Already, less than five minutes after being fired, I was on the contagious list. A leper is more welcome than a discharged employee. - Harold Livingston

What I mean, you can’t just go ahead and foist on the consumer some gimmick that potentially could undermine our entire social and economic system. Simply because the consumer wants it.

Flash turned and looked over his shoulder. I was there, all right, some distance away but close enough for Flash to realize I would always be there, waiting, ready to overtake him the first instant he faltered. He knew it, and I knew it, and we neither of us harbored any ill feeling because of it. It’s the way of the world, the business world.

"We'll be doing all humanity a service."
"May I ask who appointed you humanity's savior?"
"My conscience," I said unhesitatingly. "And my common sense."
"An honest reply," he said. "I like that in young men. You have the courage of your convictions, something you don't often find in the younger generation."