John Wanamaker Quotes

People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness.
John Wanamaker

Time, Find, Cannot

Any seeming deception in a statement is costly, not only in the expense of the advertising but in the detrimental effect produced upon the customer, who believes she has been misled.
John Wanamaker

She, Deception, Effect

Courtesy is the one coin you can never have too much of or be stingy with.
John Wanamaker

Courtesy, Coin, Stingy

Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is, I don't know which half.
John Wanamaker

Money, Trouble, Half

I know half the money I spend on advertising is wasted, but I can never find out which half.
John Wanamaker

Money, Find, Half

Keep up the old standards, and day by day raise them higher.
John Wanamaker

Old, Keep, Higher

Nothing comes merely by thinking about it.
John Wanamaker

Nothing, Thinking, Merely

Courtesies cannot be borrowed like snow shovels; you must have some of your own.
John Wanamaker

Snow, Cannot, Borrowed

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

Business, Talk, Dinner

It's easy to work for somebody else; all you have to do is show up.
John Wanamaker

Work, Else, Easy

When a customer enters my store, forget me. He is king.
John Wanamaker

Forget, King, Customer

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: July 11, 1838

Died: December 12, 1922

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