Quote by Raymond Chandler

Throughout the history of commercial life nobody has ever quite liked the commission man. His function is too vague, his presence always seems one too many, his profit looks too easy, and even when you admit that he has a necessary function, you feel that this function is, as it were, a personification of something that in an ethical society would not need to exist. If people could deal with one another honestly, they would not need agents.

Throughout the history of commercial life nobody has ever qu

Summary

This quote criticizes the role of the commission man in commercial life. The commission man refers to a middleman or agent who facilitates business transactions but is often distrusted and disliked. The quote suggests that the commission man's function is unclear and unnecessary, implying that in an ideal society where people could trust and deal with each other honestly, intermediaries like commission men would not be needed. It highlights the perception that their profit comes too easily and questions their ethical standing in a society that values transparency and direct transactions.

Topics

Business

By Raymond Chandler

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

A playwright is the litmus paper of the arts. He's got to be

A playwright is the litmus paper of the arts. He's got to be, because if he isn't working on the same wave length as the audience, no one would know what in hell he was talking about. He is a kind of psychic journalist, even when he's great.

Theater

The man who gets the most satisfactory results is not always

The man who gets the most satisfactory results is not always the man with the most brilliant single mind, but rather the man who can best coordinate the brains and talents of his associates.

Results

Like most uneducated Englishwomen, I like reading--I like re

Like most uneducated Englishwomen, I like reading--I like reading books in the bulk.

Reading Books

We are all at times unconscious prophets.

We are all at times unconscious prophets.

C. H. (Charles Haddon) Spurgeon

Prophecy

Thomas Edison's last words were 'It's very beautiful over th

Thomas Edison's last words were 'It's very beautiful over there'. I don't know where there is, but I believe it's somewhere, and I hope it's beautiful.

You can be self-empowered and still learning about how you t

You can be self-empowered and still learning about how you think about things daily.

Learning

People who come up with It may not work or What are we going

People who come up with It may not work or What are we going to do if it fails? do not have the credentials to be businessmen. If there is only a 1 percent chance of success, a true businessperson sees that 1 percent as the spark to light a fire.

Chance

I didn't try to copy my dad or fit into the pressure or the

I didn't try to copy my dad or fit into the pressure or the mold that everybody tried to make me fit into.

Dad

Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever render

Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.

Man

There's something about marriage that is not as intensely ro

There's something about marriage that is not as intensely romantic or interesting as a couple's first meeting.

It's certain that the death of an actor can be on a televisi

It's certain that the death of an actor can be on a television screen playing the same thing every week.

Giancarlo Esposito

Death

We talk a lot in our home together about where we're going,

We talk a lot in our home together about where we're going, what I'm doing.

Home