William Feather
American writer
Date of Birth | : | 25 Aug, 1889 |
Date of Death | : | 07 Jan, 1981 |
Place of Birth | : | Jamestown, New York, United States |
Profession | : | American Writer |
Nationality | : | American |
William A. Feather was an American publisher and author, based in Cleveland, Ohio.
Born in Jamestown, New York, Feather moved with his family to Cleveland in 1903. After graduating from Western Reserve University in 1910, he began working as a reporter for the Cleveland Press. In 1916, he founded William Feather magazine. In addition to writing and publishing for that magazine, and H.L. In addition to writing for other magazines such as Mencken's The American Mercury, he ran a successful printing business and wrote several books.
His large printing business, William Feather Printers, produced catalogs, magazines, booklets, brochures and corporate annual reports. It moved from Cleveland to Oberlin, Ohio in 1982 after a labor dispute.
Book
- As we were saying (1921)
- Haystacks and Smokestacks (1923)
- Business Ideals and Follies (1927)
- The Age of New Purchase (1933)
- Let's Use the Grand Jury (1934)
- The Business of Life (1949) Simon & Schuster
Quotes
Total 42 Quotes
Pure and simple, any person who is enjoying life is a success.
Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren't enjoying today's sunshine.
Many of our prayers were not answered, and for this we are now grateful.
The tragedy is that so many have ambition and so few have ability
A determination to succeed is the only way to succeed that I know anything about.
The wise man seeks little joys, knowing that life is long and that his quota of great joys is distinctly limited.
One of the funny things about the stock market is that every time one person buys, another sells, and both think they are astute.
Concentrate on your job and you will forget your other troubles.
Successful salesmen, authors, executives and workmen of every sort need patience. The great liability of youth is not inexperience but impatience.
Back of ninety-nine out of one-hundred assertions that a thing cannot be done is nothing, but the unwillingness to do it.