Quotes about Selling

Acting is a nice childish profession - pretending you're someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself. Votes: 6

The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for it. Votes: 6

Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats. Votes: 6

When the farmer can sell directly to the consumer, it is a more active process. There's more contact. The consumer can know, who am I buying this from? What's their name? Do they have a face? Is the food they are selling coming out of Mexico with pesticides? Votes: 6

Stop selling. Start helping. Votes: 4

Everyone lives by selling something. Votes: 4

Writers are always selling somebody out. Votes: 4

Art is making something out of nothing and selling it. Votes: 4

If you don't believe in what you're selling, neither will your prospect. Votes: 4

As an artist, you don't stop making art because people are not buying it. Votes: 4

Nobody counts the number of ads you run; they just remember the impression you make. Votes: 4

Think of yourself as a resource to your clients;an advisor,counselor,mentor and friend. Votes: 4

We sell books, other people sell shoes. What's the difference? Publishing isn't the highest art. Votes: 4

Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it. Votes: 4

As a salesperson, you will be judged by your ability to keep a stalled conversation moving along briskly. Votes: 4

It would be asking too much to want to sell only to connoisseurs - that way starvation lies. Votes: 4

It's business, selling comics, you work out what sells and you don't want to muck about with it too much. Votes: 4

Approach each customer with the idea of helping him or her solve a problem or achieve a goal, not of selling a product or service. Votes: 4

Artists want to sell their work, sure. But they aren't out there asking questions about what people want and what they don't want, now are they? Votes: 4

Internalize the Golden Rule of sales that says: All things being equal, people will do business with, and refer business to, those people they know, like and trust. Votes: 4

I hope always to earn my living by my art without having ever deviated by even a hair's breadth from my principles... to please anyone or to sell more easily. Votes: 4

Canvases between 8 centimetres and 1 metre are priced around 25,000 francs. In the past I used to sell them from between 50 to 100 francs at the most. I have to say... that I feel somewhat embarrassed at this admission. Votes: 4

I don't think the market can keep going up. In the U.S., we see real estate not going up.. houses are selling at lower prices. You can't have anything going up 10 percent to 20 percent to 30 percent indefinitely. Votes: 4

Spend at least 20-30% of your time marketing. You have to pay for this either way. Either you pay a gallery to do this for you , or you put your time and effort into it. Unless people see the great art you're making, they'll never buy it. Votes: 4

And old Dave, he'd go up to his room, y'understand, put on his green velvet slippers - I'll never forget - and pick up his phone and call the buyers, and without leaving his room, at the age of eighty-four, he made his living. And when I saw that, I realized that selling was the greatest career a man could want. Votes: 4

Selling is not a static activity. Votes: 3

Selling is essentially transference of feeling. Votes: 3

Selling real estate isn't like selling stock. Votes: 3

Selling is never about convincing. It is always about helping. Votes: 3

The difference between Selling and Helping is just two letters. Votes: 3

Selling is nothing more than asking questions and waiting for an answer. Votes: 3

Selling eight million copies of your first album will mess you up. Votes: 3

Selling a book or story has never become absolutely automatic for me. Votes: 3

Selling more stuff to more people more often for more money more efficiently Votes: 3

His Unique Selling Position was to make the world work for 100% of humanity. . Votes: 3

Selling my soul would be a lot easier if I could just find it. Votes: 3

Selling high or low doesn't mean anything. It has to do purely with the market. Votes: 3

It was a tough film ["Selling Isobel"] to make anyway, because we had limited resources. Votes: 3

Selling another 10 million albums is not a priority. Putting out something you're proud of is. Votes: 3

Selling an electric sports car creates an opportunity to fundamentally change the way America drives. Votes: 3

Selling is a natural skill. It's developed as a child. You may know it as persuasion. Votes: 3

Selling something only to steal it back to sell again is not only dishonest, but highly profitable. Votes: 3

Selling pot allowed me to get through college and make enough money to start off in comedy. Votes: 3

Selling to people who actually want to hear from you is more effective than interrupting strangers who don't. Votes: 3

Selling out is doing something you don't really want to do for money. That's what selling out is. Votes: 3

Selling millions of records is great, but at the end of the day it really doesn't bring peace. Votes: 3

Selling drug secrets violates a trust that is fundamental to the integrity of both scientific research and our financial markets. Votes: 3

We reached a compromise [in film "Selling Isobel" ] - arty on the one hand, raw and crazy on the other. Votes: 3

Advertising agencies primary goal is to advertise and sell themselves to the client. Selling the product to the public comes second. Votes: 3

Selling through the internet seems to be a very good idea. There are a million areas that we can go to. Votes: 3

Selling - at its core - is not a business transaction. It is first and foremost the forging of a human connection. Votes: 3

Selling eternal life is an unbeatable business, with no customers ever asking for their money back after the goods are not delivered. Votes: 3

Selling is our No. 1 job. Never get away from selling a lot of merchandise personally. The more you sell the more you learn Votes: 3

Selling is our No. 1 job. Never get away from selling a lot of merchandise personally. The more you sell the more you learn. Votes: 3

Selling is a person-to-person business. You cannot send the sales manual out to make the sale. Sales manuals have no legs and no voice. Votes: 3

Selling is the easiest job in the world if you work it hard-but the hardest job in the world if you try to work it easy. Votes: 3

What are you doing here?" [ndr prison] Selling Girl Scout cookies," I said. "Want some? The Samoas are terrific." (Max II to Max) Votes: 3

Selling records is fantastic. But if you're not loving what you do, and if everybody is throwing knives at you, it can get old very fast. Votes: 3

Selling is the most important skill as an entrepreneur. I'm not talking so much about selling a product so much as selling yourself, team, and deals. Votes: 3

You wouldn't want to be called a sell-out by selling a product. Selling out was frowned on, whereas now you can major in it at business school. Votes: 3

Selling out is usually more a matter of buying in. Sell out, and you’re really buying into someone else’s system of values, rules, and rewards. Votes: 3

Evangelism is selling a dream. Votes: 2

I buy when other people are selling. Votes: 2

Ninety percent of selling is conviction, and 10 per cent is persuasion. Votes: 2

It's like recycling: selling old clothes to help make new ones. Votes: 2

Salesmanship is limitless. Our very living is selling. We are all salespeople. Votes: 2

