A salesman sees a commission.

“Salesmanship is usually the art of making it the prospect’s problem, the salesperson’s need or desire to earn money.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

The worst fault a salesman can commit is to be a bore. Foster any attempt to talk about other things; the longer you stay…

— David Ogilvy

“If you’re subjected to enough great salesmen and salespitches and marketing concepts for long enough—like from your earliest Saturday-morning cartoons, let’s say—it is only…

— David Foster Wallace

Electricity transmission operates on a frequency between 49.7 Hertz and 50.2 Hertz. What I have done is petitioned the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission and…

— Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia

The 9/11 Commission recently released their report, citing important changes which need to be made to improve our nation's homeland security. I voiced my…

— Leonard Boswell

Ive been in photography for over 20 years now, and I dont think people commission me because of my name. At some point, the…

— Mary McCartney

In aristocratic societies, rich people used to commission exquisite paintings for their walls.

— Brad Holland

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission and EPA, et cetera, had worked out what allowable releases are.

— William Scranton

Now the interesting thing about the movie is that many of the questions it raised about the Warren Commission and its investigation were all…

— Louis Stokes

Governance has been at the heart of the work of the Oxford Martin Commission for Future Generations and is a clear focus in its…

— Mo Ibrahim

If you want good behavior, don't pay on a commission basis. Our judges aren't paid so much a case. We keep them pretty well…

— Charlie Munger

“Unless some people are commissioned for the task, there will be no gospel preachers; unless the gospel is preached, sinners will not hear Christ’s…

— John Stott

The SEC got more than 100 rules to write under Dodd-Frank, the lion's share of all the agencies. And we've moved, I think, with…

— Mary Schapiro

There needs to be some regime that is overseeing access to broadband to make sure we have openess; otherwise, there is a risk it…

— Vint Cerf

If I get a commission, it's like a flood of creative thought and energy.

— Justin Peck