John Wanamaker Quotes

It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like stockbrokers do that, and then merely at dinner parties.

John Wanamaker

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: businessman
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 11, 1838 - December 12, 1922

Topics

BusinessPeopleDinnerTalkOnly

I wanted to support things that are helpful to people and maybe bash what I think is dangerous. So I switched from being everybody to being myself.

Jenny Holzer

MyselfSupportPeopleThinkHelpful

What I would do is when I was younger I would draw in a sketch book something that happened in my life and then write a little something on the side about what happened or what the story.

Robert Redford

LifeBookStoryMy LifeSketchSide

I should like to think how we write as theologians would reflect our confidence in the One who makes that writing possible. That is one of the reasons, moreover, that the scriptures remain paradigmatic for how we are to write.

Stanley Hauerwas

ConfidenceWritingThinkPossible

I am putting real plums into an imaginary cake.

Mary McCarthy

ImaginationI AmCakeRealPutting

He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.

Michel de Montaigne

SufferWhoHeShallFearsSuffers

I will treat everyone equally and be a servant of the Egyptian people.

Mohammed Morsi

PeopleTreatWillEveryoneServant

My own life is wonderful, but if I had to live the life of someone else, I'd gladly choose that of Julia Child or Dr. Seuss: two outrageously original people, each of whom fashioned an idiosyncratic wisdom, passion for life, and sense of humor into an art form that anyone and everyone could savor.

Julia Glass

LifeLivePassionWisdomArtHumor

Basically what I'm trying to tell you is that it's almost impossible to drive a jet ski at night time unless you're in a city with lights lit up so you can navigate. Besides being pitch black, that water turn black at night. Listen, I don't recommend it.

DJ Khaled

TimeWaterCityNightImpossible

In 1988, as an unknown candidate, totally unknown, I won Iowa, came in second in New Hampshire, won South Dakota. I was ahead in every Super Tuesday state the day after South Dakota. The only problem was I didn't have enough money. I had a million dollars left, and Al Gore had three and Michael Dukakis had three and it was lights out.

Dick Gephardt

MoneyDayProblemEnoughLightsNew

Am I a good actor? I don't think about it. But I'm working on it.

Dennis Farina

GoodThinkActorGood ActorWorking

In Los Angeles, everyone is a star.

Denzel Washington

Los AngelesEveryoneStarLos

A time will come when men will stretch out their eyes. They should see planets like our Earth.

Christopher Wren

EyesTimeMenEarthWillSee

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