William Feather

Author

1889 – 1981

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Who was William Feather?

William A. Feather was an American publisher and author, based in Cleveland, Ohio.

Born in Jamestown, New York, Feather relocated with his family to Cleveland in 1903. After earning a degree from Western Reserve University in 1910, he began working as a reporter for the Cleveland Press. In 1916, he established the William Feather Magazine. In addition to writing for and publishing that magazine, and writing for other magazines as H.L. Mencken's The American Mercury, he ran a successful printing business, and wrote several books.

Famous Quotes:

  • Back of ninety-nine out of one-hundred assertions that a thing cannot be done is nothing, but the unwillingness to do it.
  • The petty economies of the rich are just as amazing as the silly extravagances of the poor.
  • Here is the secret of inspiration: Tell yourself that thousands and tens of thousands of people, not very intelligent and certainly no more intelligent than the rest of us, have mastered problems as difficult as those that now baffle you.
  • One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.
  • If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.
  • No man is a failure who is enjoying life.
  • Some of us might find happiness if we quit struggling so desperately for it.
  • Women lie about their age; men lie about their income.
  • Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
  • An education isnt how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. Its being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you dont. Its knowing where to go to find out what you need to know; and its knowing how to use the information you get.

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Born
Aug 25, 1889
United States of America
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Case Western Reserve University
Lived in
  • Cleveland
Died
Jan 7, 1981

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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