Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar

Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar (January 6 1864 – April 11 1930) was a Scottish whisky distiller who, along with his brother John Dewar, built their family label, Dewar's, into an international success.

Quotes

 * Minds are like parachutes: they only function when open.
 * Quoted in Giovanni Graziadei, Gestione della produzione industriale, Hoepli, Milano, 2004, p. 65. ISBN 88-203-3395-3. May be a bit questionable.


 * When I want to use a quotation, I can very seldom do it properly, as the difficulty arises where to look for it in order to work it up.
 * A Ramble Round the Globe, Ch. I, pub. Chatto and Windus, London (1894)