#salesman

Growth is kinda built into everyone's genes. It's built into management's genes, the salesman's genes, the investors' desires. People expect companies to grow. ↗

— Andy Grove

#companies #desires #everyone #expect #genes

Advertising is salesmanship mass produced. No one would bother to use advertising if he could talk to all his prospects face-to-face. But he can't. ↗

— Morris Hite

#bother #could #face-to-face #his #mass

I had a father who was a traveling salesman. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

#had #i #salesman #traveling #who

I'm my own salesman. I can't let anybody do anything for me. ↗

— Fred Durst

#anything #i #me #my own #own

I have a definite talent for convincing people to try something new. I am a good salesman. When I'm on form, I can sell anything. ↗

— Brian Eno

#anything #convincing #definite #form #good

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. ↗

— Jerry Lawler

#certainly #doing #got #guys #mind

I think basically an actor is a salesman. ↗

— Paul Lynde

#basically #i #i think #salesman #think

I don't like losing a ballgame any more than a salesman likes losing a sale. ↗

— Early Wynn

#ballgame #i #like #likes #losing

But on a utilitarian level, I realize that to try to accomplish the greatest good for the greatest number of people, sometimes we have to become salesmen for what we believe, and part of being a salesman is being effective. ↗

— Moby

#become #being #believe #effective #good

I’ve always envied flies. Think about it: you’re a fly, your name is an action, the very thing you do all the time. It’s your innate action in life, the thing you were born to do. It’s like a salesperson who was named Sell. I love that. If I ever met a salesperson who said, “Hi, I’m Sell,” I’d reply, “And I’m sold!. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#funny #salesman #funny