Merchant Quotes

• Once upon a time people talked about the infallibility of the pope; today it is that of the merchant which they wish to establish.

  

  Charles Fourier
  • People
  • Time
  • Today

• Greediness consists in ravishing the goods of another through violence or cunning, as in the two noble professions of the conqueror and courtier. But the merchant, like all other industrious men, seeks his benefit only in his talent, in virtue of freely arrived at agreements, and appealing to faith and the laws.

  

  Augustin Thierry
  • Agreements
  • Merchant
  • Greediness

• The Merchant Marines fight piracy all over the world. We fight piracy in the Philippines, the east and west coast of Africa, and the east and west coast of South America.

  

  Richard Phillips
  • World
  • America
  • Philippines

• I consider a merchant someone who has a certain intuition and instinct, and - very important - knows how to run a business, knows the numbers.

  

  Mickey Drexler
  • Business
  • Intuition
  • Instinct

• The Merchant, to Secure His Treasure The merchant, to secure his treasure, Conveys it in a borrowed name: Euphelia serves to grace my measure, But Cloe is my real flame. My softest verse, my darling lyre Upon Euphelia's toilet lay - When Cloe noted her desire That I should sing, that I should play. My lyre I tune, my voice I raise, But with my numbers mix my sighs; And whilst I sing Euphelia's praise, I fix my soul on Cloe's eyes. Fair Cloe blushed; Euphelia frowned: I sung, and gazed; I played, and trembled: And Venus to the Loves around Remarked how ill we all dissembled.

  

  Edgar Allan Poe
  • Treasure
  • Secure
  • Merchant

• Junk is the “ideal product” because the junk merchant does not sell his product to the consumer, he sells the consumer to his product. He does not improve and simplify his merchandise. He degrades and simplifies the client.

  

  N. Katherine Hayles
  • Product
  • Sell
  • Junk