William Wrigley Jr Quotes
100 William Wrigley Jr Quotes
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[On the secret of his success] Restraint in regard to immediate profits. That has not only been our most profitable policy, it has been pretty nearly our only profitable one.
William Wrigley Jr
[To his father on letting him sell soap on the road rather than simply mixing it.] Give my paddle to somebody else and let me go out on the road! [‘Why, you’re only thirteen and just out of knickers! – William’s father] But I’m big for my age.
William Wrigley Jr
[A sign hung for years above his desk] Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
William Wrigley Jr
A man’s doubts and fears are his worst enemies. He can go ahead and do anything so long as he doesn’t know he can’t do it.
William Wrigley Jr
[On investing at least $7 million in Catalina Island after buying it for $3.5 million in 1919.] Eventually, I’ll make up the cost by taking the smallest possible profit from an increased number of visitors.
William Wrigley Jr
[To his son P. K (Philip) Wrigley (who already was buying Chicago Cubs (Baseball team) stock for himself) when he set up the provision in his will on leaving all of his Chicago Cubs shares to himself. (At the time P.K Wrigley was the third largest shareholder of the team and William Wrigley himself the largest shareholder)] You’re already heavily interested, you know what it’s all about. And there’s no use leaving a baseball team to the tender mercies of an estate, or to be managed by a bank or trust company. That would surely kill it off.
William Wrigley Jr
[On building the Catalina estate in 1921] I want a house on a location from which I can see the first rays of the sunrise and the last rays of the sunset.
William Wrigley Jr
[On building the ship ‘The Catalina’ in 1923] The Catalina’s work is going to be between Los Angeles Harbor and Avalon and I want to see her built in Los Angeles by Los Angeles Shipbuilders.
William Wrigley Jr
The 5 cent field, has for many years been an important one and we believe it worthwhile on all of our parts to preserve it for the future.
William Wrigley Jr
Double your pleasure, double your fun with… Doublemint, Doublemint, Doublemint gum.
William Wrigley Jr
[He owned the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field and had 40,000 smiling ladies come breaking records and boosting permanent attendances to the ball games. Any piece of savy marketing for a special ‘ladies day’ when female attendances were considerably lower than that of their male counterparts] Any lady who comes to my ball park with a smile will get in free.
William Wrigley Jr
[When Wrigley had a shortage of gum during the war] Remember this wrapper.
William Wrigley Jr
[A Wrigley advertising slogan] Aids Digestion.
William Wrigley Jr
[A Wrigley advertising slogan] Steadies the Nerves.
William Wrigley Jr
[A Wrigley advertising slogan] Keeps the Taste in Tune.
William Wrigley Jr
[A Wrigley advertising slogan] Girl With The Wrigley Eyes.
William Wrigley Jr
[William Wrigley Jr (The fourth)] Wrigley brands woven into the fabric of everyday life around the world.
William Wrigley Jr
[On not throwing the chewing gum on the pavement] Chew it but don’t strew it.
William Wrigley Jr
One of the biggest pests in business is the carbon copy – the fellow who always says: ‘Yes, Mr Wrigley, you’re absolutely right.’ Perhaps meaning: ‘Have it our own way, you old buzzard, what do I care?’
William Wrigley Jr
A man’s doubts and worries are his worst enemies.
William Wrigley Jr
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