#custom

I have never smuggled anything in my life. Why, then, do I feel an uneasy sense of guilt on approaching a customs barrier? ↗

— John Steinbeck

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Some argue we should get coal, oil and gas out of the ground as quickly as possible, build more pipelines and make as much money as we can selling it here and abroad. Their priorities are the economy and meeting short-term energy needs so we can live the lives to which we've become accustomed. ↗

— David Suzuki

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Custom adapts itself to expediency. ↗

— Tacitus

#custom #expediency #itself

Authority is by nothing so much strengthened and confirmed as by custom; for no man easily distrusts the things which he and all men have been always bred up to. ↗

— William Temple

#authority #been #bred #confirmed #custom

They are at the end of the gallery; retired to their tea and scandal, according to their ancient custom. ↗

— William Congreve

#ancient #custom #end #gallery #retired

The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves. ↗

— Leon Trotsky

#character #completely #conditions #customary #defined

People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care ↗

— John C. Maxwell

#knowledge #knowledge

Even your most loyal customers always have a choice about where to take their business. ↗

— Marilyn Suttle

#customer-service #business

If you take the approach of “earning” your customers’ business every day and treating them well, they’re less likely to try someone else. ↗

— Marilyn Suttle

#customer-service #business

Cater to your customers’ lifestyles. It will create instant rapport and a lasting sense of “I belong here. ↗

— Marilyn Suttle

#customer-service #business