“Mitt Romney talks a lot about all the things he's fixed. I can tell you that Massachusetts wasn't one of them. He's a fine fellow and a great salesman, but as governor he was more interested in having the job than doing it.” I CanJobsFineFellowsFixedGovernorsRomneySalesmanMassachusetts Author:Deval Patrick
“I lost my job as an art salesman. It was the customer's fault. He wanted to buy the wrong paintings.” ArtWantedJobsLostPaintingFaultsCustomersSalesman Author:Vincent Van Gogh
“I think the reason I was able to get the jobs I did is because I worked for some very strong, self-possessed filmmakers who wouldn't listen to the executive-suited wisdom, and they believed in me from director to actor. Not from salesman to commodity.” ThinkingSelfReasonAbleJobsActorsStrongDirectorsFilmmakerExecutivesVery StrongPossessedCommoditySalesmanStrong Self Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“Why do we resist giving help to homeless men? In part because we don't understand how our pressure on men to support families often forces men to take transient jobs that are but a step away from homelessness (the death-of-a-salesman jobs, the migrant worker jobs...) and in part because we respond differently to men who fail [than women who fail].” MenGivingHelpingJobsForceStepsSupportFailingPressureWorkersHomelessHomelessnessSalesmanTransientMigrantsGiving HelpMigrant Workers Book:The Myth of Male Power: Why Men Are the Disposable Sex Source: The Myth of Male Power: Why Men Are the Disposable Sex
“I worked a telemarketing job. I always worked those because I always knew how to talk to people and I always knew how to sell because my father was a salesman. He used to sell vacuum cleaners, payroll services to companies, so that was natural for me to go into sales.” PeopleJobsUsedFatherNaturalCompanySellsVacuumsSalesmanCleanersPayroll Author:Kanye West
“From 1965 to 1974, I served the best possible apprenticeship for an actor. I learned firsthand how a truck driver lives, what a bartender does, how a salesman thinks. I had to make a life inside those jobs, not just pretend.” ThinkingDoeJobsActorsDriversTruckSalesmanBartenderApprenticeshipTruck Driver Author:Brian Dennehy