“Contented, unambitious people are all very well in their way. They form a neat, useful background for great portraits to be painted against, and they make a respectable, if not particularly intelligent, audience for the active spirits of the age to play before. I have not a word to say against contented people so long as they keep quiet.” PeopleIfsWayWellsLongPlayAgeFormSpiritAudienceQuietIntelligentActiveBackgroundsPortraitsRespectableNeat Book:The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow Source: The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
“People think that I'm mean because I'm quiet, and I don't really go out places or because I don't really say too much. On the other hand, people think that I'm soft because I may not handle myself the way other people handle themselves. That's just not me. They don't know my background or none of that stuff.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayMayMeanHandsStuffToo MuchQuietBackgroundsHandle Author:Derrick Rose
“The business of the advertiser is to see that we go about our business with some magic spell or tune or slogan throbbing quietly in the background of our minds.” MindMagicQuietBackgroundsTunesSpellsSlogansAdvertisers Author:Marshall McLuhan