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Custom is our nature, what are our natural principles but...

Custom is our nature, what are our natural principles but principles of custom.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about nature

It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only...

It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages.

Quote by Henry Ford about employers, customers, money

I can remember walking as a child. It was not customary...

I can remember walking as a child. It was not customary to say you were fatigued. It was customary to complete the goal of the expedition.

Quote by Katharine Hepburn about purpose, children, contentment

A hardware failure will cause system software to crash, ...

A hardware failure will cause system software to crash, and the customer engineer will blame the programmer.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, customers, failure

A system software crash will cause hardware to act...

A system software crash will cause hardware to act strangely and the programmers will blame the customer engineer.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, customers

The probability of a hardware failure disappearing is...

The probability of a hardware failure disappearing is inversely proportional to the distance between the computer and the customer engineer.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, customers, failure

In a line the biggest order is in the front, and the...

In a line the biggest order is in the front, and the customer has coupons and wants to write a check.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about order, customers

In a 24 hour store, there are 5 customers in the store and they always come to the register at the same time, and again the customer with the largest order is the first one in line.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about commerce, customers, stores, order, time

The Customer is always unhappy about your product and...

The Customer is always unhappy about your product and service.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about customers

When a customer says: It's perfect except... you know it...

When a customer says: It's perfect except... you know it will be necessary to rebuild the whole piece.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about customers, perfection, contentment

When you stand at your counter for hours on end and then...

When you stand at your counter for hours on end and then go to break, that's when the customer comes and rings the bell for help.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about customers, help, end, contentment

The customer can be thrown off the bus at any time any...

The customer can be thrown off the bus at any time any explanation necessary.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cars, customers, time

The serge only eats the customer's garment.

The serge only eats the customer's garment.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about customers

Courteous treatment will make a customer a walking...

Courteous treatment will make a customer a walking advertisement.

Quote by James Cash Penney about advertising, customers

I never trust an executive who tends to pass the buck....

I never trust an executive who tends to pass the buck. Nor would I want to deal with him as a customer or a supplier.

Quote by James Cash Penney about reliability, customers

The well-satisfied customer will bring the repeat sale...

The well-satisfied customer will bring the repeat sale that counts.

Quote by James Cash Penney about customers

People usually think according to their inclinations, ...

People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom.

Quote by Francis Bacon about nation, people

I still owe a duty of loyalty to my clients and former clients, so I cannot specify which clients I did not especially find congenial, but the cause was the same.

Quote by Floyd Abrams about customers, duty

The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate.

Quote by Francis Bacon about numbers, wealth, celebrity, stars, sky, light, man

Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable; and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius about nation, people

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