Selling Shoes Quotes

• I had a great time being a salesman because of the pitches that I gave when I was selling shoes. However, I don't think I'm as well versed in shoes as I am in comedy. Being a salesman was all about being a people person, and I enjoy being around people. I also love talking to people - which is why I think I did so well.

  →

  Kevin Hart

  Thinking   Talking   Shoes  

  3222

• Hopefully 10 years from now people won't even realize we started out selling shoes. They will just think about Zappos as a place to get the best customer service.

  →

  Tony Hsieh

  Thinking   Years   Shoes  

  1868

• One would expect an actress to stand onscreen mostly as a caricature. If she would say, "I'm selling shoes," you would believe her. She says it and it creates this fiction, non-fiction perception of the film. People believe it because she says it. If she said, "I'm a butcher," people would believe it too, I think.

  →

  Isabelle Huppert

  Believe   Thinking   Shoes  

  "Isabelle by Isabelle". Interview with Colleen Kelsey, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 8, 2016.

  416

• I have the idea that running shoes are based on a kind of cult idea - that our feet are flawed and we need shoes to correct those flaws. The shoe companies are in the business of selling shoes. But there's no evidence from running shoe manufacturers that they're right. There's no scientific data that running shoes reduce injury.

  →

  Christopher McDougall

  Running   Data   Shoes  

  4657

• If you have a choice of selling shoes to ladies or giving birth to a flaming porcupine... look into that second, less painful career.

  →

  Richard Jeni

  Careers   Shoes   Giving  

  "Platypus Man". Comedy TV Series, 1995.

  871