However, cattle were found to be more profitable than bears, and the "beloved bear grounds" were by degrees changed into stock ranges.

Knowin' all 'bout baseball is jist 'bout as profitable as bein' a good whittler.

Supposing ownership to be enough restricted, combination is easier and more profitable than competition; therefore combination, conscious or unconscious, supplants competition.

Probably that is not going to pay from the point of view of the money-making business man, but we prosperous people have to understand that there are things more important and more profitable than money-making, and we have to tax ourselves not merely in money, but in time, care, and effort in the matter.

They found in frozen meat an export larger and more profitable than wheat.