
“Stagnation, weakness and decadence ... beautiful custom ... pretext that paralyzes our activity.”
Bourguiba on Ramadan's effect on Tunisia:
“Stagnation, weakness and decadence ... beautiful custom ... pretext that paralyzes our activity.”
Bourguiba on Ramadan's effect on Tunisia:
Main Street and Other Poems (1917), A Blue Valentine
Context: It seems appropriate to me to state
According to a venerable and agreeable custom,
That I love a beautiful lady.
Her eyes, Monsignore,
Are so blue that they put lovely little blue reflections
On everything that she looks at,
Such as a wall
Or the moon
Or my heart.
“Fashion is custom in the guise of departure from custom.”
Source: Fashion (1931), p. 140
Source: Marketing Myopia, 1960, p. 20-21
“Don't find customers for your products, find products for your customers.”
“Custom will reconcile people to any atrocity; and fashion will drive them to acquire any custom.”
Killing For Sport, Preface (1914)
1910s
“I have no fans. You know what I got? Customers. And customers are your friends.”
Writers on Writing interview (1986)