Maybe Napoleon was wrong when he said we were a nation of shopkeepers... Today England looked like a nation of goalkeepers. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
Daily life is better when it involves interactions with real people who have a personal investment in their labour, like shopkeepers, than… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, may at first sight appear a… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Paris in the early morning has a cheerful, bustling aspect, a promise of delicious things to come, a positive smell of coffee… — Nancy Mitford Copy Share Image
Christmas is forced upon a reluctant and disgusted nation by the shopkeepers and the press; on its own merits it would wither… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
There is an incessant influx of novelty into the world, and yet we tolerate incredible dullness. When sometimes I am reminded that… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Rather than earn money, it was Thoreau's idea to reduce his wants so that he would not need to buy anything. As… — Richard Armour Copy Share Image
A man walks into a pet shop and says: "Give me a wasp." The shopkeeper replies: "We don't sell wasps." He says:… — Frank Carson Copy Share Image
Freedom of discussion is in England little else than the right to write or say anything which a jury of twelve shopkeepers… — A. V. Dicey Copy Share Image
The kind of people I myself represent in parliament; salary earners, shopkeepers, skilled artisans, professional men and women, farmers and so on,… — Robert Menzies Copy Share Image
I should tell you that honestly, on my honour of a Nearwicked, I always think in a wordworth's of that primed favourite… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
Noooo, there’s no way I, a mere handsome and sexy shopkeeper, could possibly have bankai! — Tite Kubo Copy Share Image
No sooner is the exploitation of the labourer by the manufacturer, so far, at an end, that he receives his wages in… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
You see these dictators up on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police. They're… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I'm doing exactly what I was supposed to do. Yeah. I didn't exactly choose this. My own life, if it were up… — Mos Def Copy Share Image
Sorcery breaks no law of nature because there is no Natural Law, only the spontaneity of natura naturans, the tao. Sorcery violates… — Hakim Bey Copy Share Image
[Margaret Thatcher] scorned and despised other women, and predicated her values entirely on the values of her father, a small town shopkeeper. — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
I am sorry to have to introduce the subject of Christmas. It is an indecent subject; a cruel, gluttonous subject; a drunken,… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Unlike private enterprise which quickly modifies its actions to meet emergencies - unlike the shopkeeper who promptly finds the wherewith to satisfy… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
Some will tell you that you are mad, and nearly all will say, 'What is the use?' For we are a nation… — Apsley Cherry-Garrard Copy Share Image
I'm sorry,' said the shopkeeper. 'I can't understand your ridiculous accent.' 'My accent?' 'It is quite silly.' 'So you can't understand me?'… — Derek Landy Copy Share Image
Growing up, I knew you were supposed to have a profession - and something better than being a shopkeeper, which is what… — Les Wexner Copy Share Image
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