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> [Escape is a consumer goods like another](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-banks/escape-is-a-consumer-goods-like-another/)

[Iain Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iain-banks/)

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> [The iPad falls between two stools - not quite a laptop, not quite a smartphone. In other words, it's the spork of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/the-ipad-falls-between-two-stools-not-quite-a-laptop-not-quite-a/)

[Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44b/charlie-brooker-1392_consumers_the-ipad-falls-between-two-stools-not-qu_1637000.png)

> [Unless we change direction, models show that the profit of the entire consumer goods sector could be wiped out by 2050](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-polman/unless-we-change-direction-models-show-that-the-profit-of-the-entire/)

[Paul Polman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-polman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15a/paul-polman-3721_climate_unless-we-change-direction-models-show-t_2370184.png)

> [Human beings are themselves considered consumer goods to be used and then discarded. We have created a 'disposable' culture which is now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/human-beings-are-themselves-considered-consumer-goods-to-be-used-and/)

[Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3b/pope-francis-85_capitalism_human-beings-are-themselves-considered-c_614979.jpg)

> [Thus, the isolated interference with one or a few prices of consumer goods always bring about effects-and this is important to realize-which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/thus-the-isolated-interference-with-one-or-a-few-prices-of-consumer/)

[Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/)

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> [Mother is the dead heart of the family spending father's earnings on consumer goods to enhance the environment in which he eats,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/germaine-greer/mother-is-the-dead-heart-of-the-family-spending-father-s-earnings-on/)

[Germaine Greer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/germaine-greer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c4/germaine-greer-1521_consumers_mother-is-the-dead-heart-of-the-family-s_2935258.png)

> [I would rather have the costs of consumer goods and restaurants - products we as consumers can choose to buy or not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-cuban/i-would-rather-have-the-costs-of-consumer-goods-and-restaurants/)

[Mark Cuban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-cuban/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e9/mark-cuban-889_choose_i-would-rather-have-the-costs-of-consume_1300819.jpg)

> [“Recent evidence confirms that retail prices of essential consumer goods in poor countries are not appreciably lower than in the United States…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-a-gallagher/recent-evidence-confirms-that-retail-prices-of-essential-consumer/)

[Vincent A. Gallagher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-a-gallagher/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8f/vincent-a-gallagher-87620_cost-of-living_recent-evidence-confirms-that-retail-pri_1974700.jpg)

> [Under present conditions, people are preoccupied with consumer goods not because they are brainwashed but because buying is the one pleasurable activity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-willis/under-present-conditions-people-are-preoccupied-with-consumer-goods/)

[Ellen Willis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-willis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e3/ellen-willis-14968_activity_under-present-conditions-people-are-preo_1896001.png)

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