can't be resurrected. There is no question that, as the industry moves forward and we figure out the new rules of the road, there will be - and needs to be - a great deal of experimentation with new revenue models.” WayNeedsPastMovingDealsMediaFiguresKeysIndustryReturnInternetModelsMachinesEmbraceMoving ForwardRadicalHopsRevenueExperimentationJournalisticRadical ChangeOld And New Author:Arianna Huffington
“Maria Sharapova is her own empire. She herself personally makes more in revenue than the entire WTA tour.” EmpiresRevenue Author:L. Jon Wertheim
“A visit to the hood through a record, or through a video, or through a film, is a lot safer than actually visiting the people in real life. It became a business model. It became a revenue engine that, you know, you can get to the hood without ever going there.” PeopleKnowsRealFilmRecordsModelsReal LifeVideoEnginesRevenueVisitingHoodBusiness Models Author:Chuck D
“Concerning our possibilities on the international financial markets, the sanctions are severely harming Russia. But the biggest harm is currently caused by the decline of the prices for energy. We suffer dangerous revenue losses in our export of oil and gas, which we can partly compensate for elsewhere. But the whole thing also has a positive side: if you earn so many petrodollars - as we once did - that you can buy anything abroad, this slows down developments in your own country.” IfsCountryWholeSufferingEnergySidesLossDangerousPossibilityDevelopmentFinancialInternationalHarmOilRussiaGasElsewhereDeclineSlow DownRevenueSanctionsFinancial MarketsOil And Gas Author:Vladimir Putin
“They [leaders in Western Europe] do not misuse financial instruments, financial injections, but, first of all, seek structural change. This is urgent for our economy as well, maybe even more urgent bearing in mind the problem that we cannot yet deal with, namely the prevalence of the oil and gas sector in the Russian Federation and, as a result, dependence on revenue from oil and gas.” MindFirstsWellsProblemResultsDealsLeaderEconomyEuropeInstrumentsWesternFinancialOilGasDependenceRevenueUrgentMisuseFederationOil And GasInjectionWestern Europe Author:Vladimir Putin
“When the ruble is weaker, it is easier to sell, to produce here for a cheap ruble and sell for an expensive dollar, get revenue in dollars and then exchange it for rubles and get a bigger income. This is simple.” SimpleProduceEasierBiggerSellsDollarsIncomeExpensiveRevenue Author:Vladimir Putin
“Legalized gambling cost taxpayers $3 for every $1 in state revenue to government” StatesGovernmentCostGamblingRevenueTaxpayers Author:John Warren Kindt
“For every dollar of revenue generated by gambling, taxpayers must pay at least $3 in increased criminal justice costs, social welfare expenses, high regulatory costs, and increased infrastructure expenditures” SocialJusticePayCostDollarsCriminalsWelfareGamblingExpensesRevenueInfrastructureTaxpayersCriminal JusticeExpendituresSocial Welfare Author:John Warren Kindt
“27 percent to 55 percent of casino revenues come from problem or pathological gamblers” ProblemPercentGamblingRevenueCasinos Author:John Warren Kindt
“While advocates of legalized gambling say it brings in revenues needed for education and other uses, it actually has led to higher taxes, loss of jobs, economic disruption of non-gambling businesses, increased crime and higher social-welfare costs” UseJobsSocialLossEconomicCrimeNeededHigherCostTaxesWelfareGamblingRevenueDisruptionSocial WelfareJob Loss Author:John Warren Kindt
“If gambling were banned, those social costs would drop, tax revenues from consumer goods would increase, and money would be pumped into the productive economic sector” IfsWould BeSocialEconomicCostTaxesIncreaseConsumersProductiveGamblingGoodsRevenueBanned Author:John Warren Kindt
“The faster the gambling activity, the more highly addictive it is; and the more addictive the gambling activity is, the more revenue it will generate for the industry” IndustryActivityFasterGamblingRevenue Author:John Warren Kindt
“Lotteries boost state revenues in the short run but don't feed the economy in the long run” LongStatesRunningEconomyGamblingLong RunsRevenueLotteryBoost Author:John Warren Kindt
“The smartest thing legislatures can do is get rid of lotteries and get those dollars buying consumer goods and get the sales tax revenues from that” Can DoTaxesDollarsConsumersBuyingGamblingGoodsRevenueLegislatureLotterySales Tax Author:John Warren Kindt
“Local competing businesses were thereby losing revenue.” LosingLocalsGamblingCompetingRevenue Author:John Warren Kindt
