Selfridge Quotes

#1. blocks away. And Selfridge's department store will have anything you need." "I do need a dress for the weekend." She claps her well-manicured hands, nails painted in fire engine red. "Ooh, shopping. I'll go with you if you want." "It'll have to be tonight after work." "No

Magda Alexander

#2. 'Mr Selfridge' is a lot more accessible than shows like 'Downton.' Everyone knows the store, but not everyone knows the story. Having this store as the backdrop with all of society working under one roof, I think it really captures people's imaginations.

Zoe Tapper

#3. Sunday night is curry night. I always order a spinach paneer and a chicken tikka. There's usually something good on TV like 'Mr Selfridge' or 'Downton Abbey,' so I'll watch them before I have to think about blowdrying my hair and all the other boring stuff us girls have to do!

Donna Air

#4. I am very clear that I am not a feminist. It puts you into a category and I don't like that.

Marina Abramovic

#5. The boss inspires fear; the leader inspires enthusiasm. The boss says 'I'; The leader says 'We'.

Harry Gordon Selfridge

#6. The boss depends on authority; the leader on goodwill.

Harry Gordon Selfridge

#7. The consumer is always right.

Harry Gordon Selfridge

#8. Get the confidence of the public and you will have no difficulty in getting their patronage.

Harry Gordon Selfridge

#9. There are no hard times for good ideas.

Harry Gordon Selfridge

#10. The boss says 'I'; the leader, 'we'.

Harry Gordon Selfridge

#11. I think my best work has been in France with great men. It's been my great fortune to work with really great men - with Olivier Assayas, Raoul Ruiz, Jacques Rivette. I am tutored by them.

Emmanuelle Beart

#12. Excite the mind, and the hand will reach for the pocket.

Harry Gordon Selfridge

#13. The phrase reeked of cannibalism.

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

#14. Emma still had a joyless look, and, habitually, at the corners of her mouth, she had that tightness that crumples the faces of old maids and bankrupts.

Gustave Flaubert

#15. Acting is the most communicative thing I can imagine doing.

Amy Carlson

#16. People will sit up and take notice of you if you will sit up and take notice of what makes them sit up and take notice.

Harry Gordon Selfridge

#17. What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.

A.A. Milne

#18. There are great lessons to be learn't in every trail. Look for the gold in every encounter.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#19. You do not need God and Death as precursors to immortality. You need Life as a great fire, setting you and everything around you into a blaze.

Clare Morgan

#20. How, she had no idea. She seldom considered the "how" of things.

Julie Anne Long

#21. Beauty attached to God is sacrament, cut off from God it becomes an idol.

Frithjof Schuon

#22. The customer is always right.

Harry Gordon Selfridge