It was always my practice to train salespeople under my direct supervision, and to treat children with the utmost consideration.

Salesmanship, too, is an art; the perfection of its technique requires study and practice.

The best teamwork comes from men who are working independently toward one goal in unison.

As a rule, we find what we look for; we achieve what we get ready for.

How can we expect our children to know and experience the joy of giving unless we teach them that the greater pleasure in life lies in the art of giving rather than receiving.

Growth is never by mere chance; it is the result of forces working together.

It is always the start that requires the greatest effort.

The five separate fingers are five independent units. Close them and the fist multiplies strength. This is organization.

The art of effective listening is essential to clear communication, and clear communication is necessary to management success.

The well-satisfied customer will bring the repeat sale that counts.

The keystone of successful business is cooperation. Friction retards progress.

You are the observer who watches your emotions as they push, pull and stretch you.

Popcorn! Our fatal weakness!

They should invent some way to tape-record your dreams. I've written songs in my dreams that were Beatles songs. Then I'd wake up and they'd be gone.

Paris, true to its promise, had been a place of civilized indecencies, or uncivil decencies.

The trouble with boxing is that too often it ends in sadness.

Don't blather that it is too hard. The action to liberate Baader wasn't crocheting doilies either.

Mourning Ruby is not a flat landscape: it is more like a box with pictures painted on every face. And each face is also a door which opens, I hope, to take the reader deep into the book.

Some men are Baptists, others Catholics; my father was an Oldsmobile man.

There is a great amount of poetry in unconscious fastidiousness.

It's nice to know about something as soon as it happens, and obviously a newspaper can't provide that.