“Sales is a business of relationships, and you must cultivate customers with tenderness and love, like cabbages in winter, even if the customer is an egomaniacal asshole you want to hit with a shovel.” — Max Barry Copy Share Image
“She’s such a bitch,” Tina says, which I find a little contradictory, but overall quite true. “She’s got to be in charge of everything.” I sit next to her. “Well, I guess. But in business, that’s leadership.” Tina stares at… — Max Barry Copy Share Image
“Well, I like to know where I'm going before I try to get there. It's a mistake to try to execute a plan before… — Max Barry Copy Share Image
Hey, I saw this old British movie, all the people spoke so different, you could hardly understand them. But everyone here speaks American as… — Max Barry Copy Share Image
By this action, the Government has proved that so long as it exists, none of us are truly free. Government and freedom are mutually… — Max Barry Copy Share Image
“Thanks for being the kind of person who likes to pick up a book. That's a genuinely great thing. I met a librarian recently… — Max Barry Copy Share Image
“I met a librian recently who said she doesn't read because books are her job and when she goes home, she wanats to switch… — Max Barry Copy Share Image
I read once that you need two things to be happy: any two of health, money, and love. You can cover the absense of… — Max Barry Copy Share Image
“What was it Like?" "What was what like?" he said, although he knew. "Quick, I imagine. But you must have perceived something. A split… — Max Barry Copy Share Image
People resist a census, but give them a profile page and they'll spend all day telling you who they are. — Max Barry Copy Share Image
every story written is marks upon a page The same marks, repeated, only differently arranged — Max Barry Copy Share Image
“Fifteen years ago, this would have been insider trading, but that quaint concept had disappeared a decade or two ago when so many brokers… — Max Barry Copy Share Image
“The newspapers said nobody made it out alive." "Surely you didn't trust them.” — Max Barry Copy Share Image
