I rarely use the telephone because he may not want to see me. I have a better chance of seeing the man I want to see if I do go.
BEN FELDMANDo you know anyone who has a lease on life? It isn’t a question of if; it’s a question of when.
More Ben Feldman Quotes
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Most people buy not because they believe, but because the sales person believes.
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Your biggest asset is a positive attitude. That more than anything else determines your earnings.
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If people understood what life insurance does, we wouldn’t need salesmen to sell it. People would come knocking on the door. But they don’t understand.
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When you realize the writers start writing to who you are, you’re basically reading reviews of yourself. And then it becomes this cyclical nightmare where I feel like I need to play into it, then I find myself acting like the character in real life.
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Life insurance is time. The time a man might not have. If he needs time, he needs life insurance.
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Youll have the same problems when I walk out, as you had when I walked in… unless you let me take your problems with me.
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The biggest asset you have is your earning capacity, and that depends entirely on your attitude.
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If you’re starting to lose your faith in the general intelligence of the American populous, there’s nothing like them mistaking pop culture for Van Gogh as a sign that people still read their history books and care about art.
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I’ve been pretty lucky, I like my jobs.
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Goals aren’t enough. You need goals plus deadlines: goals big enough to get excited about and deadline to make you run. One isn’t much good without the other, but together they can be tremendous.
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You’ve got a problem. Part of what you own isn’t yours. It belongs to Uncle Sam. May I show you how much belongs to Uncle Sam?
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The biggest asset you have is your earning capacity, and that depends entirely on your attitude.
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I’m a lot happier in people’s living rooms weekly than I think I would be if I was really, really relying on a movie career to keep me fulfilled and excited.
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I’m just the least funny person in a room full of funny people, which is basically every single day of work for me.
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I think I’m the funniest guy in a room full of unfunny people.
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I don’t like horror, which is ridiculous because I’ve been in three horror movies, but when I see those things, I see camera tricks and fake blood and actors screaming and I don’t know understand why other actors don’t see that.
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If I don’t buy it, I can’t sell it.
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You haven’t done anything wrong. You just haven’t done anything, and that’s what’s wrong.
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Your value depends on what you make of yourself. Make the most of yourself for that is all there is of you.
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Fundamentals are right down to earth. And one fundamental is: You have to make calls. Nothing happens until you make a call. It’s that fundamental!
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I think I’m the funniest guy in a room full of unfunny people. Unfortunately, my career is increasingly leading me into rooms where everybody is funny. I’m the least funny person in a room full of funny people.
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Term insurance is temporary, but your problem is permanent.
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Whereas when you go to New York and you audition for plays, you walk out sweaty and intimidated and nervous and doubting yourself as an actor.
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The key to a sale in an interview, and the key to an interview is a disturbing question.
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You are already broke and don’t even know it.
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Read! Study never stops because publications never stop coming in. It’s read and study. And think about what you’re studying. Take it apart and put it together. Ask ‘why?’ And know the answers.
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