“It is a general maxim that all governments find a use for as much money as they can raise. Indeed, they have commonly demands for more...I take this as a settled truth, that they will all spend as much as their revenue; that is, will live up to their income.” UseGovernmentDemandRaisesIncomeMaximsRevenue Author:James Smith
“The Kochs have been activists since the 1970s. You can go back and look at the platform of the Libertarian Party in 1980 and see what they really believe in. They wanted to abolish huge swaths of the U.S. government, including the Internal Revenue Service. They want to get rid of Social Security. They'd like to get rid of Medicare. They'd like to abolish the Environmental Protection Agency, which directly affects their business.” WantBelieveLooksHas BeensGovernmentWantedSocialPartySecurityHugeEnvironmentalIncludingProtectionLibertarianAgencyInternalsActivistPlatformsSocial SecurityRevenueMedicareAbolishEnvironmental ProtectionLibertarian Party Author:Jane Mayer
“Of course if you are launching a new business you can thinking about revenues, profits, and so on, but metrics such as customer satisfaction or employee retention might be meaningful if you are focusing more internally.” IfsThinkingMightCoursesProfitSatisfactionCustomersMeaningfulEmployeeRevenueMetricsCustomer SatisfactionLaunchingNew BusinessRetention Author:Scott D. Anthony
“If the economy grows enough, fast enough, the tech system should be modernized so that the tax revenues rise fast enough also, and we should put more money in education.” IfsShouldEnoughGrowsEconomyTaxesMore MoneyRevenue Author:Manmohan Singh
“We know that from the GI Bill after the Second World War, where Congress found that for every dollar we put in as taxpayers into free higher education for returning GIs, we got back $7 for every dollar invested. An enormous return on our money in public benefits and improved revenue.” KnowsWorldWarFoundReturnHigherBenefitsBillsDollarsCongressEnormousWar Of The WorldsRevenueTaxpayersSecond World WarHigher EducationGis Author:Jill Stein
“There are some pretty obvious ways of benchmarking creativity. One way is to perform what I call a creativity audit, which is to look at your capabilities and look at your performance and examine the percentage of revenue that comes from products that are less than five years old, less than three years old and that are current with the present accounting period. You can then compare those figures to those of your competition along the same axes.” WayYearsLooksThreeCreativityFiveFiguresProductsPeriodsPerformancesCompetitionCurrentsObviousOne WayCompareFive YearsThree YearsCapabilityRevenuePercentagesAccountingFive Year OldsAxesThree Year Olds Author:John Kao
“I mean, props to Paris Hilton because she's doing it really well and for someone that's such a wealthy heiress she doesn't really have to lift a finger at all. She was the first example of really strong branding and is obviously a very clever businesswoman. I remember recently they printed in a British magazine, they compared her to Kim Kardashian in the sales of perfume and all of this other stuff. She still makes huge revenue from all of her different business endeavors.” FirstsWellsMeanStillsDifferentRememberStrongStuffExampleHugeFingersBritishCleverMagazinesLiftsParisWealthyEndeavorBrandingPerfumeRevenuePrintedPropsKimVery CleverHeiress Author:Alexa Chung
“That might be the old model: to get a fixed fee. You have to start to think about other models and how they can generate interest - what it can do for a brand in the future - and about the fact that revenue can also be generated in many other ways... Just look at the one and a half million people at the free Rolling Stones concert in Cuba. And Cuba is not Central Park! So just use your imagination as to what kind of revenue can be made.” PeopleThinkingWayLooksKindMadeFactsUseMightInterestCan DoImaginationHalfMillionsModelsStonesBrandsFixedParksConcertsRollingRevenueCubaFeesRolling StonesCentral Park Author:Martin Sorrell
“If it's torture flying one airline and [yours] is a pleasant experience, it certainly helps your revenue.” IfsHelpingFlyingTorturePleasantRevenueAirline Author:David Neeleman
“There should be a revenue stream that helps pay for the publication or for the work and helps pay the people who do it.” PeopleShouldHelpingPayStreamsRevenuePublication Author:Terry Gross
“Obviously Muslim societies, like societies elsewhere, are becoming increasingly urban, many are becoming industrial, but since so many have oil and gas, they don't have a great impetus. But again, the revenue that natural resources produce gives them the capability and so countries like Iran are beginning to develop an industrial component.” GivingCountryNaturalProduceBecomingResourcesOilGasIranCapabilityElsewhereUrbanComponentsRevenueNatural ResourcesImpetusOil And Gas Author:Samuel P. Huntington
