Human care (of animals) is simply sentimental, sympathetic patronage. — Wayne Pacelle Copy Share Image
I've always felt that any establishment that doesn't welcome me with open arms doesn't deserve my patronage. — Amy Plum Copy Share Image
“It may be useful to remember that a peacetime political machine is built essentially on patronage.” — David Galula Copy Share Image
The distribution of patronage of the Government is by far the most disagreeable duty of the President. — James Buchanan Copy Share Image
Patronage is almost a wicked word. By itself it could well-nigh defeat democracy. — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Get the confidence of the public and you will have no difficulty in getting their patronage. — Harry Gordon Selfridge Copy Share Image
Patron: One who countenances, supports or protects. Commonly a wretch who supports with insolence, and is repaid in flattery. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“Finding a client is a piece of cake. Keeping a client is a tug of war.” — Utibe Samuel Mbom Copy Share Image
“This is a handy cove, and a pleasant sittyated grog-shop. Much company, mate?” — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
“So quickly in youth do different and opposite trains of ideas and emotions succeed to each other; and so easy it is,… — Maria Edgeworth Copy Share Image
Only the BLACK WOMAN can say 'when and where I enter, in the quiet, undisputed dignity of my womanhood, without violence and… — Anna Julia Cooper Copy Share Image
There is almost no country in Africa where it is not essential to know to which tribe, or which subgroup of which… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
The House of Lords must go - not be reformed, not be replaced, not be reborn in some nominated life-after-death patronage paradise,… — Neil Kinnock Copy Share Image
Maybe the raising of millions of dollars of funds for charitable projects has become 'a racket', and the longer they remain in… — Roland V. Libonati Copy Share Image
With its shrewd analysis and its knowledgeable reflections on the state of the arts, as well as a rich array of anecdotes… — Jonathan Culler Copy Share Image
Human connection is the way things work. It's like a patronage system. You know somebody, and he knows somebody, and he knows… — Ian Frazier Copy Share Image
“I used to ask myself, ‘Sergei, would you rather spend your money on drink or women?’ and thanks to the club, I… — Melika Dannese Lux Copy Share Image
There are now businesses and entire industries that exist solely as a result of federal patronage. Profiting from government instead of earning… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
To maintain the ascendancy of the Constitution over the lawmaking majority is the great and essential point on which the success of… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
The cumulative effect of the Romantic theory of creativity, as played out in the context of belief in the virtue of the… — John Walford Copy Share Image
It is strange to hear people talk of Humanitarianism, who are members of societies for the prevention of cruelty to children and… — Otoman Zar-Adusht Ha'nish Copy Share Image
There can be no complete and permanent reform of the civil service until public opinion emancipates congressmen from all control and influence… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
I would rather have as my patron a host of anonymous citizens digging into their own pockets for the price of a… — John Updike Copy Share Image
The slightest force, when it is applied to assist and guide the natural descent of its object, operates with irresistible weight; and… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business. Large stores, gilt signs, flaming advertisements, will all prove unavailing if… — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
“Of all public figures and benefactors of mankind, no one is loved by history more than the literary patron. Napoleon was just… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“This week, Zuma was quoted as saying, 'When the British came to our country, they said everything we are doing was barbaric,… — Mark Gevisser Copy Share Image
I'm sure I'll find some use for the dress before summer."Kavill nodded, and closed his thick ledger. "Do let me know if… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
Character is power; it makes friends, draws patronage and support and opens the way to wealth, honor and happiness. — John Howe Copy Share Image
Russia has cultivated an opaque network of patronage across the region that it uses to influence and direct decision- making. — Al Franken Copy Share Image
Labor in this country is independent and proud. It has not to ask the patronage of capital, but capital solicits the aid… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
I'm a lover of my own liberty, and so I would do nothing to restrict yours. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Female schools might be comprised in the list of those worthy the public patronage, with great propriety. — Joseph Lancaster Copy Share Image
The truth is, the more kind and liberal a man is, the more generous will be the patronage bestowed upon him. — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
“We cherish reprobates, not for their cruelty, but for their little show of patronage.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business. — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
If a book really wants the patronage of a great name, it is a bad book; and if it be a good… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image