“Such is the custom of Branksome Hall.”

“And the hall is lone, and the hall is drear,
For the smiling of woman shineth not here.”

Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) English poet and novelist

“Chapman & Hall
Swore not at all.
Mr Chapman's yea was yea,
And Mr Hall's nay was nay.”

Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875–1956) British writer

“Fashion is custom in the guise of departure from custom.”

Edward Sapir (1884–1939) American linguist and anthropologist

“O You kings of halls and ends of halls,
You will die within these walls,
And I'll go, all down the row,
Knockin' on Joe.”

Nick Cave (1957) Australian musician

“In business, the followers are the customers. To produce these customers, the entire corporation must be viewed as a customer-creating and customer satisfying organism. Management must think of itself not as producing products but as providing customer creating value satisfactions. It must push this idea (and everything it means and requires) into every nook and cranny of the organization.”

Theodore Levitt (1925–2006) American economist and professor at Harvard Business School

“Don't find customers for your products, find products for your customers.”

Seth Godin (1960) American entrepreneur, author and public speaker

“Common sense still lingers in Westminster Hall.”

William Henry Maule (1788–1858) British politician

“An epigram is only a wisecrack that's played at Carnegie Hall.”

Oscar Levant (1906–1972) American comedian, composer, pianist and actor

“My life is like a music-hall,
Where, in the impotence of rage,
Chained by enchantment to my stall,
I see myself upon the stage
Dance to amuse a music-hall.”

Arthur Symons (1865–1945) British poet