Tomorrow it'll all be over, then I'll have to go back to selling pens again. Votes: 2

If stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stock, not selling advice. Votes: 2

The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short. Votes: 2

Recruiting talent is no different than any other challenge a startup faces. It's all about selling. Votes: 2

Maybe someday you can accuse somebody of being a poseur by selling out and playing blues music, but that's just not going to happen in my lifetime. Votes: 2

There's obviously nothing wrong with selling your art - only an idiot with a trust fund would tell you otherwise. But it's confusing to know how far you should take it. Votes: 2

What I remember the most really was just running wild there. Barefooted, swimming in dirty lakes, selling fruit, picking mango trees, hoping not to get caught because they don't take kindly to thieves in Africa. Votes: 2

I started life washing cars in Canada before moving on to selling life insurance and vacuum cleaners. Later, I went through a programme by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, which literally changed my life. It was the turning point. Votes: 2

People used to complain that selling a president was like selling a bar of soap. But when you buy soap, at least you get the soap. In this campaign you just get two guys telling you they really value cleanliness. Votes: 2

Waitresses, soldiers, rickshaw drivers, old ladies selling vegetables - my father would schmooze anybody. He was Clintonesque before the word existed. And, of course, it paid dividends. Ill-tempered guards at the most notorious border crossings waved him through with cheery smiles. Haughty maitre d's fawned over him. Votes: 2

If you write a lovely story about India, you're criticized for selling an exotic version of India. And if you write critically about India, you're seen as portraying it in a negative light - it also seems to be a popular way to present India, sort of mangoes and beggars. Votes: 2

There are a lot of musicians who are still desperately trying to pretend that it's 1998 and by having a huge marketing campaign, they somehow believe that they can sell 10 million records. That's delusional. No one sells 10 million records. The days of musicians getting rich off of selling records are done. Votes: 2

Nothing was planned in my career. I just went with the flow and took everything that came to me. Selling potato chips was obvious, as it was a family business. When friends suggested I should try theatre, I gave it a shot. Then I did a lot of advertisements, and then movies happened. Votes: 2

I have zero desire, just so you know, to be in the limelight. I don't think it's good for the country to have a former president criticize his successor. You're not going to see me giving my opinions in the public arena, until I start selling my book. I'm going to emerge then submerge. Votes: 2

I'm a man with many defects. I love. I sing. I dream. I was born in the poor countryside. I was raised in the countryside, planting corn and selling sweets made by my grandmother. My children, my two daughters are with me and I want a better world for my grandchildren, for your grandchildren. Votes: 2

Selling Atari when I did - I think that's my biggest regret. And I probably should have gotten back heavily into the games business in the late Eighties. But I was operating under this theory at the time that the way to have an interesting life was to reinvent yourself every five or six years. Votes: 2

I saw Damien Rice in Dublin when I was 13, and that inspired me to want to pursue being a songwriter... I practised relentlessly and started recording my own EPs. At 16, I moved to London and played any gigs I could, selling CDs from my rucksack to fund recording the next, and it snowballed from there. Votes: 2

honesty dies in selling itself. Votes: 0

Buying and selling is essentially antisocial. Votes: 0

They're selling postcards of the hanging. Votes: 0

Always look for forced urgent selling. Votes: 0

I was a 10 million-plus selling artist Votes: 0

It's about listening first, then selling. Votes: 0

Anybody that says different is selling something. Votes: 0

New York restaurants are about selling atmospheres. Votes: 0

True professional selling is simply sharing enthusiasm. Votes: 0

You meet yourself when you start selling. Votes: 0

You're not selling products. You're creating relationships. Votes: 0

My greatest regret is selling my company. Votes: 0

Look at companies selling at new lows. Votes: 0

You sell more when you stop selling. Votes: 0

I want to write a best-selling book. Votes: 0

I have reached here by selling tea. Votes: 0

When selling, never answer an unasked question. Votes: 0

Our rogue President, after selling face time... Votes: 0

Records aren't selling anymore; people are burning music. Votes: 0

I don't take accusations of selling out lightly. Votes: 0

I'm selling evolution. You grow or you die. Votes: 0

When you come close to selling out, reconsider. Votes: 0

I made my money by selling too soon. Votes: 0

Hip-Hop went from selling crack to smoking it Votes: 0

I don't know how many records I'm selling. Votes: 0

You start selling the movie before you make it. Votes: 0

Telling is not selling. Only asking questions is selling. Votes: 0

The temptation to entertain instead of selling is contagious. Votes: 0

American business has just forgotten the importance of selling. Votes: 0

We are selling dreams. We are merchants of happiness. Votes: 0

Education is the process of selling someone on books. Votes: 0

Television was our chief tool in selling our policy. Votes: 0

The aim of marketing is to make selling superfluous. Votes: 0

The most important advance in selling for many years Votes: 0

I always thought we were selling dreams, not clothes Votes: 0

To me, 'selling out' means everyone bought a ticket. Votes: 0

Our very living is selling. We are all salespeople. Votes: 0

Music is my living. I enjoy selling my music. Votes: 0

I make more money selling advice than following it Votes: 0

It's a gold rush ad we're selling the shovels. Votes: 0

It's a good thing Doom 3 is selling very well... Votes: 0

It's very gratifying that someone likes what you're selling. Votes: 0

In selling as in medicine, prescription before diagnosis is malpractice. Votes: 0

Ninety percent of selling is conviction and 10 percent is persuasion. Votes: 0

There's a difference between making an imitation and selling it. Votes: 0

The customer rarely buys what the company thinks it's selling. Votes: 0

I would very much like to become a best-selling author. Votes: 0

If government were a product, selling it would be illegal. Votes: 0

This is about black people selling out other black people. Votes: 0

Is it really selling out if it feeds your family? Votes: 0

Toughest job I ever had: selling doors, door to door. Votes: 0

Fortunes are made by buying low and selling too soon. Votes: 0

Art is making something out of nothing, and selling it. Votes: 0

There has been a little distress selling on the stock exchange. Votes: 0

I'm not good at selling laptops. I'm good at selling ideas. Votes: 0

Life is pain...anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something Votes: 0

