People in Stamps used to say that the whites in our town were so prejudiced that a Negro couldn't buy vanilla ice cream. Except on... July Fourth. Other days he had to be satisfied with chocolate.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
... given a choice between hearing my daughter say "I'm pregnant" or "I used a condom," most mothers would get up in the middle of... the night and buy them herself.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
[F]or women, like tradesmen, draw in the injudicious to buy their goods by the high value they themselves set upon them.... They e...ndeavor strongly to fix in the minds of their enamoratos their own high value, and then contrive as much as possible to make them believe that they have so many purchasers at hand that the goods--if they do not make haste--will all be gone.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If, during his daily walk, he met any children flying kites, playing marbles, or whirling peg tops, he would buy the toys from the...m and exhort them not to gamble or indulge in vain sport.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
City people try to buy time as a rule, when they can, whereas country people are prepared to kill time, although both try to cheri...sh in their mind's eye the notion of a better life ahead.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I feel free as a bird. I'm in a unique position because I'm the boss. I buy what I like. I initiate things. I can experiment with ...all kinds of things I think the kids might be interested in. Nobody interferes. For me, it's no chore to go to work. Most people never get to do this at any time in their lives.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The reason American cars don't sell anymore is that they have forgotten how to design the American Dream. What does it matter if y...ou buy a car today or six months from now, because cars are not beautiful. That's why the American auto industry is in trouble: no design, no desire.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If you've ever been without money, or food, something very strange happens when you get a bit of money, a kind of madness. You don...'t care. You can't remember that you had no money before, that the money will be gone. You can remember nothing but that there is the money for which you have been suffering. Now here it is. A lust takes hold of you. You see food in the windows. In imagination you eat hugely; you taste a thousand meals. You look in windows. Colors are brighter; you buy something to dress up in. An excitement takes hold of you. You know it is suicide but you can't help it. You must have food, dainty, splendid food and a bright hat so once again you feel blithe, rid of that ratty gnawing shame.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I don't want to read about some of these actresses who are around today. They sound like my niece in Scarsdale. I love my niece in... Scarsdale, but I won't buy tickets to see her act.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »