Quotes about Commerce, page 8

The number of open service windows at banks, post offices, airline counters, etc... always equals [n/2 - m], n being the total number of windows and m being a random number between 1 and the total number of windows minus 1.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about commerce

The simpler and quicker your transaction, the more complex and time-consuming the transaction of the person immediately ahead of you in the line.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about commerce

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 commerce

Any item that you want to purchase from a catalog will always be out of stock at the time you want to buy it.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about commerce

If your Check-Book and Bank-Balance Sheet agree... Re-Do-It... You Goofed Up.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about commerce

This is from my own experience over the past 50+ years!

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about commerce

Billing Statements do not provide 'Actual Posting Dates' They reflect 'Accurate Posting Dates'. This was contained within a reply from a Retail Credit Account Analyst of a major Banking Establishment.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about commerce

Even if you never smoke, eat, or drink in your vehicle there will be mysterious stains on the carpet and/or upholstery at the time of trade in.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about commerce

The Jackpot gets to $40,000,000 and the numbers match all the numbers on your lotto slip, but you forgot to buy your ticket.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about commerce

Never deceive yourself thinking you're the toughest Transformer; if Hasbro doesn't want to sell your toy, they'll find a way to kill you off.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about commerce

The one you buy will be the only one that doesn't work.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about commerce

We are losing the democracy that we're trying to sell in the Mideast and everywhere else right here in our own nation.

Quote by Rosie O'Donnell about commerce

My wife had taken off on a plane, two airplanes had crashed into the World Trade Center I, of course, like any other person, felt potentially devastated, panicky a little bit.

Quote by Ted Olson about commerce

The plane took off at 8:10 in the morning or that's when it was scheduled to take off. And that's when I believe it took off. I had been in my office at the Department of Justice. Someone told me that there had been the two strikes that occurred...

Quote by Ted Olson about commerce

We went into that knowing that we were never going to sell a major record 'cause we didn't sound like these bands, so I just thought this was an opportunity for us to make the kind of records that we wanted and make some money at the same time.

Quote by Buzz Osborne about commerce

I don't want my album coming out with a 'G' rating. Nobody would buy it.

Quote by Donny Osmond about commerce

Certainly the advent of technology and electronic commerce has had an immense impact on the real estate industry.

Quote by Michael Oxley about commerce

Leadership in telecommunications is also essential, since we are now in the age of e-commerce.

Quote by Michael Oxley about commerce

When we first sold the Wallace and Gromit shorts to America, people suggested we get rid of the strange British accents and put clear American voices on them, and we held out.

Quote by Nick Park about commerce

It's not like, I don't know, if Madonna has a new record out, then everybody from Bangkok to Birmingham knows what its called and can buy it the same week. But our stuff is not in that mass market.

Quote by Evan Parker about commerce