It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes. Oscar Wilde Phrases And Philosophies for the Use of The Young memory society Sarcastic Quotes
Promotion. That's the key to any successful business venture. Bottle Shock Maurice (Spurrier's customer) advertising success business
Mr. Sanderson, don't you think you owe it to your customers, sir, to at least try the tennis shoes you sell, for just one minute, so you know how they feel? Ray Bradbury Dandelion Wine Douglas Spaulding business
It is only when effort is frittered away in the feeble dissemination of the guerre-de-course, instead of being concentrated in a great combination to control the sea, that commerce-destroying justly incurs the reproach of misdirected effort. It is a fair deduction from analogy, that two contending armies might as well agree to respect each other's communications, as two belligerent states to guarantee immunity to hostile commerce. Alfred Thayer Mahan
She meant to pay you, she'd have haggled you down some. Firefly Season 1 Episode 1 Jayne Cobb Meaningful Quotes
Murph: — Tell me a little about this electric piano, Ray. Ray: — Oh, you have a good eye, my man. That's the best in the city of Chicago. Jake: — How much? Ray: — Two-thousand bucks and it's yours. You can take it home with you. Matter of fact, I'll throw in the black keys for free. The Blues Brothers Murph Ray Jake Blues Ironic Quotes
— There are Christians here! — Don't count on those scoundrels. Candia is a town built on slavery. And you are Escrainville's spoils of war. No one will help you. — Not even the Knights of Malta? — Not with their swords. — But with gold? — Only within the compass of the law. — And they're warrior monks! — Candia is a powder keg caught between Islam and Christianity. One false move and it'll go up! Indomptable Angélique Angélique de Peyrac de Morens d'Irristru, marquise du Plessis-Bellière Coriano Christianity slavery Islam