William Feather Quotes - Page 5

Every social injustice is not only cruel, but it is economic waste.

A man of fifty looks as old as Santa Claus to a girl of twenty.

Management is the art of getting three men to do three men's work

Don't let ambition get so far ahead that it loses sight of the job at hand.

Only the man who can impose discipline on himself is fit to discipline others or can impose discipline on others.

Mistakes occur when a man is over-worked or over-confident.

When a woman wears a low-cut gown, what does she expect you to do: look or not look?

Nothing will ruin an interesting intelligent argument more quickly than the arrival of a pretty girl.

Success makes us intolerant of failure and failure makes us intolerant of success.

A peculiarity of capital is that it cannot be employed productively without benefiting the community in which it is used.

The rule for every worthwhile man is that no serious job ever shall receive less than his best thought and effort.

In ability choice education finance majorities people understanding voting A lot of voters always cast their ballot for the candidate who seems to them to be one of the people. That means he must have the same superstitions, the same unbalanced prejudices, and the same lack of understanding of public finances that are characteristic of the majority. A better choice would be a candidate who has a closer understanding and a better education than the majority. Too much voting is based on affability rather than on ability.

The petty economies of the rich are just as amazing as the silly extravagances of the poor.

If we conducted ourselves as sensibly in good times as we do in hard times, we could all acquire a competence.

Too many of us vote for our prejudices instead of our desires.

A baseball game is twice as much fun if you're seeing it on the company's time.

If a man can make typewriters better than anyone else, let us, in the name of common sense, keep him on the job of making typewriters.

The determination of life insurance salesmen to succeed has made life pretty soft for widows.

Whether it's marriage of business, patience is the first rule of success.

To make yourself understood you have to think plain and write plain.

Most of us regard good luck as our right, and bad luck as a betrayal of that right.

An uncontrolled sense of humor is often costly in business.

The prizes go to those who meet emergencies successfully. And the way to meet emergencies is to do each daily task the best we can.

The primary asset of any business is its organization.

He isn't a real boss until he has trained subordinates to shoulder most of his responsibilities.