Nobody has ever gone broke selling escape to the American public. Votes: 0

You should consider an employment change before you consider selling out. Votes: 0

Instead of burning the midnight oil, you should try selling it. Votes: 0

It's not selling out, it is called making lots of money. Votes: 0

Harry Potter is not twilight, you know; we're not selling sex. Votes: 0

Use the same measure for selling that you use for purchasing. Votes: 0

I'm not turned on, so put away that meat you're selling. Votes: 0

There is a downside to having one of the biggest-selling albums ever. Votes: 0

Companies should be selling ideas more than benefits. Sell ideas. Not stuff. Votes: 0

Too different from other juveniles on the market to warrant its selling. Votes: 0

The worst financial transaction you will ever make is selling yourself short. Votes: 0

Life is pain, highness. Anyone who tells you differently is selling something. Votes: 0

Television, I would say, isn't an advertising medium. It's a selling medium. Votes: 0

Nobody's ever tried the peace thing, ... We are selling it like soap. Votes: 0

She was running from a fat man selling salvation in his hand. Votes: 0

No shame, no solution, no remorse, no retribution, just people selling t-shirts. Votes: 0

Ban short-selling, high speed trading and all other instruments of pure speculation Votes: 0

I take a lot of flak from the counter-establishment for selling out. Votes: 0

Becoming famous and selling a lot of records doesn't change a thing. Votes: 0

Retail is selling things that don't come back to customers who do. Votes: 0

The Harmonica is the world’s best-selling musical instrument. You’re welcome. Votes: 0

The Tube is a vehicle for selling things, not for exploring ideas. Votes: 0

Buy whatever kids are selling on card tables in their front yard. Votes: 0

All the auction houses care about is the selling of luxury goods. Votes: 0

We can't defend Japan, a behemoth, selling us cars by the million. Votes: 0

PROPHECY, n. The art and practice of selling one's credibility for future delivery. Votes: 0

Elvis is my religion. But for him, I'd be selling encyclopedias right now. Votes: 0

The idea of selling a Cezanne to buy a Morisot seems explosively contentious. Votes: 0

I am interested in communicating with the world by selling to many people. Votes: 0

I don't believe in selling art by transparencies. Art is a firsthand experience. Votes: 0

The trade of banks is the buying and selling of interest and exchange. Votes: 0

I'm selling more records on my own than I did on major labels. Votes: 0

I was studying acting, going to UCLA, selling real estate on the weekends Votes: 0

A high price may be part of the mystique in selling difficult art. Votes: 0

At the end of the day we are not selling, we are serving. Votes: 0

i am going to start selling air in dark orange bags marked: moon-blooms Votes: 0

Buying's easier, selling's hard - [it's] hard to know when to get out. Votes: 0

I wouldn't dream of selling my work. I give them to friends, to charities. Votes: 0

Teaching may be compared to selling commodities. No one can sell unless somebody buys. Votes: 0

Never trust people who smile constantly. They're either selling something or not very bright. Votes: 0

Perhaps selling your children, your future, just happened one bad decision at a time. Votes: 0

If a man smiles all the time, he's probably selling something that doesn't work. Votes: 0

I want to be in a position where I feel comfortable selling an idea. Votes: 0

If a guy's got it, let him give it. I'm selling music, not prejudice. Votes: 0

If you're the water boiler king of China, you're selling a billion water boilers. Votes: 0

I guess the quality that makes one write poetry keeps one from selling it. Votes: 0

I really hate it when I see other bands selling their music to commercials. Votes: 0

Home staging used to be optional. Today, it's a necessity in selling a house. Votes: 0

A best-seller was a book which somehow sold well because it was selling well. Votes: 0

The other guys are selling certainty. Not me. I'm on the corner with doubt. Votes: 0

The big money is not in the buying and selling ... but in the waiting. Votes: 0

I am principled against selling negroes, as you would do cattle at a market. Votes: 0

Big food companies have their priorities, which include selling cheap, unhealthy foods at high profits. Votes: 0

I've watched people who were better actors than me disappear, and they're selling insurance now. Votes: 0

Somewhat sadly, the survival of many bookstores now depends on selling merchandise other than books. Votes: 0

If you have a good selling idea, your secretary can write your ad for you. Votes: 0

This is a business, the direct selling, that bizarrely works best when times are bad. Votes: 0

Well, this would be nice if it worked out, but I'm not selling the farm. Votes: 0

Marketing is not selling. Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect. Votes: 0

Now as far as the organization selling drugs, no. Individuals selling drugs is something else. Votes: 0

Love is giving, marriage is buying and selling. You can't put love into a contract. Votes: 0

Consumer banking - selling debt to middle class families - has been a gold mine. Votes: 0

My aim is to agitate and disturb people. I'm not selling bread; I'm selling yeast. Votes: 0

The tabloids operate in an amoral parallel universe where the bottom line is selling newspapers. Votes: 0

We've become a nation of con men, living by selling double glazing to each other. Votes: 0

I always tell the truth about what I’m selling, and then nobody buys it. Votes: 0

Politics, like advertising, is about people selling you things you didn't really want or need. Votes: 0

Fact: If you don't have an effective plan for selling, any business you get is accidental. Votes: 0

Commercials were too phony for me. I just didn't like selling products I didn't believe in. Votes: 0

I did commercials since I was 16, and that's kind of acting, depending on what you're selling. Votes: 0

The advertisers who believe in the selling power of jingles have never had to sell anything. Votes: 0

American Eagle can be a selling point for other young, cutting-edge companies to come to Pittsburgh Votes: 0

The future lies in designing and selling computers that people don't realize are computers at all. Votes: 0

No one was more surprised than me when my paintings started selling, except maybe my dealer. Votes: 0

Best selling authors are always worth listening to, even if you choose to ignore their advice. Votes: 0

Sales professional is a profession deals with people, it's a people business not a selling job. Votes: 0

If you're not spending 80 percent of your time marketing and selling, you are headed for trouble. Votes: 0

I'm not ashamed of selling millions of records. I'm very fortunate to be in that position. Votes: 0

Brands are selling our self-esteem back to us, through association. We need to own our brands. Votes: 0

One may gain attention by wearing a fools cap. But he would ruin his selling prospects Votes: 0

