Salesman Quotes - page 3

Since the 1970s some seven-hundred-thousand people have signed up for a self-improvement called 'est', or as it's now called 'The Forum.' Est was the brainchild of a former used-car salesman named Jack Rosenberg. Back in the sixties, Rosenberg deserted his wife and four children in Philadelphia, changed his name to Werner Hans Erhard, and moved to California where he started another family, and, came up with the idea for est. (Ed Bradley)
Nobody dast blame this man. For a salesman, there is no rock bottom to the life. He don't put a bolt to a nut, he don't tell you the law or give you medicine. He's a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back -- that's an earthquake. And then you get yourself a couple of spots on your hat, and you're finished. Nobody dast blame this man. A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory. View quote
Arthur Miller
... I pounded the doors at the local IBM sales office until a salesman took pity on me. After we chatted for a while, he handed me a Fortran [manual]. I'm sure he gave it to me thinking, "I'll never hear from this kid again." I returned the following week saying, "This is really cool. I've read the whole thing and have written a small program. Where can I find a computer?" The fellow, to my delight, found me programming time on an IBM 1130 on weekends and late-evening hours. That was my first programming experience, and I must thank that anonymous IBM salesman for launching my career. Thank you, IBM. View quote
Grady Booch
If people in the organization don't understand how a company is supposed to be different, how it creates value compared to its rivals, then how can they possibly make all of the myriad choices they have to make? Every salesman has to know the strategy - otherwise, he won't know who to call on. Every engineer has to understand it, or she won't know what to build. View quote
Michael E. Porter
I'm not much of a salesman. I prefer the soft sell and the honest approach. View quote
Marc Guggenheim
I come from Toledo, Ohio, a town that has been hurt badly by the shift of the automobile business towards Japan. And yet I remember how the car workers lived in the neighborhood that I grew up in. My father was a car salesman, and I remember how we lived. I remember how modestly we lived. View quote
P. J. O'Rourke
I think I'm not a natural-born salesman, for sure, but If I have a product I really believe in, I can overcome some of the shyness and get through the things that aren't natural to me. View quote
Phil Knight
I had a father who was a traveling salesman. View quote
Philip Seymour Hoffman
I think people know Steve Jobs the showman. I think people know the guy who stood up and gave the keynotes. The magician. The salesman. View quote
Ashton Kutcher
I had a great time being a salesman because of the pitches that I gave when I was selling shoes. However, I don't think I'm as well versed in shoes as I am in comedy. Being a salesman was all about being a people person, and I enjoy being around people. I also love talking to people - which is why I think I did so well. View quote
Kevin Hart
The product itself should be it's own best salesman. Not the product alone, but the product plus a mental impression, and atmosphere, which you place around it. (Claude C. Hopkins)
I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you're doing. You have to be a salesman and you have to get your players, particularly your leaders, to believe in what you're trying to accomplish on the basketball floor. View quote
Phil Jackson
I had an acting teacher tell me once that if you're playing a car salesman, you don't want to be an OK car salesman, you want to play the best car salesman. View quote
Aaron Tveit
From 1965 to 1974, I served the best possible apprenticeship for an actor. I learned firsthand how a truck driver lives, what a bartender does, how a salesman thinks. I had to make a life inside those jobs, not just pretend. View quote
Brian Dennehy
A successful swindler has to be a great salesman even more than a great actor. View quote
David Suchet
I am an author, and like many in my profession, I am also a traveling salesman, going all over in an attempt to persuade people to spend twenty-five dollars on a hardcover book by me. View quote
Ian Frazier
I really enjoy theater. I just went to see 'Death of a Salesman,' and it knocked me on my ass. View quote
Jason Reitman
Certainly it's a business and you've got to have a salesman, but in my mind, when you've got two guys doing the same thing, you don't need one of them. View quote
Jerry Lawler
'Death of a Salesman' is a brilliant taxonomy of the spiritual atrophy of mid-twentieth-century white America. View quote
John Lahr
'Death Of A Salesman' is a great acting job. View quote
Ken Stott
Times change. The farmer's daughter now tells jokes about the traveling salesman. (Carey Williams)
I am a travelling salesman. I deal in ideas. View quote
Martin Kippenberger
Roger King is, without a doubt, the greatest salesman in the history of anything. And I don't ever limit him just to television. He could sell you anything. View quote
Merv Griffin
I can sell anything that I totally believe in, but I'm a horrible salesman of something I don't believe in. View quote
Nick Woodman
From being a waiter, to a door-to-door salesman, to a car-washer, to a delivery boy - I have done it all. View quote
Randeep Hooda