Consumers Quotes · Page 13

Apple does great products, but at the end of the day we think consumers want choice, consumers want openness.

— Anonymous

We're all subject to the daily pressures of consumer persuasion.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

Today the future occupation of all moppets is to be skilled consumers.

— David Riesman

“The huge irony is that the more the gospel is offered in consumer terms, the more the consumers are disappointed.”

— Eugene H. Peterson

We consumers have to send a message every day of what we want and what we don't.

— Diego Luna

Recommended additon to the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights: "A right to not have your data rise up and attack you."

— Benjamin Wittes

Consumers have to understand that the purpose of these claims is to get them to buy the product.

— Marion Nestle

If the quality is there, the consumer will want it, buy it and pay for it.

— Frank Perdue

If pornographers can hook adolescents when their hormones are raging, they know they'll have an ongoing consumer base for life.

— Donna Rice Hughes

I think that the balance needs to be restored, and I would note that in the camp in which I am in,…

— Rick Boucher

I just like that balance of the real and the fantastical because as a reader and consumer of stories and fantasy, I…

— Ransom Riggs

What I've learned in 40 years of consumer reporting is that the market is imperfect, and some people get ripped off.

— John Stossel

I like cars that are ahead of their times, and that were noble failures because they were built to a higher standard…

— Jay Leno

American consumers might benefit if lenders provided greater mortgage product alternatives to the traditional fixed-rate mortgage.

— Alan Greenspan

In convenience gambling scenarios, discretionary spending and nondiscretionary addicted gambling dollars were transferred from other forms of consumer expenditures

— John Warren Kindt

Nothing can prevent the united consumer from working for themselves with the aid of mutual credit, from building factories, workshops, houses for…

— Gustav Landauer

The Grocery Manufacturers Association is behind the bills which have been trying to pre-empt states' labeling laws in the Senate. And they…

— Zoe Lister-Jones

One of the changes I'm driving within Nokia is to adopt what we call 'the challenger mindset.' Let's understand that we have…

— Stephen Elop

The value of market esoterica to the consumer of investment advice is a different story. In my opinion, investment success will not…

— Warren Buffett

Nothing should be used anywhere that is not edible. We should not clean our house with substances that are toxic carcinogens. It's…

— Horst Rechelbacher

Consumers are realizing the benefits of in-car entertainment and navigation systems. When used properly, these products are great tools that help drivers…

— Gary Shapiro

Consumers cannot think in abstractions. They cannot envision a new concept. They cannot predict their behavior. They can only compare against their…

— Michael J. Silverstein

As a consumer, if I heard someone who said, "I've written this song," and then I found out it wasn't by them,…

— Howard Lawrence

But if you've really learned how to think, how to pay attention, then you will know you have other options. It will…

— David Foster Wallace

Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to only…

— Adam Smith

Anyone believing the TPP is good for Americans take note: The foreign subsidiaries of U.S.-based corporations could just as easily challenge any…

— Robert Reich

The brand is lying about something, or at least misrepresenting it. When I read a bottle of shampoo or moisturizer or other…

— Aaron Belz

To the extent that we consume, in our present circumstances, we are guilty. To the extent that we guilty consumers are conservationists,…

— Wendell Berry

“Most Americans are aware of the brutality and injustice used to maintain the excesses of their selfish consumer society and empire. Yet…

— Curtis White

For the workers and their families, being able to bring home a living wage helps their families and, by extension, helps our…

— Nina Turner

It is a fact that, in the West, we live in a capitalist society, but that does not mean that we cannot…

— Giorgio Armani

If you want a cow to be not just a cow but a milk machine, you can do a very good job…

— Vandana Shiva

We commute to computers; Spirits stay mute while you eagles spread rumors. We survivalists, turned to consumers...

— Talib Kweli

The market system makes all producers responsible to the consumer.

— Ludwig von Mises

We can't rebuild an economy that works for everyone without protecting consumers.

— Jake Auchincloss

One way to sell a consumer something in the future is simply to get his or her permission in advance.

— Seth Godin

I say to consumers: instead of relying totally on critics, drink what you like and like what you drink.

— Robert Mondavi

What I'm always trying to say to the consumer is: buy less, choose well, make it last.

— Vivienne Westwood

People really have to start being a smarter consumer, read labels, and understand what hidden sugars are.

— Jackie Warner

When the 1929 crash wiped out disposable income, there were not enough consumers to fuel a recovery.

— Heather Cox Richardson