This stuff tastes awful; I could have made a fortune selling it in my health-food store. Votes: 0

When money is exchanged for pregnancy, some believe, surrogacy comes close to organ-selling, or even baby-selling. Votes: 0

They either don't get it or don't want to. Maybe I'm just not selling it well. Votes: 0

I'm not in any way selling out by having a record that's good enough for radio. Votes: 0

If it were not for me, the Gracies would be selling Bananas in Largo do Machado! Votes: 0

I'm just not interested in selling out to get on the charts and make people happy Votes: 0

Never be afraid to ask for too much when selling or offer too little when buying. Votes: 0

Half the battle is selling music, not singing it. It's the image, not what you sing. Votes: 0

Authentic marketing is not the art of selling what you make but knowing what to make. Votes: 0

Everyone is selling something, if you can't see what people are selling, maybe you're the cart. Votes: 0

I started selling corn dogs, ended up in the music industry. That's how it all started. Votes: 0

Everyone should have health insurance? I say everyone should have health care. I'm not selling insurance. Votes: 0

Across the board, Australian films need to have a lot more money spent on selling them. Votes: 0

I just don't think I've ever been comfortable at public functions and selling myself as an entity. Votes: 0

Direct selling provides an opportunity open to absolutely everyone, regardless of background, specialized skills or capital worth. Votes: 0

Facebook stock continues to plummet. People started selling once they found out their mom bought it too. Votes: 0

‎"Sincerity is the biggest part of selling anything -- including the Christian plan of salvation. Votes: 0

The Central Bank is constantly purchasing, purchasing and selling and vice versa - this is their job. Votes: 0

How can you ennoble the spirit when you are selling something as inconsequential as a face cream? Votes: 0

We basically followed the idea of buying comapnies selling below working-capital - at two thirds of working-capital. Votes: 0

Whatever you're selling, storage or networking or security, you're going head to head with the incumbent players. Votes: 0

I'll be selling tickets for my next tour exclusively through Jonah Lehrer. Make sure to pay cash. Votes: 0

Grossing Out dealt with the western nations selling arms to the Third World and exploiting these countries. Votes: 0

I started selling insurance in 1979 and continued doing that until 1985 when I opened my own insurance firm. Votes: 0

Pimp stands for Positive Intellectual Motivated Person. It has nothing to do with selling sex for money. Votes: 0

Whatever you're selling, storage or networking or security, you're going head to head with the incumbent players. Votes: 0

When people give away stocks based on forced selling or fear that is usually a great opportunity. Votes: 0

I just know that, right now, ... the biggest record selling business there is is rock and roll. Votes: 0

It's hard to imagine the revenue from selling the prints will cover the cost of lost goodwill. Votes: 0

Sales = income. The reason so many people have low incomes is that they are poor at selling. Votes: 0

All you ladies that are selling your souls, you need to put your hooker vibes on hold. Votes: 0

You don't get great at selling in a day. You get great at selling day by day. Votes: 0

Mr. President I am here to tell you we are not buying what you are selling in 2012. Votes: 0

I suppose I will go on selling newspapers until at last will come the late night final. Votes: 0

I suppose I will go on selling newspapers until at last will come the late night final. Votes: 0

If you believe that happiness can be bought, then why don't you try selling some of yours? Votes: 0

I'm going to go do this crazy thing. I'm going to start this company selling books online. Votes: 0

Id rather be selling groundnuts in my village than play for a pathetic club like Chelsea FC Votes: 0

[Truman Capote] was not only just selling his writing, but he was selling himself as a person. Votes: 0

This guy (Marlon Brando) - he'll be doing Hamlet when the rest of us are selling potatoes. Votes: 0

Anybody caught selling macrame in public should be dyed a natural color and hung out to dry. Votes: 0

If the poor rabbits knew I was selling their dead bodies for wine, they would be heartbroken. Votes: 0

White pants should be worn on two occasions: One, never. And two, if you're selling ice cream. Votes: 0

No sooner than I did take it seriously, I had million-selling hits and movies with John Wayne. Votes: 0

People will buy snake oil from anybody who seems to be selling it in a persuasive way. Votes: 0

Let us prove to the world that good taste, good art, and good writing can be good selling. Votes: 0

Getting 10,000 listeners for a free podcast novel is a lot easier than selling 10,000 hardcover novels at $25 a pop. Votes: 0

Whatever the consequences of staying true to yourself, they're much less than the consequences of selling your soul. Votes: 0

If Elvis is alive, Tupac is alive. I saw Tupac on 46th Street selling Biggie t-shirts 2 for 10 dollars... Votes: 0

I was lucky with my first film because it had Warhol in it. That was the selling point. Votes: 0

If you buy the things you don't need, you will soon be selling the things that you need. Votes: 0

Americans have been selling this view around the world: that progress comes from perfect protection of intellectual property. Votes: 0

At present we are stealing the future, selling it in the present, and calling it gross domestic product. Votes: 0

I didn't want to be selling insurance at 40, wondering what would it have been like to do stand-up. Votes: 0

... there is nothing so debilitating to a naturally weak sense of humor as selling tickets behind a grating ... Votes: 0

Baby boomers selling your rumors of their history, forcein' youth away from the truth of what's real today Votes: 0

I think people become consumed with selling a book when they need to be consumed with writing it. Votes: 0

When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators. Votes: 0

Be the Mick Jagger of the mailroom, the Warren Buffet of bookkeeping and the Bono of stapler selling. Votes: 0

Record labels have enjoyed a 100-year monopoly of selling plastic and now they're up against a different format. Votes: 0

I found in direct selling companies an education system designed to draw out the rich person in you. Votes: 0

My goal is not selling laptops. OLPC is not in the laptop business. It's in the education business. Votes: 0

Luckily almost no one buys music anymore, so selling music doesn't really affect any of my professional decisions. Votes: 0

Listening, Testing, Coding, Designing. That's all there is to software. Anyone who tells you different is selling something. Votes: 0

If my mother knew I did this for a living, she'd kill me. She thinks I'm selling dope. Votes: 0

Rich people are willing to promote themselves and their value. Poor people think negatively about selling and promotion. Votes: 0

