Any seeming deception in a statement is costly, not only in the expense of the advertising but in the detrimental effect produced upon the customer, who believes she has been misled.

Courtesy is the one coin you can never have too much of or be stingy with.

One may walk over the highest mountain one step at a time.

People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness.

Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don't know which half.

When a customer enters my store, forget me. He is king.

A man's not doing much until the cause he works for possesses all there is of him. Desire, when harnessed, is power.

I know that half of my advertising dollars are wasted ... I just don't know which half.

Nothing comes merely by thinking about it.

No mistake or failure is as bad as to stop and not try again.

Gratitude takes three forms: a feeling in the heart, an expression in words, and a giving in return.

It is the very mark of the spirit of rebellion to crave for happiness in this life

An anti-politician is hardly an anti-politician once he starts winning and works to close the deal by working to sew up the Establishment.

Life is figure out what you hope for, live inside that hope, but live right in it, under its roof

Life has loveliness to sell, all beautiful and splendid things, blue waves whitened on a cliff, soaring fire that sways and sings, and children's faces looking up, holding wonder like a cup.

You don't find love, it finds you. It's got a little bit to do with destiny, fate, and what's written in the stars.

There are no bad books any more than there are ugly women.

Some men can maintain cragginess and weary masculinity. Women just get old.

Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.

As a kid, I think I wanted to be the on-set dresser for 'Charlie's Angels'. My goals weren't lofty. No. I just wanted to someday quit my paper round and that was about it.

The average American can get into the kingdom of heaven much more easily than he can get into the Boulevard St. Germain.