Merchant Quotes

“Do you know who profits most in a gold rush? Mining suppliers—merchants. Today that includes marketers, because they're selling an idea or lifestyle. It's why golf's richest men aren't the pro players.”
― Jarod Kintz, To be good at golf you must go full koala bear

“Yes, my eyes are closed to your light. I am a beast, a nigger. But I can be saved. You are sham niggers, you, maniacs, fiends, misers. Merchant, you are a nigger; Judge, you are a nigger; General, you are a nigger; Emperor, old itch, you are a nigger: you have drank of the untaxed liquor of Satan’s still.”
― Arthur Rimbaud, A Season in Hell and The Drunken Boat

“Surely," Siddhartha laughed, "surely I have travelled for my amusement. For what else? I have gotten to know people and places, I have received kindness and trust, I have found friendship. Look, my dear, if I had been Kamaswami, I would have travelled back, being annoyed and in a hurry, as soon as I had seen that my purchase had been rendered impossible, and time and money would indeed have been lost. But like this, I've had a few good days, I've learned, had joy, I've neither harmed myself nor others by annoyance and hastiness. And if I'll ever return there again, perhaps to buy an upcoming harvest, or for whatever purpose it might be, friendly people will receive me in a friendly and happy manner, and I will praise myself for not showing any hurry and displeasure at that time. So, leave it as it is, my friend, and don't harm yourself by scolding! If the day will come, when you will see: this Siddhartha is harming me, then speak a word and Siddhartha will go on his own path. But until then, let's be satisfied with one another.”
― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha

“Only a prostitute will trade her valuables for money, so you shouldn't sell your God given ideas and talents for money, because you don't own it in any way but should be by a divine authority.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson

“And envy, envious of a time when the poet, the mystic, the scientist and the statesman were nobler than the merchant.”
― Soroosh Shahrivar, The Rise of Shams

“Being captain of such a vessel was not a stressful job, despite the sheer size of the thing. Everything was automated, and this meant that this behemoth could be efficiently handled by a far less seasoned captain. Besides, hiring mature skippers with actual experience would cost real money. And hey, the computers ran everything anyway – and that’s how Bran Johannsen enters this story – as a fine young inexperienced graduate of the Merchant Space Academy in Mars City, who only got his Executive Officer’s ticket four short years ago.”
― Christina Engela, Black Sunrise

“Imagine that being your job, huh, baby rat merchant?”
― Sarah Lotz, The Three

“كذابون : التاجر عندما يحلف والسكير عندما يصلي والمرأة عندما تبكي”
― أنيس منصور, قالوا

“She sank down onto the stool and rested her chin on her hand.
“Such enthusiasm will make the neighboring merchants worry you’ll steal all their business.”
“I’m sure they are all trembling in fear,” she muttered, glancing around at the people nearby.”
― Kristen Niedfeldt, Princess without a Palace: A King Thrushbeard Fairy Tale