sales quotes

I think business is very simple.Profit. Loss. Take the sales, subtract the costs, you get this big positive number. The math is quite straightforward.

- Bill (William Henry III) Gates
  Quoted in the US News and World Report,15 Feb.

Nowadays a sales conference resembles a Passion play: everybody is invited to participate and marvel at the drama.

- Charles,Jr Scribner
In the Company ofWriters: A Life in Publishing.