Death of a Salesman

don’t say »Gee«. »Gee« is a boy’s word. A man walking

in for fifteen thousand dollars does not say »Gee!«

Don’t be so modest. You always started too low. Walk in

with a big laugh. Don’t look worried. Start off with a couple of

your good stones to lighten things up. It’s not what you say,

it’s how you say it — because personality always wins the day.

HAPPY (grabbing Biff, shouts): Wait a minute! I got an idea. I got

a feasible idea. Come here, Biff, let’s talk this over now, let’s

talk some sense here. When I was down in Florida last time, I

thought of a great idea to sell sporting goods. It just came back

to me. You and I, Biff — we have a line, the Loman Line. We

train a couple of weeks, and put on a couple of exhibitions, see?

WILLY: That’s an idea!

HAPPY: Wait! We form two basketball teams, see? Two waterpolo

teams. We play each other. It’s a million dollars’ worth of

publicity. Two brothers, see? The Loman Brothers. Displays in

the Royal Palms — all the hotels. And banners over the ring

and the basketball court: »Loman Brothers«. Baby, we could

sell sporting goods!