Here are a few inspiring and entertaining quotes from Holiday Inn founder Kemmons Wilson, culled from my notes on his autobiography Half Luck and Half Brains: The Kemmons Wilson, Holiday Inn Story (Nashville: Hambleton-Hill Publishing, 1996):

“A consultant is a man who knows a hundred ways to make love but doesn’t know any women.” (p. 169)

"An opportunist is a man who meets the wolf at the door and the next day appears in a fur coat." (p. 15)

"A 40-hour week has no charm for me. I'm looking for a 40-hour day." (p. 214)

"There are hundreds of languages in the world, but a smile speaks all of them." (p. 105).