I reckon silence more profitable than speech, for? in the words of the Preacher, 'The words of wise men are heard in quiet' (Eccles. 9:17). Basil of Caesarea
If we were to do the Second Coming of Christ in color for a full hour, there would be a considerable number of stations which would decline to carry it on the grounds that a Western or a quiz show would be more profitable. Edward R. Murrow
Much ingenuity with a little money is vastly more profitable and amusing than much money without ingenuity. Arnold Bennett
In a time of social fragmentation, vulgarity becomes a way of life. To be shocking becomes more important - and often more profitable - than to be civil or creative or truly original. Al Gore
Never lie when the truth is more profitable. Stanisław Jerzy Lec
Darkness will be preferred to light, and death will be thought more profitable than life; no one will raise his eyes to heaven. Apuleius