William Feather Quotes

1889–1981 United States

William A. Feather (25 August 1889 - 7 January 1981) was an American publisher and author, based in Cleveland, Ohio, where he published The William Feather Magazine.

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Experts never seem to tell us what we’re up against until we’re up against it.

Featherisms (2008)

Nothing makes us so sleepy as the bell of our alarm clock.

Featherisms (2008)

Many of us are dull, but not as dull as the grandchildren think we are.

Featherisms (2008)

An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't. It's knowing where to go to find out what you need to know, and it's knowing how to use the information once you get it.

When the gardeners are praying for rain, the picnickers are praying for sunshine. So what is the poor Lord to do?

Featherisms (2008)

Anyone who can think clearly can write clearly. But neither is easy.

Every job has two salaries. One is the pay you get. The other is the mental satisfaction you derive from working for the company.

A good time is seldom had by all.

Featherisms (2008)

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity by a nation's proverbs, fables, folk sayings and quotations.

Disputed Zebras & Picket Fences (2008)

One of the indictments of civilization is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: William Feather (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.