21st century Sales Quoting
Shakespeare
on the bard’s 400th anniversary 23rd
April
(with apologies to Bernard Levin et
al)
If you cannot understand the jargon in that request for proposal (RFP) and you sigh, ‘It’s all Greek to me” ⁱ you are quoting Shakespeare.
If you claim to be “more sinned against than sinning” ⁱⁱ to your sales manager, you are
quoting Shakespeare;
if you recall “your
salad days” ⁱⁱⁱ way
back-in-the-day, you are quoting Shakespeare;
if
you ever raise a complaint “more in
sorrow than in anger” ⁴, if your wish is “father to the thought” ⁵ in a
brainstorming session, if your smart phone has
vanished into thin air , you are quoting Shakespeare;
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if you have knitted
your brows ⁱ ₁b , made a virtue of
necessity ⁱ₂ , insisted
on “fair play” ⁱ₃, “slept not one wink” ⁱ⁴, have not “stood on ceremony “ ⁱ⁵, danced attendance ⁱ⁶ on your lord
and master ⁱ⁷ at the company annual sales conference , laughed
yourself into stitches ⁱ⁸ at the Buyer’s jokes , had short
shrift ⁱ⁹ at a sales beauty parade, cold comfort ⁱⁱ⁰ or too much of a
good thingⁱⁱ ₁ at
the Christmas party, if your business clothes have seen better days ⁱⁱ₂ or lived in a fool’s paradise ⁱⁱ₃—why, be that as it may, the
more fool you ⁱⁱ⁴, for it is a foregone conclusion ⁱⁱ⁵ that you are (as good
luck would have it) ⁱⁱ⁶ quoting Shakespeare;
if you clear out, bag and baggage, ⁱⁱ⁷ and all that surplus out of
date literature and samples from your garage, if you think it is high time ⁱⁱ⁸ and that is the
long and short of it ⁱⁱ⁹ , if you believe the
game is up ₃⁰ and
it’s time to try for a close and that the truth will out ₃ ⁱ, even if it involves your own flesh
and blood ₃ⁱⁱ, if you lie low ₃ⁱⁱⁱ until the crack of doom ₃⁴ because you suspect foul play ₃⁵ , if you have your teeth set on edge ₃⁵ (at one fell
swoop ₃⁶ ) without rhyme
or reason ₃⁷ , then—to give the devil his due ₃⁸ —if the truth were
known ₃⁹
and need to speak out for you have a tongue in your head ⁴⁰ you are quoting
Shakespeare;
even if you bid me good
riddance ⁴ⁱ and send me
packing ⁴₂ , if you wish I was dead as a doornail ⁴₃ , if you think I am an eye-sore ⁴⁴, a laughing stock ⁴⁵ , the devil[s] incarnate ⁴⁶ , a stony-hearted
villain ⁴⁷ , bloody-minded
⁴⁸ or a blinking idiot ⁴⁹ , then—by Jove!
it’s all one to me ⁵⁰, you are quoting Shakespeare.
ⁱJulius
Caesar Act 1 scene2 ; ⁱⁱKing Lear Act 3 ; ⁱⁱⁱAnthony
and Cleopatra Act 1 Scene 5; ⁴Hamlet
Act 1 scene 2
; ⁵Henry
IV part 2 scene 5; ⁶Taming
of the Shrew; ⁷ Othello Act 3 Scene 3; ⁸ Sonnet 85; ⁹ Richard III
ⁱ⁰ Romeo & Juliet Act 1 Scene 4;
ⁱ₁ a Tempest; ⁱ ₁b Henry VI ; ⁱ₂ Two Gentlemen of Verona; ⁱ₃Tempest
; ⁱ⁴Cymbeline; ⁱ⁵Julius
Caesar;ⁱ⁶Henry VI part2 ; ⁱ⁷ Twelfth Night; ⁱ⁸Twelfth Night; ⁱ⁹ Richard
III; ⁱⁱ⁰ Taming of the Shrew ;
ⁱⁱ₁ As
you like it; ⁱⁱ₂As you like it ; ⁱⁱ₃ Romeo
and Juliet Act 2 Scene 4; ⁱⁱ⁴ The taming of the Shrew; ⁱⁱ⁵ Othello ; ⁱⁱ⁶Merry Wives of Windsor Act3 Scene 5; ⁱⁱ⁷ As you like it ; ⁱⁱ⁸ Comedy of Errors ; ⁱⁱ⁹Merry
Wives of Windsor ; ₃⁰Cymbeline
; ₃ ⁱ Merchant of Venice ; ₃ⁱⁱ Merchant
of Venice; ₃ⁱⁱⁱ Much
do about nothing ; ₃⁴Macbeth ; ₃⁵Hamlet
; ₃⁵ Henry IV Part1 ; ₃⁶Macbeth ; ₃⁷ As you like it ; ₃⁸Henry IV part1; ₃⁹Winter’s Tale; ⁴⁰Tempest ; ⁴ⁱ Troilus and Cressida ; ⁴₂Henry VI part 2;
⁴₃Henry
VI part 2; ⁴⁴Taming of the Shrew; ⁴⁵Merry Wives of Windsor; ⁴⁶ Henry
V; ⁴⁷Henry
IV part1; ⁴⁸Henry VI part 3 ;
⁴⁹Merchant of Venice; ⁵⁰Troilus Act 1 Scene 1
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