William Feather Quotes - Page 5

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• We always admire the other person more after we've tried to do his job.

  William Feather

  Appreciation, Jobs, History

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

  William Feather

  Girl, Men, Twenties

  William Feather (1949). “The Business of Life”

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

  William Feather

  Art, Men, Three

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

  William Feather

  Jobs, Ambition, Sight

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

  William Feather

  Cutting, Doe, Gowns

  William Feather (1949). “The Business of Life”

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

  William Feather

  Mistake, Men, Over Confident

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

  William Feather

  Men, Discipline, Fit

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

  William Feather

  Girl, Sex, Intelligent

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

  William Feather

  William Feather (1949). “The Business of Life”

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

  William Feather

  Money, Community, Used

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

  William Feather

  Jobs, Work, Men

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• 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.

  William Feather

  Education, Mean, People

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

  William Feather

  Silly, Extravagance, Wealth

  William Feather (1949). “The Business of Life”

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

  William Feather

  Hard Times, Discipline, Good Times

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

  William Feather

  Desire, Prejudice, Vote

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

  William Feather

  Baseball, Fun, Games

  William Feather (1949). “The Business of Life”

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

  William Feather

  Patience, Firsts

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

  William Feather

  Determination, Widows, Succeed

  William Feather (1949). “The Business of Life”

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• 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.

  William Feather

  Jobs, Men, Typewriters

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

  William Feather

  Writing, Thinking, Simplicity

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• 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.

  William Feather

  Daily Tasks, Way, Emergencies

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

  William Feather

  Betrayal, Good Luck, Bad Luck

  William Feather (1949). “The Business of Life”

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• An uncontrolled sense of humor is often costly in business.

  William Feather

  Humor, Sense Of Humor

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• The primary asset of any business is its organization.

  William Feather

  Organization, Assets, Primaries

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

  William Feather

  Real, Responsibility, Boss

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