Patronage Quotes

41 quotes by 40 authors

Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business. Large stores, gilt signs, flaming advertisements, will all prove unavailing if you or your… — P T Barnum
Strangers are welcome because there is room enough for them all, and therefore the old Inhabitants are not jealous of them; the Laws protect them… — Benjamin Franklin
Character is power; it makes friends, draws patronage and support and opens the way to wealth, honor and happiness. — John Howe
A war, or any wild-goose chase, is, as the vulgar use the phrase, a lucky turn-up of patronage for the minister, whose chief merit is… — Mary Wollstonecraft
I do not want any patronage, as I do not give any. I am a lover of my own liberty, and so I would do… — Mahatma Gandhi
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it… — Charles Babbage
Human care (of animals) is simply sentimental, sympathetic patronage. — Wayne Pacelle
I turned down the OBE because its not a club you want to join when you look at the villains whove got it. Its all… — Ken Loach
Big business depends entirely on the patronage of those who buy its products: the biggest enterprises loses its power and its influence when it loses… — Ludwig von Mises
There is almost no country in Africa where it is not essential to know to which tribe, or which subgroup of which tribe, the president… — Christopher Hitchens
All appointments hurt. Five friends are made cold or hostile for every appointment; no new friends are made. All patronage is perilous to men of… — Rutherford B. Hayes
To maintain the ascendancy of the Constitution over the lawmaking majority is the great and essential point on which the success of the [American] system… — John C. Calhoun
And so, lifting as we climb, onward and upward we go, struggling and striving, and hoping that the buds and blossoms of our desires will… — Mary Church Terrell
How is a magician to exist without books? Let someone explain that to me. It is like asking a politician to achieve high office without… — Susanna Clarke
Get the confidence of the public and you will have no difficulty in getting their patronage. — Harry Gordon Selfridge
Each of the Arts whose office is to refine, purify, adorn, embellish and grace life is under the patronage of a Muse, no god being… — Eliza Farnham
Only the BLACK WOMAN can say 'when and where I enter, in the quiet, undisputed dignity of my womanhood, without violence and without suing or… — Anna Julia Cooper
It is strange to hear people talk of Humanitarianism, who are members of societies for the prevention of cruelty to children and animals, and who… — Otoman Zar-Adusht Ha'nish
Female schools might be comprised in the list of those worthy the public patronage, with great propriety. — Joseph Lancaster
I've always felt that any establishment that doesn't welcome me with open arms doesn't deserve my patronage. — Amy Plum

Who Wrote These Patronage Quotes

40 authors contributed a total of 41 Patronage Quotes, led by these top contributors: