John Jay Chapman

John Jay Chapman (March 2, 1862 – November 4, 1933) was an American author.

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    You can get assent to almost any proposition so long as you are not going to do anything about it.
    —John Jay Chapman (1862–1933)

    Lise: Look, monsieur, I don’t know what type of girl you think I am, but I’m not. And now I would like to return to my friends.
    Jerry: I thought you were bored with them. You sure looked it.
    Lise: You should see me now.
    Jerry: Ouch.
    —Alan Jay Lerner (1918–1986)

    Is there something in trade that dessicates and flattens out, that turns men into dried leaves at the age of forty? Certainly there is. It is not due to trade but to intensity of self- seeking, combined with narrowness of occupation.... Business has destroyed the very knowledge in us of all other natural forces except business.
    —John Jay Chapman (1862–1933)