Harold Coffin Quotes

United States, Writer
April 9, 1926 – April, 25, 2015.

Harold Coffin, a former humor columnist for The Associated Press, died Saturday of a heart attack in Capitola, a small town near Santa Cruz, south of San Francisco.One of his more critical works was unraveling the story of the Yellowstone National Park "Fossil Forests" which led him to be the first scientist to enter the area of Spirit Lake. He is currently conducting field work on the geology of the Pacific Northwest and revising a book on the science of religion.

Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.

Harold Coffin
- Art
- Envy
- Blessings
One often learns more from ten days of agony than from ten years of contentment.

Harold Coffin
- Years
- More
- Contentment

Behind every successful man you'll find a woman who has nothing to wear.

Harold Coffin
- Man
- Woman
- Successful
The only thing worse than an active conscience is one that's retroactive.

Harold Coffin
- Conscience
- Active
- Worse
The fellow who thinks he knows it all is especially annoying to those of us who do.

Harold Coffin
- Annoying
- U.S.
- Thinks
Corporations cannot commit treason, or be outlawed or excommunicated, for they have no souls.

Harold Coffin
Middle age is the awkward period when Father Time starts catching up with Mother Nature.

Harold Coffin
- Up
- Time
- Mother
When the product is right, you don't have to be a great marketer.

Harold Coffin
- Great
- You
- Product

A consumer is a shopper who is sore about something.

Harold Coffin
- Something
- Consumer
- Sore
In the business world an executive knows something about everything, a technician knows everything about something and the switchboard operator knows everything.

Harold Coffin