“Just as there's some technologies that jeopardize revenue for traditional products, there are also technologies that can significantly lower costs.” TechnologyProductsCostTraditionalRevenueJeopardize Author:Norman Pearlstine
“Today, as a result of a miraculous set of circumstances, Iran is going to get between $50 to $55 billion in oil revenue, which is unheard of in the history of the revolution.” TodayResultsRevolutionCircumstancesOilBillionsIranRevenueMiraculousUnheard Author:Akbar Ganji
“In a world where authenticity increasingly is in focus, consumers are seeking more than brands who focuses on revenue - consumers want to support brands with a purpose - one that justifies an emotional engagement.” WorldWantPurposeSupportFocusEmotionalSeekingAuthenticityBrandsConsumersJustifyEngagementRevenue Author:Martin Lindstrom
“We cannot build county councils based on one single constituency. It doesn't make sense because it does not have a sufficient revenue base to be able to provide the services that county councils are required to provide.” DoeAbleMake SenseSufficientRevenueCouncilCounty Author:Raila Odinga
“Donald Trump is going to go farther than other presidents have gone in terms of making us more dependent on ourselves energy-wise, and to create billions of dollars in revenue, millions of jobs, some people project, over time.” PeopleJobsEnergyPresidentTermMillionsGoneWiseTrumpProjectsDollarsBillionsDependentRevenue Author:Kellyanne Conway
“It is important to combine structural reforms and good fiscal stewardship with a growth strategy, because when your economy's growing and more revenue's coming in, that helps relieve debt.” ImportantHelpingGrowthEconomyGrowingStrategyDebtReformRevenueStewardship Author:Barack Obama
“When the economy's shrinking, providing jobs, spending on things like infrastructure can actually increase revenue and drive down debt. And then, there's going to be a time at which point debt has to be taken care of.” CareJobsEconomyTakenIncreaseDebtSpendingProvidingRevenueInfrastructureShrinking Author:Barack Obama
“Print works! It works as a business proposition - our print readers [of the Mother Jones] not only provide revenue in the form of subs and ads, but they are a core part of our donor community; 10 percent give us a donation on top of their subscription; that's about the same rate as NPR gets from its listeners.” GivingFormMotherCommunityReaderPercentRateCoreWorking ItPrintAdsListenersPropositionsRevenueDonationDonorsSubscriptionNpr Author:Clara Jeffery
“I mean, Donald Trump hasn't even been sworn in yet. And so I do believe that he has set up a plan where the revenue or the profits that are coming to the hotel will be given directly to the Treasury.” BelieveMeanGivenPlansTrumpProfitHotelRevenueTreasury Author:Jason Chaffetz
“When you are incubating new ideas, "Don't put all your eggs in one basket" is very good advice. But when you are seeking to transform your enterprise's portfolio by scaling a fledgling business to material size - say ten percent of total enterprise revenue - then it is imperative that you make that the singular focus of everyone in the enterprise for the two to three year period it is likely to require to reach its tipping point. Expecting to do two such scaling efforts in parallel is simply folly, yet that is what the "eggs/basket" idea is often used to justify.” YearsTwoIdeasUsedThreeEffortFocusAdviceMaterialsPeriodsTenPercentVery GoodSizeSeekingFollyEnterpriseJustifyEggsThree YearsExpectingNew IdeasRevenueParallelsImperativesBasketsGood AdvicePortfoliosTippingTipping PointEggs In One BasketFledglings Author:Geoffrey Moore
“If you're a progressive, you've got to be worried about how the federal government is spending its revenue, because we don't have enough money to spend on things like early childhood education that are so important.” IfsImportantEnoughGovernmentChildhoodSpendingWorriedProgressiveFederal GovernmentRevenueEarly ChildhoodEarly Childhood Education Author:Barack Obama
“Coolidge was a pragmatist. He didn't start out with a tax theory. But he observed over time that lower tax rates sometimes brought in extra revenue. The success of his and Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon's experiment with rate cuts has been obscured by our modern history books.” Has BeensBookSometimesCuttingModernTheoryTaxesRateExperimentsExtrasSecretaryRevenueTreasuryAndrewHistory BooksModern HistoryPragmatists Author:Amity Shlaes