Arthur W. Page quotes

All business begins with the public permission and exists by public approval
-- Arthur W. Page

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The fundamental way of getting public approval is to deserve it.
-- Arthur W. Page

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Public relations, in this country, is the art of adapting big business to a democracy so that the people have confidence that they are being well served and at the same time the business has freedom to serve them well.
-- Arthur W. Page

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Our thoughts and actions must in no way be determined by the approval or disapproval of our time, but by the binding obligation to a truth which we have recognized.

I'm still craving approval from my parents. It took a lot of success for me to realize it was never coming. It's just not in their nature.

God's approval is a whole lot easier to get than man's.

The person who prays more in public than in private reveals that he is less interested in God's approval than in human praise. Not piety but a reputation for piety is his concern.

It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.

Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.

And this is one of the major questions of our lives: how we keep boundaries, what permission we have to cross boundaries, and how we do so.

Ask forgiveness, not permission. But make sure you bring your results with you.

If I ever wear a Chelsea shirt, you have permission to kill me.

When under attack, no country is obligated to collect permission slips from allies to strike back.