“When a man is trying to sell you something, don't imagine he is that polite all the time.”

— E. W. Howe

Country Town Sayings (1911), p34.

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "When a man is trying to sell you something, don't imagine he is that polite all the time." by E. W. Howe?

E. W. Howe 35

Novelist, magazine and newspaper editor 1853–1937

Related quotes

“If a man smiles all the time, he’s probably selling something that doesn’t work.”

George Carlin (1937–2008) American stand-up comedian

“When you sell a man a book you don't sell him just 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life.”

Christopher Morley (1890–1957) American journalist, novelist, essayist and poet

“What you don't necessarily realize when you start selling your time by the hour is that what you're really selling is your.”

Barbara Ehrenreich book Nickel and Dimed

Source: Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America

“When you sell a man a book you don't sell just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life. Love and friendship and humour and ships at sea by night - there's all heaven and earth in a book, a real book.”

Christopher Morley book Parnassus on Wheels

Variant: When you sell a man a book you don’t sell him just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life. Love and friendship and humour and ships at sea by night - there’s all heaven and earth in a book, a real book I mean.
Source: Parnassus on Wheels