Quotes of Selling - somelinesforyou

“ Everyone lives by selling something. ”

- Robert Louis Stevenson

“ Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats. ”

- Og Mandino

“ Virtue has its own reward, but no sales at the box office. ”

- Mae West

“ When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators. ”

- Gandhi

“ If stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stock, not selling advice. ”

- Norman Augustine

“ Evangelism is selling a dream. ”

- Guy Kawasaki

“ In selling as in medicine, prescription before diagnosis is malpractice. ”

- Tony Alesandra

“ Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it. ”

- Benjamin Franklin

“ The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for it. ”

- Oscar Wilde

“ Writers are always selling somebody out. ”

- Joan Didion

“ You've got to be success minded. You've got to feel that things are coming your way when you're out selling; otherwise, you won't be able to sell anything. ”

- Curtis Carlson

“ Commercials were too phony for me. I just didn't like selling a product I didn't believe in. ”

- River Phoenix

“ There is more similarity in the marketing challenge of selling a precious painting by Degas and a frosted mug of root beer than you ever thought possible. ”

- A. Alfred Taubman

“ Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman — not the attitude of the prospect. ”

- W. Clement Stone

“ When these products come out in late 2006...it will be the largest marketing event we've ever had. ”

- Bill Gates

“ I was a pretty good imitator of Roy Acuff, but then I found out they already had a Roy Acuff, so I started singin' like myself. ”

- Hank Williams

“ Basically, those who want a custom-made bike deal with him (Adams) and the sales aspects go through our retail side. There are less than 10 businesses in the United States that have this combination. ”

- Tom Jones

“ The Lumina and the Monte Carlo are selling extremely well; they are made in Canada. ”

- David Smith

“ Truth is the pearl without price… Those who have the truth would not be packaging it and selling it, so anyone who is selling it, really does not possess it. ”

- Peace Pilgrim

“ It goes back to the Miller Lite ads of the 1970s,... The bottom line is that these athletes tend to be safer investments because they really value their marketing opportunities. They don't make as much money as during their active careers. ”

- Dick Butkus

“ When you look at the world in a narrow way, how narrow it seems! When you look at it in a mean way, how mean it is! When you look at it selfishly, how selfish it is! But when you look at it in a broad, generous, friendly spirit, what wonderful people you find in it. ”

- Horace Rutledge

“ Art is making something out of nothing and selling it. ”

- Frank Zappa

“ Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless. ”

- Sinclair Lewis

“ Anybody caught selling macrame in public should be dyed a natural color and hung out to dry. ”

- Calvin Trillin

“ Life is pain, anyone who says differently is selling something. ”

- William Goldman

“ If you hear that everybody is buying a certain stock, ask who is selling. ”

- Anonymous

“ Buy when everyone else is selling and hold until everyone else is buying. That's not just a catchy slogan. It's the very essence of successful investing. ”

- J. Paul Getty

“ A propagandist is a specialist in selling attitudes and opinions. ”

- Hans Speier

“ I buy when other people are selling. ”

- J. Paul Getty

“ The art and practice of selling one's credibility for future delivery. ”

- Ambrose Bierce
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