Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Mike Jeffries

Quote by Mike Jeffries

Author

Mike Jeffries
Mike Jeffries

Born on July 15, 1944, Mike Jeffries is an accomplished businessman with extensive experience in the retail industry, particularly in the fashion retail sector. He served as the CEO of the renowned American clothing brand Abercrombie & Fitch, leading it to become a globally recognized fashion brand under his leadership. more

You May Also Like

“It is a pity that so many Americans today think of the Indian as a romantic or comic figure in American history without contemporary significance. In fact, the Indian plays much the same role in our society that the Jews played in Germany. Like the miner’s canary, the Indian marks the shift from fresh air to poison gas in our political atmosphere; and our treatment of Indians, even more than our treatment of other minorities, reflects the rise and fall in our democratic faith.”

“Work outside of school hours was a necessity at an early age, and with such time as I had I turned toward interests of my own devising, making things, experimenting, and planning for the future. I had read of Thomas Alva Edison and other successful inventors, and the idea of making an invention appealed to me as one of the few available means to accomplish a change in one's economic status, while at the same time bringing to focus my interest in technical things and making it possible to make a contribution to society as well.”