Coleman Cox is an intriguing character. He is both inspiring and humorous. One can easily imagine him handing out sage advice with a smirk on his face. I imagine him to be a great story-teller and a wonderful dinner guest.

One cannot collect great quotations for very long without finding some great one-liners by Coleman Cox. His favorite topic is sales, but he also covers business in general and life in general.

Although these words are from eight decades ago, they ring true today. I'm sure you'll find a great deal to enjoy here.

Open to any page right now and you'll find yourself flipping through several more. Try it!

This book is a wonderful resource you'll come back to again and again.

And you'll be quoting Coleman Cox for a long time to come.

Karl W. Palachuk
Author, Relax Focus Succeed

A Great Book of Quips and Quotations

This book is 300 pages of one-liners, stories, quips, and wisdom.

One cannot collect great quotations for very long without finding some great one-liners by Coleman Cox.

His favorite topic is sales, but he also covers business in general and life in general.

Cox's writing started in 1921 when he decided to print up a small paper booklet with a thick paper cover. As he tells it, this booklet consisted of "a few hundred paragraphs telling something of my experiences and observations during thirty years of active business life."

He gave away a few thousand of these booklets. After that he received hundreds of letters requesting multiple copies of the booklet. So he printed a second edition, which sold out before the printing was complete.

After that the booklet quickly went to a third, fourth, fifth printing, and beyond.

Within ten months, "Take It From Me," the first booklet, had sold millions of copies. So, in 1922 Cox came out with another brilliant collection of witticisms. Every copy was sold out before the printing of the first edition was complete.

It didn't take long for Cox to realize that these millions of little booklets were being purchased by business owners as gifts for their employees and clients. Because Cox could easily print off small runs, he offered to print up booklets with a customized message in the front. These messages are often quite heartfelt and are obviously written by business owners striving for a better world.

In one customized copy of "Just Plain Talk," O.R. Peterson writes to his clients:

We have come to realize that we owe each other some expression for whatever success we have attained and possibly this little book will mean quite as much to you as it does to us.

Cox's little paragraphs are inspiring and entertaining. Turn to any page and you’ll find yourself flipping through several more. You'll be asking yourself "What will he say next?"

At the same time, although these words are from eight decades ago, they ring true today. Other than the fact that business is no longer completely dominated by men, almost nothing here is outdated.

I'm sure you'll find a great deal to enjoy here. And you'll be quoting Coleman Cox for a long time to come.

It is my hope that some one or more of my little paragraphs will have something to do with the making of your tomorrows more happy and successful than your yesterdays.

Coleman Cox

A Few Samples From the Book:

An expense account offers you the best opportunity to convince your employer you are Economical, Honest and Truthful.

Never lose the respect of those you are employed by, or those you are working with, by asking for an advance or a loan.

There are a lot of fellows waiting to take the man's job who says "it can't be done," or "they can't be sold."

The surest way to get commuters to read office bulletins is to paste them on the clock at 4:45 every afternoon.

Some men never read the Bible—because they didn't write it.

It is not what you say, but how you say it, who you say it to and when, that gets the order.

You are well dressed when no one can remember anything you are wearing.

The man who is looking for a job and wages is being given the preference over the fellows looking for a position and a salary.