Sometimes I work upstairs projecting the movies, and the rest of the time I'm just selling tickets or popcorn. Votes: 0

Telling is not selling; never make a statement if you can phrase it in the form of a question. Votes: 0

This city has many public squares, in which are situated the markets and other places for buying and selling. Votes: 0

Being a recording artist, selling music, selling concerts out, having a reality show, starting film; it's great, it's beautiful. Votes: 0

I'm not selling out, denying who I am or where I've come from, not at all. I acknowledge that. Votes: 0

Cain understands domestic issues because he had experience selling pizza; and he understands international issues because pizza is Italian. Votes: 0

Of all the entrepreneurial opportunities available today, one of the most important is direct selling, also called network marketing. Votes: 0

I've often said that we are doing something far more important than just selling cosmetics; we are changing lives. Votes: 0

I think my top salary was maybe in 1966. I made $17,000 and 11 of that came from selling other players' equipment. Votes: 0

If you're selling something on Craiglist, it's never a good idea to end the description with, May have lice. Votes: 0

I take myself seriously and want my image to me more than just something aesthetically suited towards selling records. Votes: 0

As a brand marketer, I'm a big believer in 'branding the customer experience,' not just selling the service. Votes: 0

I'm all for selling books, but when guys are burning my house down, that's where I draw the line. Votes: 0

Journalism consists in buying white paper at two cents a pound and selling it at ten cents a pound. Votes: 0

But cheer up - we could be selling tobacco. It's not like software kills people if used as intended Votes: 0

If not doing VICE, I probably would be selling Cokes on the beach in Vietnam. I like the sea. Votes: 0

I'm sort of murdered for selling books. The idea is, if you make money your work can't be literary. Votes: 0

I admire Mark Zuckerberg... for not selling out, for wanting to make a company. I admire that a lot. Votes: 0

When I wasn't killing time in school, I was sparring in the gym or selling crack on the strip. Votes: 0

Stocks of companies selling commodity-like products should come with a warning label: "Competition may prove hazardous to human wealth". Votes: 0

I have some assets that over time will be worth something. I've been in the process of selling others. Votes: 0

I believe in storytelling, not story-selling. I want people to believe the characters are real. So I'm a realist. Votes: 0

Like it or not, we are all in business and the products we are selling is our unique selves. Votes: 0

All my money was made doing the dates and selling products when I was out there on the road. Votes: 0

We have a market-driven society so obsessed with buying and selling and obsessed with power and pleasure and property. Votes: 0

If the networks can get audiences to tolerate pop-up promos by the dozens, maybe they'll start selling pop-up commercials, too. Votes: 0

I don't know if commerce can every truly be information. I think that's just commerce, that's just selling you something. Votes: 0

Through want of enterprise and faith men are where they are, buying and selling and spending their lives like servants. Votes: 0

I wish that television would stop selling our hatred of ourselves, and start seducing us with our love of ourselves. Votes: 0

If a vacuum cleaner salesman rings your front door, he will be selling HIMSELF first. The vacuum cleaner is secondary. Votes: 0

The only pressure that you use in a professional selling presentation is the presence of silence after the closing question. Votes: 0

Before selling, try to re-evaluate the company again and see where the stock sells in realtion to its book value. Votes: 0

California is responsible for selling, trading and distributing large amounts of shark fins that come from all over the world. Votes: 0

I've been very successful at selling my things, but I've also been getting up at 4 in the morning for 40 years. Votes: 0

I think that the anti-Microsoft sentiment is simply due to their having been so successful selling a lot of crap. Votes: 0

The journey from not knowing to knowing was his work. He was selling his desire to learn about a subject. Votes: 0

If you're looking to make a basic living selling and playing your music, the Internet is all you really need. Votes: 0

Keeping my family out of prison best I can. That is success to me. I created that without selling records. Votes: 0

I have a lot of charity work I'm into right now, and selling my Chakalates - supporting that whole effort. Votes: 0

Girls Scouts taught me to succeed (cookie selling) and to fail (knot tying) and to learn and benefit from both. Votes: 0

It sounds to me like selling a car with faulty brakes, and then buying an insurance policy on those cars. Votes: 0

For the novels I wrote before selling anything, I didn't outline much. I had a vague idea of the story. Votes: 0

The idea is to become a best-selling author first and then the rest of my books will be slam dunks. Votes: 0

I've got an overly developed sense of what selling out is, and I of course worry about it too much. Votes: 0

In China, people are selling their kidney to buy an iPhone 6. What's going to happen when the iPhone 7 comes out? Votes: 0

If I am selling to you, I speak your language. If I am buying, dann müssen sie Deutsch sprechen. Votes: 0

Inflation is bringing us true democracy. For the first time in history, luxuries and necessities are selling at the same price. Votes: 0

It seems like everyone's got an agenda, and the agenda seems to be selling magazines or air time with sensational stories. Votes: 0

It has become a certainty now that if you will only advertise sufficiently you may make a fortune by selling anything. Votes: 0

I was an opponent of Saddam Hussein when the British and American governments and businessmen were selling him guns and gas. Votes: 0

All right, let's not panic. I'll make the money by selling one of my livers. I can get by with one. Votes: 0

If you want to become a great marketer, the place to start is actually selling. one on one, face to face. Votes: 0

Kanye West talks about being Axl Rose, being Kurt Cobain, being Jim Morrison. Adam Levine is selling acne ointment to teenagers. Votes: 0

I regard it as a waste of time to think only of selling: one forgets one's art and exaggerates one's value. Votes: 0

To be effective at selling ideas, at being a lobbyist, influencing other people, you have to be very sure of yourself. Votes: 0

A good bookshop is not just about selling books from shelves, but reaching out into the world and making a difference. Votes: 0

I can only speak as an American, but most journalism here isn't doing its job any more. It's about selling stuff. Votes: 0

When governments are selling, you should be buying. And when governments are defaulting, we should look at that as an opportunity. Votes: 0

I don't think anybody ever makes any money buying and selling stock. They have to make money by keeping the stock. Votes: 0

Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless. Votes: 0

Boys, boys, boys. Boys buy the little spinny tops, they but the action figures, girls buy princesses, we're not selling princesses. Votes: 0

Remember: A best-selling book usually follows a simple rule, It's a wonderful story, wonderfully told; not, It's a wonderfully told story. Votes: 0

