“We always ask patrons what's going on. We have a small percentage of chronically overdue books.”
Christy Fusco
“I also want to urge shoppers to patronize their local merchants. Small businesses employ area residents, offer a personal touch to the shopper, and are a stabilizing force in a community.”
Brian McLaughlin
“Look closely at those who patronize you. Half are unfeeling, half untaught.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“I find Paula patronizing. It's as simple as that. Paula is more damaging than I am to these contestants because a lot of people just shouldn't be singing for a living.”
Simon Cowell
“I would rather have as my patron a host of anonymous citizens digging into their own pockets for the price of a book or a magazine than a small body of enlightened and responsible men administering public funds. I would rather chance my personal vision of truth striking home here and there in the chaos of publication that exists than attempt to filter it through a few sets of official, honorably public-spirited scruples.”
John Updike
“She was a patron saint of the peripheral.”
Jane Howard
“I cannot live under pressures from patrons, let alone paint.”
Michelangelo
