Posts Tagged ‘merchants’
Oscar Wilde: Gold Merchants Silver
on Friday, August 14, 2020Oscar Wilde Money Quote saying religious figures value the soul at an infinitely higher rate than do business people. Oscar Wilde said:
“How strange a thing this is! The Priest telleth me that the soul is worth all the gold in the world, and the merchants say that it is not worth a clipped piece of silver” — Oscar Wilde
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Adam Smith: High Wages, High Profits
on Tuesday, January 2, 2018Adam Smith Money Quote saying business owners fully blame wages for increasing the cost of goods, but rarely believe profits have any deleterious effect. Adam Smith said:
“Our merchants and masters complain much of the bad effects of high wages in raising the price and lessening the sale of goods. They say nothing concerning the bad effects of high profits” — Adam Smith
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John Andrew Holmes: Gift-Giving to Retailers
on Saturday, December 20, 2014John Andrew Holmes Money Quotation saying that we give without restraint in the short time between black Friday and Christmas Eve – our biggest gift to retail stores. John Andrew Holmes said:
“The Christmas season has come to mean the period when the public plays Santa Claus to the merchants” — John Andrew Holmes
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