We are selling ourselves very short by funneling our energies into what the traditional perception is of academic and monetary success. Votes: 0

You know, when you sell real estate, that's not like going out and selling a stock. That takes a long time. Votes: 0

I'm thinking of buying a church and changing it around: maybe selling crack and having a few whores in the pew. Votes: 0

When billionaire car dealers or manufacturers pay for ambassadorships, at least they pay with money earned by selling something of value. Votes: 0

Resenting promotion is one of the greatest obstacles to success. People who have issues with selling and promotion are usually broke. Votes: 0

Examples of selling of ideas are portrayed in consulting or paid advice, as the pricing of intellectual property is market driven. Votes: 0

American democracy is spoiled by people buying everything in sight and then selling and buying everything in sight, including our politicians. Votes: 0

Was I involved in selling drivers licenses to people illegally? Hell no I wasn't. Would I have tolerated it? Hell no. Votes: 0

It seems almost incredible that the advocates of liberty should conceive of the idea of selling a fellow creature to slavery. Votes: 0

Is enthusiasm important in selling? Yes, genuine, heartfelt enthusiasm is one of the most potent factors of success in almost any undertaking. Votes: 0

With Celine Dion, we were selling 25 million records a pop. 'Pop' stands for 'popular.' It means we're plugging into the masses. Votes: 0

I don't know if there will ever be an ideal way of selling an original picture. Because everything you're doing, you're inventing. Votes: 0

Everyone is a salesman, and the product is each person. Personal branding is being conscious to the continual nature of selling yourself. Votes: 0

My greatest accomplishment so far is to keep selling enough that I never want for the labor that sustains my Presbyterian soul. Votes: 0

When you sell a prospecting concession, you're only selling potential. You pay tolls for the right to invest and look for something. Votes: 0

Now the music industry is sort of like a Craigslist venture, right? Where you're making your own records and selling them online. Votes: 0

Facebook says, 'Privacy is theft,' because they're selling your lack of privacy to the advertisers who might show up one day. Votes: 0

[David] Bowie went on to make best-selling music - funk, dance music, electronic music, while also being influenced by cabaret and jazz. Votes: 0

So for those of you who haven't read any of my five best-selling books: Liberals are driven by Satan and lie constantly. Votes: 0

Sharing music is not a crime. It shouldn't be. There should be a deeper meaning to making music than just selling downloads. Votes: 0

To think I should have lived to be goodmorninged by Belladonna Took's son, as if I was selling buttons at the door! Votes: 0

Many kids turn to selling drugs. It's not a good career choice, but they see it as a way to get money. Votes: 0

At the end of the day, every media entity is in the business of selling soap. They're not afraid of being popular. Votes: 0

Great marketing is all about telling your story in such a way that it compels people to buy what you are selling. Votes: 0

I'm always happy when I hear about people selling records or selling books or selling movies. It makes me proud of them. Votes: 0

An industry begins with the customer and his or her needs, not with a patent, a raw material, or a selling skill Votes: 0

The difference between helping and selling is just two letters. But those two letters are critically important to the success of business today. Votes: 0

I understood the power of Heinz since I was a kid, and I started to work for my father selling food to restaurants. Votes: 0

I still work hard to know my business. I'm continuously looking for ways to improve all my companies, and I'm always selling. Always. Votes: 0

Just selling through a movie theater is not ever going to be a viable way to make money back on a movie anymore. Votes: 0

Man truly achieves his full human condition when he produces without being compelled by the physical necessity of selling himself as a commodity. Votes: 0

It is incumbent upon us all to raise the bar, whether you are a multibillion-dollar international corporation or a mom-and-pop selling blackberry jam. Votes: 0

I didn't know what we would be selling in the year 2000 but whatever it was we would be selling the most of it. Votes: 0

I can say with full sincerity that I am happy. I'm happy because I'm doing what I love and I'm not selling out. Votes: 0

Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world? Votes: 0

I think the global markets will probably be selling off with a [Donald] Trump presidency because he has promised to re-do trade deals. Votes: 0

Advertising gets such a bashing from the world. At parties you are always asked, 'Aren't you just selling people things they don't want? Votes: 0

I want to keep making records as long as I can and that's the beginning and end of my concern about selling records. Votes: 0

MTV made a huge impact. Heavy rotation took you from selling 1m albums to 20m albums, and that meant a lot of dough. Votes: 0

Saw that I could make more money in one pot than what was in that entire paycheck selling a week of office supplies Votes: 0

The simplest definition of advertising, and one that will probably meet the test of critical examination, is that advertising is selling in print. Votes: 0

Because cap and trade is enforced through the selling and trading of permits, it actually perpetuates the pollution it is supposed to eliminate. Votes: 0

I really believe in my work and in no way think I'm taking advantage of anyone. I feel generous when selling my art. Votes: 0

For years, broadcasters didn't get a nickel out of retransmission consent. But broadcast content is what the cable industry was selling to customers. Votes: 0

At one point, I was painting shells and selling them at gas stations for five cents. I was six years old or something. Votes: 0

When a stock is selling at a discount to liquidation value per share, a near rock-bottom appraisal, it is frequently an attractive investment. Votes: 0

What you don't necessarily realize when you start selling your time by the hour is that what you're really selling is your life. Votes: 0

And now, I'm a best selling author, a different sort of fairy tale that I still sometimes wonder when I'll wake up from. Votes: 0

While [Bob] Dylan's folk fans thought he was selling out [in 1965-67], actually Dylan was lodging a stronger, deeper critique of American hypocrisy. Votes: 0

New sales managers are the forgotten rookie - they were pros at selling, but all of a sudden they're a rookie at management. Votes: 0

By selling directly to customers, real women, the brand is able to avoid significant retail mark-ups that typically exist in high end fashion. Votes: 0

To buy when others are despondently selling and sell when others are greedily buying requires the greatest fortitude and pays the greatest reward. Votes: 0

Nobody has really grasped yet the great wealth that can be made selling data over the Web. There are 100 million potential customers out there. Votes: 0

The activists play the balance sheet by selling a division to buy back stock and leveraging the balance sheet and buying back more stock. Votes: 0

