Sell to their needs, not yours. ~ Earl G. Graves

The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for it. ~Oscar Wilde

I am the world's worst salesman, therefore, I must make it easy for people to buy. ~ F. W. Woolworth

The one key line used by a very rich Hudson salesman: Would you like to buy a car now, without waiting? ~ Joe Girard

He that makes use of another's fancy or necessity to sell ribbons or cloth dearer to him than to another man at the same time, cheats him. ~ John Locke

A man trying to sell a blind horse always praises its feet. ~ German Proverb

All our wants, beyond those which a very moderate income will supply, are purely imaginary. ~ Henry St. James

The surest foundation of a manufacturing concern is quality. After that, and a long way after, comes cost. ~ Andrew Carnegie

More great Americans were failures than they were successes. They mostly spent their lives in not having a buyer for what they had for sale. ~ Gertrude Stein

Good copy can't be written with tongue in cheek, written just for a living. You've got to believe in the product. ~ David Ogilvy, IBD, 3/25/04

We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats, but the potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice. ~ Samuel Johnson

If you don’t sell, it’s not the product that’s wrong—it’s you. ~ Estee Lauder

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