When one has the right swing and enthusiasm, selling is not unlike hunting, a veritable sport. To scare up the game by preliminary talk and to know how long to follow it, to lose your gain through poorly directed argument, to hang on to game that finally eludes, to boldly confront, to quickly circle around, to keep on the trail, tireless and keen, till you have bagged some orders, there is some satisfaction in returning at night, tired of the trail, but proud of the days work done.

Whenever a people or an institution forget its hard beginnings, it is beginning to decay.

Poetry is a series of explanations of life, fading off into horizons too swift for explanations.

You remember some bedrooms you have slept in. There are bedrooms you like to remember and others you would like to forget.

There have been as many varieties of socialists as there are wild birds that fly in the woods and sometimes go up and on through the clouds.

The greatest certainty in life is death. The greatest uncertainty is the time.

a women is like a tea bag.it's only when she is in hot water that you realize how strong she is.