Did you see the 2000 Republican Presidential Convention? The last time the Republicans had that many Black people on a stage, they were selling them! Votes: 0

No man can always have adequate reasons for buying or selling stocks daily - or sufficient knowledge to make his play an intelligent play. Votes: 0

Every artist should live by these words: Never feel bad about successfully selling your creations. Never feel bad about creating art you can't sell. Votes: 0

[People] earn extra money [in prison] selling contraband, dope, and things of that sort to the inmates, and so that really it's an exploiter. Votes: 0

My first account was Neiman Marcus. I cold-called them just like I had cold-called businesses when I was selling fax machines for seven years. Votes: 0

When I started selling air conditioners early on, customers were willing to pay an extra 200 yuan to buy from Suning. Why? Service was good. Votes: 0

Making music has gotten easier; selling it has gotten harder. Making music has been democratized, but the market is in the hands of fascists. Votes: 0

Stop going for the easy buck and start producing something with your life. Create, instead of living off the buying and selling of others. Votes: 0

No one's playing records anymore, so find your favorite and frame it, then get rid of the rest - try selling or donating them. Votes: 0

I was a caddy. I also worked as a bouncer, selling Christmas trees at Frank's Nursery and before that, selling what they normally sell. Votes: 0

My dad was in the life insurance business, so I learned about selling when I was about 14 because I started working as a secretary. Votes: 0

Music isn't selling like it used to, but the one thing you can't steal or download is a live show experience or a T-shirt. Votes: 0

I think a lot of my dreams have come true, and my next dream is to have a No. 1 selling album. A Grammy-award-winning album. Votes: 0

When I used to do the Edinburgh Festival, there was a bunch of guys selling fresh oysters and I'd eat ten daily - marvellous. Votes: 0

I love to paint. It's more of a hobby, but people love the paintings so much that I end up selling whatever I paint. Votes: 0

Sophia Loren would be a glamour girl even if she were in rags selling fish. She has the look, the movement and the intellect. Votes: 0

I feel like every movie is definitely the last one that I've had my moment; that I'm going to be selling autographs at malls. Votes: 0

We need to be celebrating those who serve us rather than mocking them for the purpose of getting on TV and selling some books. Votes: 0

Human beings will line up for miles to buy a bucket of catastrophes, but don't try selling sunshine and light - you'll go broke. Votes: 0

Basically we get confused a bit about what retail is. It is really just buying things, putting them on a floor and selling them. Votes: 0

Do not ever say to anybody it's time for us to have a woman in the leadership, because that's the least important selling point. Votes: 0

His name was George F. Babbitt, and . . . he was nimble in the calling of selling houses for more than people could afford to pay. Votes: 0

I have no trouble selling out"”I'm a benevolent hack, in a certain way"”but I want to pander for something I believe in. Votes: 0

If I own stock in your company and you move offshore for tax reasons I'm selling your stock. There are enough investment choices here Votes: 0

Nobody gets a nervous breakdown or a heart attack from selling kerosene to gentle country folk from the back of a tanker in Somerset. Votes: 0

I want to thank Gus Van Sant for selling out so that I could use his editor Curtis Clayton, who did a great job. Votes: 0

If you have a choice of selling shoes to ladies or giving birth to a flaming porcupine... look into that second, less painful career. Votes: 0

Electronic Accounting Systems processed my little payrolls like one big payroll. I did the selling, and the people I hired did most of the operations. Votes: 0

People want to talk about whether I have rock cred, whether I'm selling out, the theatricality, the gay stuff... Chill out! And just enjoy yourself. Votes: 0

A store in Houston is selling Donald Trump piñatas filled with candy. So finally something good is going to come out of Donald Trump. Votes: 0

... the running shoe ... could be called the Swiss Army knife of footwear ... What appeal is there to a shoe whose only selling point is comfort? Votes: 0

Instead of studying how to make it worth men's while to buy my baskets, I studied rather how to avoid the necessity of selling them. Votes: 0

Truth is, I've always been selling out. The difference is that in the past, I looked like I had integrity because there were no buyers. Votes: 0

Get me selling and I can figure out the industry. Once I can figure out the industry I can start a business in that industry. Votes: 0

Many investors make the mistake of buying high and selling low while the exact opposite is the right strategy to outperform over the long term. Votes: 0

The best thing about being a best-selling writer is being a best-selling writer. More seriously, today I can write full time and pay the bills. Votes: 0

If you've ever had somebody try to sell you something - people who can sell, they really are not manipulating you. They are selling themselves. Votes: 0

Taco Bell is going to start selling nachos and chicken nuggets wrapped in a tortilla. In other words, thank God we're going to keep Obamacare. Votes: 0

The air we breathe is still free, but for how much time. I believe someone is busy patenting it to start selling it for profit Votes: 0

What is the one bright spot on the entire horizon that would give someone an opportunity to be retrained to learn new skills? Direct selling. Votes: 0

When the War ended in 1945, I started selling vacuum cleaners door to door. Then I sold insurance door to door. I even tried selling cars. Votes: 0

The internet has been incredible in regards to the selling of my CD. I don't know how it's affected or will affect my acting career. Votes: 0

I credit Podiobooks and the free audio podcasts for helping me develop the audience I needed when I started selling my books in text forms. Votes: 0

I've noticed that when I am selling a lot of records, certain things become easier. I'm not talking about getting a table in a restaurant. Votes: 0

I think there's two ways to make money online. One way is by selling other people's stuff, the other way is by selling your stuff. Votes: 0

The man was running away with the rest, and selling his papers for a shilling each as he ran"”a grotesque mingling of profit and panic. Votes: 0

Now, we are selling over 5 million songs a day now. Isn't that unbelievable? That's 58 songs every second of every minute of every hour of every day. Votes: 0

Creating my own world in a comic or selling my first penny newspaper aged nine was a way of gaining recognition and acceptance by my peers. Votes: 0

We don't have to go that far to sell our beer because our immediate accounts sell so much. Places that sold 10 cases before, now they're selling 30. Votes: 0

I'm a bit of a nerd, I wouldn't mind working in a shop selling records, or having a radio show where I could play obscure singles. Votes: 0

I still pinch meself when I wake up of a morning. Who ever thought I'd be a children's author - let alone a best-selling children's author? Votes: 0

