William Feather
William Feather
William A. Featherwas an American publisher and author, based in Cleveland, Ohio...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth25 August 1889
CountryUnited States of America
William Feather quotes about
achievement matter given
Achievement is by all accounts to a great extent a matter of clinging after others have given up.
thrill worthwhile
The only thrill worthwhile is the one that comes from making something out of yourself.
birthday excuse-you age
One compensation of old age is that it excuses you from picnics.
people want pressure
The superiority of the American system is eloquently proved by the pressure of people who want to crash our borders.
baseball acceptance men
Of all the young men in America only a few hundred can get into major league baseball, and of these only a handful in a decade can get into the Hall of Fame. So it goes in all human activity. .. Some become multimillionaires and chairmen of the board, and some of us must be content to play baseball at company picnics or manage a credit union without pay.
flattery thick objects
Flattery must be pretty thick before anybody objects to it....
experience seems values
Experience seems to be the only thing of any value that's widely distributed.
humor sense-of-humor
An uncontrolled sense of humor is often costly in business.
children lying moral
When lying, be emphatic and indignant, thus behaving like your children.
girl men twenties
A man of fifty looks as old as Santa Claus to a girl of twenty.
block happy-life perfect
Laziness is the one common deficiency in mankind that blocks the establishment of a perfect world in which everyone leads a happy life.
people human-nature terrible
It must be terrible to have to live among people and not like human nature.
loneliness walks
Loneliness is something you can't walk away from.
determination widows succeed
The determination of life insurance salesmen to succeed has made life pretty soft for widows.