#eli

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

#any #been #believes #costly #customer

I do believe that we have the opportunity to continue - I repeat myself over and over again with this - to redefine and reinvent ourselves and as long as we do that, then I think we've got some pretty good odds in our favor, because we're not always presenting the same thing. ↗

— Patrick Warburton

#always #because #believe #continue #favor

I do believe in women. I really do. ↗

— Stevie Wonder

#i #i do #really #women

Religion is not a department of life; it is something that enters into the whole of it. ↗

— Alan Watts

#enters #into #life #religion #something

Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you. ↗

— William Arthur Ward

#criticize #encourage #flatter #forced #forget

I wanted to make comics that get at feelings that connect to the deepest moments of our lives, reading Tolstoy, Flaubert, Flannery O'Connor, Herman Melville, William Faulkner, Vladimir Nabokov and Carver to help gain the confidence to figure it out. I knew, however, the most doomed approach would be to simply create stories that felt 'literary.' ↗

— Chris Ware

#carver #comics #confidence #connect #connor

The belief that one's own view of reality is the only reality is the most dangerous of all delusions. ↗

— Paul Watzlawick

#dangerous #delusions #most #only #own

About 20 per cent of the population believe themselves to have a food allergy and only about five per cent actually do. ↗

— John Warner

#actually #allergy #believe #cent #five

Reparations, I believe, are talked about for political reasons, trying to cater for the purpose of getting votes. If Congress was serious about reparations - in '93 and '94 the Democrats controlled the House, the Senate and the White House, and not one single Republican vote was needed for reparations. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#believe #cater #congress #controlled #democrats

President Obama believes in a country where we invest in education, in roads and bridges, in science, and in the future so we can create new opportunities so the next kid can make it big and the kid afer that and the kid after that, that's what President Obama believes. ↗

— Elizabeth Warren

#believes #big #bridges #country #create