Thomas Dewar

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Sir Thomas Robert Dewar (1864 - 1930) was a British whisky distiller who, along with his brother John Dewar, built their family label, Dewars, into an international success. They blended their whisky to make it more appealing to the international palate and Sir Thomas demonstrated particular skills in marketing, travelling the world to find new markets and promote his product, exploiting romantic images of Scotland and tartan in his advertising.

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Thomas Dewar was born in 1864 in Perth, Scotland. It was here that Thomas earned his education, as well as in Edinburgh. He worked with his brother John to continue and grow their father's business. Thus turning it into a household name and a respectable enterprise on a global scale. This was a direct result of Thomas' marketing skills, social networks and the extensive travelling he did in order to promote his product. He was knighted in 1902 and later given the title of Lord Dewar, however he never married. In 1925, the Dewar Brothers took their company to join the union - the Distillers Company Ltd - both joining the board.

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Dewarisms - Quotes from Sir Thomas Dewar

Nothing hurts more than having to pay an income tax, unless it is not having to pay an income tax.
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.
Love is an ocean of emotions entirely surrounded by expenses.
No wife can endure a gambling husband; unless he is a steady winner.
Judge not a man by his clothes, but by his wife's clothes.
A man who can laugh at his own misfortune is an asset to the community.
The man who has nothing to do is always in a hurry.
The man who knows how to make money seldom knows how to spend it.
People who produce most of the trouble produce little else.
Home is where the mortgage is.
The inventor of the bagpipes got the idea from stepping on a cat.
We have a great regard for old age when it is bottled.
The quality of the article should be its greatest advertisement.
It is far better to have a few hundreds in the bank than millions on the brain.
Marriage is a great institution - for those who like institutions.
The greatest mistake you can make in this life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
Some people are always looking for new kinds of mistakes to make.
There is no traffic congestion on the straight and narrow path.
Success is merely a matter of buying your experience cheap and selling it at a profit.
Of two evils, choose the more interesting.
Nothing deflates so fast as a punctured reputation.
A philosopher is a man who can look at an empty glass with a smile.
What we call confidence in ourselves we call conceit in others.
The surest way to be happy is to get so busy you have not time to be unhappy.
Ability without enthusiasm is like a rifle without a bullet.
Some are born good, others make good.