Consumers Quotes · Page 12

It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of the planet is not sufficient to break it.

— Kalle Lasn

There is now more pressure on consumers than there has ever been and it is not sustainable.

— Betty Furness

The market economy-capitalism-is a social system of consumers' supremacy.

— Ludwig von Mises

Over the past 10 years, the majority of value creation in the venture community has been in consumer Internet.

— Bill Gurley

As consumers, we can buy organic and non-GMO verified products, so look out for those labels when shopping!

— Zoe Lister-Jones

If you want to establish a clear image in the minds of consumers, you first need a clear image in your own…

— Sergio Zyman

Instead of gutting consumer protection, we should be expanding it.

— Hillary Clinton

Relentless improvement of the product and upgrading of consumer tastes are the heart of mass merchandising.

— Christopher Lasch

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

— Jay Leno

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

— Ransom Riggs

Thermostats are made by very large companies with no incentive to innovate. Their customers are contractors or HVAC wholesalers, not consumers. So…

— Tony Fadell

In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy.

— Ivan Illich

The collection under my name is an exciting opportunity to really express my own aesthetic and connect with a very different consumer.

— Reed Krakoff

As a consumer goods company serving billions of consumers every day, Unilever understands the drivers and motivations that create the norms that…

— Paul Polman

You shouldn't have an overbearing FCC. Let the market work itself. By allowing companies to compete in an unregulated forum, you're going…

— Fred Upton

Consumer confidence in an industry can be a very fragile thing. It only takes a few builders who promise but don't deliver,…

— Virginia Knauer

We're consumers. We are by-products of a lifestyle obsession. Murder, crime, poverty, these things don't concern me. What concerns me are celebrity…

— Chuck Palahniuk

The capitalist system of production is an economic democracy in which every penny gives a right to vote. The consumers are the…

— Ludwig von Mises

When I first saw China, there were no automobiles. There were no supermarkets. There were no high-rise buildings. There were no consumer…

— Henry A. Kissinger

If you mean by capitalism the God-given right of a few big corporations to make all the decisions that will affect millions…

— Max Lerner

I never look at the internet because then you just have nothing else to do but just look. Most generally, and even…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

If one fourth of the capital of a country were suddenly destroyed, or entirely transferred to a different part of the world,…

— Thomas Malthus

I'm not interested in, you know, turning the clock back or pointing fingers, but I am interested in trying to figure out…

— Hillary Clinton

“The hope that fuels the pursuit of endless economic growth – that billions of consumers in India & China will one day…

— Pankaj Mishra

The means of communication, the irresistible output of the entertainment and information industry carry with them prescribed attitudes and habits, certain intellectual…

— Herbert Marcuse

There is no worse material poverty than one that does not allow for earning one’s bread and deprives one of the dignity…

— Pope Francis

We resist mindlessness of any kind. Again, drugs, like television, are fine for other people. The more enslaved they are, the easier…

— Blanche Barton

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

— Aaron Belz

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

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

— Adam Smith

It is eminently possible to have a market-based economy that requires no such brutality and demands no such ideological purity. A free…

— Naomi Klein

Heavy-handed regulations hurt the very consumers they're supposed to help.

— Ajit Pai

All over the world copyright holders are trying to limit consumers' rights. We cannot have that.

— Anonymous

Everywhere I've been working, I always had in mind the final destination of the clothes, which is the consumer.

— Christophe Lemaire

Overly restrictive regulations not only stifle the private sector; they also ultimately hurt consumers.

— Ajit Pai

Exclusives are bad for artists, bad for consumers, and bad for the whole industry.

— Troy Carter

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

— Vivienne Westwood

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

— Robert Mondavi

I still consider myself a consumer of music more than anything else.

— DJ Shadow