Too Many Crooks Spoil the Percentage

Image by The Library of Congress via FlickrPromoters are just guys with two pieces of bread looking for a piece of cheese. – Evel Knievel




Too many crooks spoil the percentage. – H. Chandler



Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits. – Thomas A Edison



It comes in three sizes. Large, Giant and Super. I gave you the smaller size – Large. – anonymous



Every crowd has a silver lining. – Phineas Taylor Barnum



A promoter will provide the ocean if you will provide the ships. - anonymous

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You're Stuck with a Product - Yourself

Image by Dan Skrobak via FlickrA well-informed employee is the best sales person a company can have. – E.J. Thomas




It’s a hectic crazy life. You’re not like a shoe salesman, who can get rid of his wares. You’re stuck with a product - yourself. – Nancy Sinatra



Without some dissimulation no business can be carried on at all. – Lord Chesterfield



In nature nothing can be given, all things are sold. – Ralph Waldo Emerson



I was successful because you believed in me. – Ulysses S. Grant



In the factory we make cosmetics. In the store we sell hope. – Charles Revson

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When a Cabbage Could Sell Itself just by being a Cabbage!

Image by Brantford Selections via FlickrI detest life-insurance agents; they always argue that some day I shall die, which is not so. – Stephen Butler-Leacock




When buyers don’t fall for prices, prices must fall for buyers. – anonymous



I remember well the time when a cabbage could sell itself just by being a cabbage. Nowadays it’s no good being a cabbage – unless you have an agent and pay him a commission. Nothing is free any more to sell itself or give itself away. – Jean Giraudoux



When I sell liquor, it’s called bootlegging; when my patrons serve it on silver trays on Lake Shore Drive, it’s called hospitality. – Al Capone



Look out for the fellow who lets you do all the talking. – Frank McKinney Hubbard



I have great faith in the people; as for their wisdom – well, Coca-Cola still outsells champagne. – Adlai Stevenson

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