Picquet Quotes & Sayings

My father had the spirit and integrity of a scientist, but he was a salesman. I remember asking him the question "How can a man of integrity be a salesman?"
He said to me, "Frankly, many salesmen in the business are not straightforward
they think it's a better way to sell. But I've tried being straightforward, and I find it has its advantages. In fact, I wouldn't do it any other way. If the customer thinks at all, he'll realize he has had some bad experience with another salesman, but hasn't had that kind of experience with you. So in the end, several customers will stay with you for a long time and appreciate it. — Richard Feynman

Prayer is the breath of the new man, drawing in the air of mercy in petitions, and returning it in praises; it proves and maintains the spiritual life. — Matthew Henry

Apathy is the acceptance of the unacceptable. — John Stott

To make the reader afraid, I had to be afraid. — Andrew Pyper

You and I weren't created for independent living. We were created to be dependent on God. — Paul David Tripp

One feels pan of a vast servitude, anonymous and unending, all of it vanishing unexpectedly with the passing image of Madame Picquet behind the glass of her office, that faintly vulgar, thrilling profile. As I think of it, there's an ache in my chest. I cannot control these dreams in which she seems to lie in my future like a whole season of extravagant meals if only I knew how to arrange it. — James Salter

In life I learned that you should not brag, until you've done it And even worse than that.. Could you do it again?? That's why I'm always humble, humbleness is a brave man's obligation, since he knows what it takes to accomplish a great deed — Renzo Gracie

It is natural for the ordinary American when he sees something wrong to feel not only that there should be a law against it but, also that an organization should be formed to combat it. — Gunnar Myrdal

XVIII. THE LOCHINVAR METHOD XIX. ON THE LAKE XX. A LESSON IN PICQUET — P.G. Wodehouse

A growing awareness of the depth of popular attachment to the family has led some liberals to concede that family is not just a buzzword for reaction. — Christopher Lasch

Politicians get their power too late, and I think that he has inherited an impossible situation in which he is ill-equipped to deal. — Malcolm Muggeridge