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The senses (the organs of sight, sound, taste, smell, temperature, and touch) are the guardians of the body, and whatever appears good to these sentinels is instantly desired, and ordinarily such things tend to the preservation and furtherance of the welfare of the body, but we choose them simply because they appear pleasing and not for ulterior ends.

— Walter Dill Scott

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Goods offered as means of gaining social prestige make their appeals to one of the most profound of the human instincts.

Success or failure in business is caused more by mental attitude even than by mental capacity.

Man has been called the reasoning animal but he could with greater truthfulness be called the creature of suggestion. He is reasonable, but he is to a greater extent suggestible.

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to Walter Dill Scott in: ‎Sterling W. Sill Benson (1974)

An efficient and contented employee has a positive money value to any employer. To hold him and keep him efficient, his personal comfort and needs should be considered in every way not detrimental to the company's interests.

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