“A salesman must also have flexible goals. You may say, ''I want to sell 10 accounts this week,'' and you sell five. You're ready to die. But, you tell yourself, ''Five isn't too bad. You know, next week maybe I'll sell 10.”
Curtis Carlson
“The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for it.”
Oscar Wilde
“When a Merrill Lynch salesman came up to you and tried to sell you a Merrill Lynch fund, you know the salesman didn't want to do it because it raised too many issues.”
Burton Greenwald
“It's all a charade. Norris is a superb salesman, but I'm not buying what he's selling.”
Herb Levine
“Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman - not the attitude of the prospect.”
W. Clement Stone
“Times change. The farmer's daughter now tells jokes about the traveling salesman.”
Carey Williams
“He's such a good salesman that they didn't have a clue about what he was doing. I don't think prosecutors start out suspecting their own witnesses to be criminals.”
Laurie Levenson
