Selling Things Quotes

• The Tube is a vehicle for selling things, not for exploring ideas.

  Phil Donahue

  Ideas, Vehicle, Tubes

  Phil Donahue (1979). “My own story, Donahue”

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• In the past, the U.K. got away with selling things that weren't unusual. Now it's no use trying to export without having something that's unusual and better.

  James Dyson

  Past, Trying, Use

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• One of the big no-nos in cyberspace is that you do not go into a social activity, a chat group or something like that, and start advertising or selling things. This etiquette rule is an attempt to separate one's social life, which should be pure enjoyment and relaxation, from the pressures of work.

  Judith Martin

  Relaxation, Groups, Cyberspace

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• Well, capitalism is a big problem, because with capitalism you're just going to keep buying and selling things until there's nothing else to buy and sell, which means gobbling up the planet.

  Alice Walker

  Mean, Buying, Problem

  Interview with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. May 6, 2010.

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• Retail is selling things that don't come back to customers who do.

  Tony Farmer

  Business, Retail, Customers

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• The point to remember about selling things is that, as well as creating atmosphere and excitement around your products, you've got to know what you're selling.

  Stuart Wilde

  Business, Knowledge, Creating

  Stuart Wilde (1998). “The Trick to Money is Having Some”, p.105, Hay House, Inc

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• 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.

  C. S. Lewis

  Wish, Important, World

  C. S. Lewis (2014). “Letters to an American Lady”, p.46, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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• As yet we use our media only for selling things - including, of course, political candidates. What will happen when someone masters the art of selling souls?

  Erica Jong

  Art, Media, Political

  Erica Jong (1994). “The Devil at Large: Erica Jong on Henry Miller”, p.4, Grove Press

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