"Press agent" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... ground, and his eye on the handwriting on the wall, deftly adjusting himself to the situation, and industriously claiming for himself credit for all betterments introduced by the deputy—who, having no press agent, was forced to stand inactively by and see his honest credit filched away from him—in public opinion, at least. Of course, the prisoners knew perfectly well on which leg the boot was. But prisoners cannot make ...
— The Subterranean Brotherhood • Julian Hawthorne
... men to glorify it. Having employed a man for the purpose, they are themselves children enough to believe the myth they have paid money to have created. Every rich man in the country unconsciously hates his press agent. ...
— Poor White • Sherwood Anderson
... coat; a genius out of two sonnets and half a dozen cocktails; a dramatic "star" out of a lisp and a giggle; a two-column news story out of the fragment of a fact; a multitude out of three men and a band; a crusade out of one man and a press agent; a novel out of the trimmings of earlier novels; a reputation out of an accident; a captain of industry out of an itching palm; a philanthropist out of a beneficent smile and a platitude; a critic out of a wise look and a fountain pen; and a social prophet out of pretty small ...
— The Patient Observer - And His Friends • Simeon Strunsky
... "You have a wonderful speaking voice, and you've been advertised to beat the band. Who's your press agent?" ...
— The Bacillus of Beauty - A Romance of To-day • Harriet Stark
... get a press agent for it," Morris observed, "because, if they don't get some more publicity, it will die on ...
— Potash and Perlmutter Settle Things • Montague Glass |
