Albert B. Fall Quotes

It's a great advantage to be able to play people off against each other, isn't it? You go to Christie's and get a quote on something. And then you go to Phillips' and you tell them what Christie's has given you. I like auctions for artists.

A man's ability to haggle is never a turn-on. The only thing less romantic than how much you paid is how much you saved. The last thing we want to hear is how you talked the jeweler down on our new earrings.

I don't pitch for contracts.

I'm a pathetic haggler and often give more than the original price out of a misplaced sense of duty.

If you're at an antiques fair, and have been unable to beat the dealer down earlier in the day, pay a return visit at the end. They may be more inclined to accept your offer, rather than having to pack the piece up and take it home.

Bargain... anything a customer thinks a store is losing money on.

You don't want to negotiate the price of simple things you buy every day.

'Priced to sell' - just the phrase makes me smile. When a dealer says all the items in his booth are priced to sell, he means he's tagged them as aggressively as he can to get you to buy them. Don't worry, though, I still haggle. You have to. That's the point of a flea market.

It is in all our interests that the government, when buying goods or services, pays the lowest price.

It's difficult for them to do a deal at these levels.

Never be afraid to ask for too much when selling or offer too little when buying.

If you sit down with me, I guarantee I will accept any terms you offer for a contract.

Deal-making goes on with any job.

When I lived in India, I'd speak like an Indian to get good prices while shopping. I'm good with accents.

I'm one of the idiots that negotiates after I write.

Whenever I do a deal I always have the right of approval.

The investigation has shown, let us hope, privilege at its worst. The trail is one of dishonesty, greed, violation of law, secrecy, concealment, evasion, falsehood, and cunning. It is a trail of betrayals by trusted and presumably honorable men--betrayals of a government, of certain business interests and the people who trusted and honored them; it is a trail showing a flagrant degree of the exercise of political power and influence, and the power and influence of great wealth upon individuals and political parties; it is the trail of despoilers and schemers, far more dangerous to the well-being of our Nation and our democracy than all those who have been deported

He that is won with a nut, may be lost with an apple.

I wouldn't depend on the Justice Department for investigative purposes, nor would I approach the Attorney General's office for information if I were you …. It is my conviction that the man would go to any lengths to protect himself and his friends—and make no mistake about it, the people we are after are friends of the Attorney General. Harry Daugherty has had a hand in every dirty piece of business which has come out of the Harding administration. There is every reason to believe that, at the very least, Daugherty is one of the men who knows the whole sordid story of the oil leases—and there is enough evidence to warrant the suspicion that he himself might have profited from them

If you won’t use that line, I quit.

They can't hurt you now.

It’s hard to cut a deal if you don’t know who to make a deal with.

Everyone has a price, the important thing is to find out that price

A Vote for Davis & Bryan is a Vote Against Special Privilege. Remember Tea-Pot Dome.

… the invariable Oriental custom of demanding more than is expected