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
Success is seldom achieved by people who contemplate the possibility of failure
A hotel isn't like a home, but it's better than being a house guest.
The big things that come our way are ... the fruit of seeds planted in the daily routine of our work.
Giving advice isn't as risky as people say. Few ever take it anyway.
Politeness is an inexpensive way to make friends.
Few of us get anything without working for it.
No man is a failure who is enjoying life.
Nothing happens to you that has not happened to someone else.
Some of us might find happiness if we quit struggling so desperately for it.
Improvement of one's economic position is helped more by cool persistence than by hot enthusiasm.