Sold Quotes - page 19

I became the head of the household. I went to school in the morning and sold wines all afternoon until seven o'clock in the evening. (Emanuel Celler)
I think right now, you've seen these artists pop up over the last decade who've flirted with branching together a lot of different kinds of music. Some of them have been huge, and sold millions of records. And I think over time it's become a little bit of what the industry can be. View quote
Eric Church
By packaging a full album into a bundle of music with ringtones, videos and other combinations and variations, we found products that consumers demonstrably valued and were willing to purchase at premium prices. And guess what? We've sold tons of them. View quote
Edgar Bronfman, Jr.
Have you heard about the Irishman who reversed into a car boot sale and sold the engine? View quote
Frank Carson
I know acts and I'm not going to name names but these people sold ten million copies the first time and the second album sells three million and it's considered a failure and they're dropped and that's really a shame. View quote
Gerry Beckley
I grew up when comics were only sold in food markets and news stands, so the direct market is vital to me. The best way to make it stronger is if everybody buys my comics in multiple copies before they buy any others. View quote
Gilberto Hernandez
In 2004, I wrote 'What We've Lost,' a book about the Bush administration. It sold only reasonably well, in part, I think, because the book was a horrific downer, an unrelenting account of the administration's actions, bungles, deceptions, half-truths, untruths, and downright corruptions. View quote
Graydon Carter
Recently, I went to a disco with friends, and all the young people were saying, 'Dudamel, we want to go to your concert, but it's impossible because it's sold out.' It's really amazing. View quote
Gustavo Dudamel
Every gun sold should require a background check, period. View quote
Gary Ackerman
We sold a certain, steady amount of product for them and they could count on it. When it came time to ask for the money for this new record, they dropped us. It was fine with us. It was a dead fish. View quote
Gene Ween
'Coraline' is Neil Gaiman's book, it sold a lot, it has a big fan base. It was originally conceived to be live action, but I never really wanted it to be. I always thought that it would work better as an animated film. (Henry Selick)
I got a very good life. I sold plenty of records, I get recognized plenty, I can always have somebody call up and get me a fine table at a restaurant. What do you really need, ultimately? View quote
Huey Lewis
I think of fashion as an art form as well as an industrial product - and something that has to be sold well and has to be of high quality. View quote
Hussein Chalayan
I like moral judgment to emerge from the reader. We are being sold a very simplistic morality by our leaders at a time when nuance and understanding are at a premium. View quote
Hari Kunzru
We've sold over 100,000 records so far, and we're an independent label. View quote
Isaac Hanson
I sold my first script when I was 21 - this kids' adventure movie that never got made. I just bought that one back, actually. I'm pretty psyched about it. View quote
Jason Segel
Feel no guilt. Getting married and giving birth does not mean that you have sold your life away to perfectly healthy people who can get their own damn socks. View quote
Jennifer Crusie
I'm not interested in being commodified. I'm not into being sold. I'm not a slave. View quote
Jill Scott
I have never made a cent off a record in my life. I have never recouped enough, and I never sold enough. View quote
Jill Sobule
When people see you have a song on MTV, they think you are doing well - but you know, the way the traditional label deal was set up, it is really hard for an artist, unless they sold a lot, to see anything. View quote
Jill Sobule
Well, really the way worked was that I had probably built fifty robots before Mystery Science Theater, and I had sold them in a store in Minneapolis in a store called Props, which was kind of a high end gift shop. (Joel Hodgson)
My first business deal was with my mother. I invested in chickens. I sold the eggs to my mother. View quote
Joel McCrea
We function in a pack mentality. This is our tribe. And this is how we are exploited - sold a bill of goods and a household of products. View quote
Joey Skaggs
My second business would have succeeded but for competitors' jealousy. I was selling motorbike gear cheap, but the people I was undercutting complained to the manufacturer and cut off my supply. It showed me how corrupt business can be. When I sold phones, the same thing happened, but this time I was ready. View quote
John Caudwell
I think after 1970 or so, after I sold Soul City, I took off for awhile and didn't do too many gigs. View quote
Johnny Ramistella