Quote by Raymond Chandler
Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is

Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short cut to oblivion, anyway. Thinking in terms of ideas destroys the power to think in terms of emotions and sensations. – Raymond Chandler

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The reading public is intellectually adolescent at best, and it is obvious that what is called significant literature will only be sold to this public by exactly the same methods as are used to sell it toothpaste, cathartics and automobiles. – Raymond Chandler

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Ive found that there are only two kinds that are any good: slang that has established itself in the language, and slang that you make up yourself. Everything else is apt to be pass? before it gets into print. – Raymond Chandler

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The boys with their feet on the desks know that the easiest murder case in the world to break is the one somebody tried to get very cute with; the one that really bothers them is the murder somebody only thought of two minutes before he pulled it off. – Raymond Chandler

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Power and position often make a man trifle with the truth. – George A. Smith

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In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself. – Winston Churchill

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Suppliers and especially manufacturers have market power because they have information about a product or a service that the customer does not and cannot have, and does not need if he can trust the brand. This explains the profitability of brands. – Peter Drucker

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