I think I’m the funniest guy in a room full of unfunny people.
BEN FELDMANI think I’m the funniest guy in a room full of unfunny people.
BEN FELDMANIf 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.
BEN FELDMANI do not sell life insurance. I sell money. I sell dollars for pennies apiece. My dollars cost 3 cents per dollar per year.
BEN FELDMANRead! 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.
BEN FELDMANBesides, switchboard girls and secretaries have become very good. They’ve learned to take you apart. ‘Who? Why? What for? What company?’ You don’t always get by. I seldom call on the phone. I’d rather go.
BEN FELDMANGoals 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.
BEN FELDMANI 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 FELDMANI never thought I was gonna live in LA. I thought I was gonna live in New York forever.
BEN FELDMANThere was a time where I chose my jobs based on what jobs were available to me, so I would choose 100 percent of them.
BEN FELDMANYour biggest asset is a positive attitude. That more than anything else determines your earnings.
BEN FELDMANYou haven’t done anything wrong. You just haven’t done anything, and that’s what’s wrong.
BEN FELDMANTerm insurance is temporary, but your problem is permanent.
BEN FELDMANWhen you walk out, the money walks in
BEN FELDMANIf you look at the history of advertising, most of them were Jews, so it was only a matter of time before ‘Mad Men’ explored that area of advertising.
BEN FELDMANDoing something costs something. Doing nothing costs something. And, quite often, doing nothing costs a lot more!
BEN FELDMANWhen 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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