“I worked as a teacher in the public school system in New York City for several years, and I was a victim of the layoffs, you know, in the mid-'70s. And then I worked as a sales engineer for a company in New Jersey that was selling industrial filtration equipment.” KnowsYearsSchoolCitiesCompanyTeacherNew YorkVictimSellingNew York CityEngineersEquipmentPublic SchoolJerseyNew JerseySchool SystemLayoffFiltration Author:Feisal Abdul Rauf
“Books are special, books are the way we talk to generations that have not turned up yet. The fact that we can actually, essentially communicate with the people in ancient Egypt, people in Rome and Greece, people in ancient Britain, people in New York in the 1920s who can communicate to us and change the way we think, and change the things that we believe. I think that books are special. Books are sacred. And I think that when you are selling books, you have to remember that in all the profits and loss, in all of that, you are treading on sacred ground.” PeopleThinkingWayBelieveBookFactsRememberLossGenerationsSpecialNew YorkSacredAncientProfitCommunicateSellingBritainRomeEgyptGreeceAncient EgyptTreadingProfit And LossSelling Books Author:Neil Gaiman
“New York restaurants are about selling atmospheres.” New YorkSellingAtmosphereRestaurants Author:Andy Warhol
“I saw that Donald Trump is selling his penthouse suite at the Trump Park Avenue building here in New York City for $21 million. When asked why he's selling it now, Trump said 'Hey, Americans seem to be buying everything else I'm selling, so why not strike while the iron's hot.'” SaidSeemsCitiesMillionsSawsNew YorkBuildingTrumpHotStrikesSellingHeyParksBuyingIronWhy NotNew York CityAvenuesPenthouses Author:Jimmy Fallon
“I just started to do my own thing for about a year and a half, and I worked in the evening selling phonograph records. Then I said to myself, "I'm afraid I have to go to New York after all."” YearsSaidMy OwnHalfRecordsNew YorkSellingEveningPhonograph Author:Claes Oldenburg
“I always loved watching and reading family-friendly mysteries growing up, like the shows Murder, She Wrote and Nancy Drew, and am thrilled to be bringing these New York Times best-selling books right into your living room on the small screen.” BookShowsReadingRoomsGrowing UpGrowingMysteryNew YorkMurderScreensSellingFriendlyNew York TimesLiving RoomNancySelling BooksNancy Drew Author:Candace Cameron