After all we did for Britain, selling that corduroy and making it swing, all we got was a bit of tin on a piece of leather. Votes: 0

I find it hard to think of myself as selling books. I don't even have a Web site. I want to sit and write, not sell. Votes: 0

We are all salesmen every day of our lives. We are selling our ideas, our plans, our enthusiasms to those with whom we come in contact. Votes: 0

The near absence of bargains works as a reverse indicator for us. When we find there is little worth buying, there is probably much worth selling. Votes: 0

Starbuck's is going to start selling instant coffee. This is for people who want the quality of Sanka, but want to pay the high Starbuck's price. Votes: 0

Investing in the market without knowing what stage it is in is like selling life insurance to 20 year olds and 80 year olds at the same premium. Votes: 0

I wish we didn't live in a world where buying and selling things seems to have become almost more important than either producing or using them. Votes: 0

You're not going out there to make a living out of it by selling records. You want acclaim and you want to know people are listening. Votes: 0

We love comfort, and people make a lot of money selling us comfort, but I would challenge the notion that comfort is usually good for us. Votes: 0

Chicago is fun. We've spent a lot of time there, about 15 years. My wife's parents and family live in Chicago, so that's a big selling point. Votes: 0

Had there been no Plato, the Christians would have had a harder time selling the idea that all God really wanted from us was fraternal love. Votes: 0

Nothing's so apt to undermine your confidence in a product as knowing that the commercial selling it has been approved by the company that makes it. Votes: 0

I had lots of appointments, many places to go, and I needed a lot of rest; the art of constructively selling oneself requires much tender self-care Votes: 0

I just figured out hustles to get by, like maybe selling my clothes. I wanted to travel around and be broke and live in sketchy apartments. Votes: 0

Jazz is an Uncle Tom word. They should stop using that word for selling. I told George Wein the other day that he should stop using it. Votes: 0

I get up, go shopping, clean the flat, cook my boyfriend's dinner. It's great selling records, but it doesn't mean you have to turn into a freak. Votes: 0

When my books came out, they started selling but they started selling at a relatively consistent but low pace. And they started to pick up the pace. Votes: 0

We define a bargain issue as one which, on the basis of facts established by analysis, appears to be worth considerably more that it is selling for. Votes: 0

People come to this country from all over the world to pursue their dreams of driving a taxi or selling hot dogs or working in a sweatshop. Votes: 0

When 'I'm Sorry' came out and became such a huge hit, that made 'Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree' start selling. Then that became a huge, huge hit. Votes: 0

Everyone says buying your first apartment makes you feel like an adult. What no one mentions is that selling it turns you right back into a child. Votes: 0

Emo always meant emotional. Any kind of art or music should be emotional. If its not, than it's pretty much just a jingle selling bleach or pizza. Votes: 0

I wonder... if the Republican Party really wants to be branded right now as the party of tax cuts and torture? I mean that's what they're selling. Votes: 0

It takes time to really get to know someone. Take the time because in the early months of a relationship, both parties are in the "selling" phase. Votes: 0

Electro is today's disco - making electronic music not for the sake of selling it but for sharing it and touring around the world D.J.-ing. Votes: 0

It's more than just selling pizzas. It's being a good fit for the community. We hire based on the betterment of the community as much as anything. Votes: 0

Art and resistance are great together. That's what art's made for. Look at Vincent van Gogh: He didn't cut off his ear because he was selling well. Votes: 0

I love to meet my fans, and after every show I usually hang out for a few hours, talking to my fans, signing autographs, and selling T-shirts. Votes: 0

Alec looked merely irritated by this comment. "The only way you could raise enough money to hire Magnus by selling lemonade is if you put meth in it. Votes: 0

From the time I started playing solo drums, doing clinics and stuff, you know I think one of the largest selling clinics I ever did was in Chicago. Votes: 0

I wish I'd never been an actor. I'd rather have been a streetwalker, selling my body, than selling my tears and my laughter, my grief and my joy. Votes: 0

I love to do fashion. I always put fashion in all of my storytelling because that's what I am, but I'm not selling clothes, I'm telling a story. Votes: 0

I enjoy touring. I enjoy recording the music, I enjoy dreaming it and I enjoy performing it. I also definitely enjoy selling it, because I like to eat. Votes: 0

It's like half the campaign of selling a record is trying to convince people that you're an artist. Well, I am an artist. This is what I do. Votes: 0

When I read about young designers selling 51 percent of their company to someone else, I cringe. I want to say, 'Don't do it - call me first.' Votes: 0

When somebody says the best thing you can do is be tough, the best thing you can do is use your brute force, then we're selling ourselves short. Votes: 0

If you start comparing my practice of law to what I could have been - selling bananas - you'll know why I gave money to the University of Texas. Votes: 0

When you're young, working in a warehouse or selling hot dogs, you look at work - at acting - as something precious. It gets you out of the stink. Votes: 0

I don't want to be on the other side of the table from the customer. I was never selling anything that I didn't believe in myself or use myself. Votes: 0

When I came out of high school, my objective in life was to get a job selling used cars, but after trying for two weeks, nobody would hire me. Votes: 0

We live, in North America in general, if I'm given the indulgence of selling us down the river, in a culture of fear of this connective sense of spirit. Votes: 0

I feel like people might be slightly less inclined to hate me as much as they did in the past, and I think part of that is selling fewer records. Votes: 0

As long as I'm not selling out the people that ride or die with me, I'm glad I'm not an MC. I'm a motivational speaker. I'm not that rapper dude. Votes: 0

Houdini used to pull rabbits out of a hat, but he never tried to make a living out of selling them when he had pulled them out of the hat Votes: 0

I'd go back, yeah. I don't care, I got a kid, man - I'll sell tampons. I mean, there's no selling-out once you get a kid. I got a kid. Votes: 0

I started selling out comedy clubs before I got to town with no advertising. I was selling out theaters just on the rumor that I was going to be there. Votes: 0

Chicago was where I realized that improv is its own thing, its own art form. And through that, you kind of develop a work ethic of not selling it short. Votes: 0

My very first job was selling pop off the back of a wagon. Then I went to work in a timber yard to save up for my bass amp and joined The Smiths. Votes: 0