Crooked Roads are Roads of Genius

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Improvement makes straight roads; but the crooked roads without improvement are roads of genius. – William Blake




Who grows makes no noise. – German proverb



All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience. - Henry Miller



Whatever is formed for long duration arrives slowly to its maturity. – Samuel Johnson



Control circumstances and do not allow them to control you. – Thomas A. Kempis



I will pay more for the ability to deal with people than any other ability under the sun. – John D. Rockefeller



To be a great autocrat you must be a great barbarian. – Joseph Conrad

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But the Milk is more likely to be Watered

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Warning – Custormers are Perishable. – Store Sign




The customer doesn’t know what it wants. We offer beautiful things that we like. Anyone who disagrees with our taste is free to go elsewhere. – Tiffany and Co.



If you want good service, serve yourself. – Spanish proverb



The public buys its opinions as it buys its meat, or takes in its milk, on the principle that it is cheaper to do this than to keep a cow. So it is, but the milk is more likely to be watered. – Samuel Butler



Nothing is as irritating as the fellow that chats pleasantly while he’s overcharging you. – Frank McKinney Hubbard


The only part of the hog that the packers waste is the squeal, and the consumers furnish that. – Anonymous


It is naught, it is naught saith the buyer. But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. – Proverbs

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