Consumers Quotes · Page 16

The development of capitalism consists in everyone having the right to serve the consumer better or more cheaply.

— Ludwig von Mises

You don't drive an economy by consuming - the consumer is not the engine, the consumer is the caboose.

— Peter Schiff

I am an old consumer of papers. I cannot avoid reading my newspapers every morning.

— Umberto Eco

The real bosses, in the capitalist system of market economy, are the consumers.

— Ludwig von Mises

Citizens and consumers are demanding that climate change and environmental issues be taken seriously.

— Isabelle Kocher

Consumers are taking ownership of brands, and their referral power is priceless.

— Erik Qualman

The difficulty lies, not in finding a producer, but in finding a consumer.

— Jean-Baptiste Say

There is simply no way to sustain an economy based on consumer credit.

— Peter Schiff

The teacher is commodified, the school is a shop, the subjects are consumer goods. To read, to think, to reflect, isn't a…

— Daniel Pennac

Profits are the driving force of the market economy. The greater the profits, the better the needs of the consumers are supplied...…

— Ludwig von Mises

I would rather have the costs of consumer goods and restaurants - products we as consumers can choose to buy or not…

— Mark Cuban

Consumer: A person who is capable of choosing a president but incapable of choosing a bicycle without help from a government agency.

— Herbert Stein

The new shopping malls make possible the synthesis of all consumer activities, not least of which are shopping, flirting with objects, idle…

— Jean Baudrillard

“The world economy would collapse if a significant number of people were to realize and then act on the realization that it…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

For the producers, there was no reason to produce. You get money, but you couldn't use this money. For consumers, you could…

— Anatoly Chubais

Unfortunately, in the environment, I don't see as much willingness to invest heavily in R&D as I do in consumer technology. And…

— Ramez Naam

People need to buy and want to. The selling itself becomes the entertainment, the sought-after good... In the Internet world there won't…

— Peter W. Huber

The only leverage the manufacturer can apply to the retailer is his relationship with the consumer. And the main element in profit…

— Stephen King

Regulation has gone astray. . . . Either because they have become captives of regulated industries or captains of outmoded administrative agencies,…

— Edward Kennedy

For the consumer, fashion is fashion. You can buy something beautiful for $20 and you can buy something ugly for $1,000. It…

— Kelly Cutrone

Microeconomics is the study of how specific choices made by businesses, consumers and governments affect the markets for different goods and services.…

— Alex Berenson

Throughout their lives, women try to pummel their bodies into some phantom ideal shape that exists only with a lot of airbrushing.…

— Cynthia Heimel

Personal responsibility matters. There are no excuses for those who spend money on things they cannot afford. But it's a whole lot…

— Elizabeth Warren

In general, advertising isn't a "creative" atmosphere. It's a business atmosphere and your job is puzzle solving. My favorite aspect of the…

— Augusten Burroughs

Every video [slot] gambling machine takes $60,000 out of the consumer economy

— John Warren Kindt

The consumer is both culprit and victim of the confusion on quality.

— Nino Cerruti

Free is a difficult model to get to work right. But it's better for consumers.

— Baiju Bhatt

The smartest advertising is the advertising that communicates the best and respects the consumer's intelligence.

— Lee Clow

We're consumers. We are by-products of a lifestyle obsession.

— Brad Pitt

Consumers are increasingly programming their own entertainment and content experiences.

— Chad Hurley

For every slot machine you add, you lose one job per year from the consumer economy

— John Warren Kindt

Gaming provides us with some very good signals about consumers and what they're interested in.

— Peggy Johnson

Today's gasoline prices are taking a severe toll on Americans' pocketbooks. Consumers are anxious.

— Pete Domenici

Once consumers try popchips, most people really like it and become fans.

— Keith Belling

The masses, in their capacity as consumers, ultimately determine everybody's revenues and wealth.

— Ludwig von Mises

A consumer is not a moron. She's your wife. Don't insult her intelligence, and don't shock her.

— David Ogilvy

People are very sophisticated consumers of information, and they're pulling all different things.

— Jon Stewart

If we go on using the Earth uncaringly and without replenishing it, then we are just greedy consumers.

— Satish Kumar

Regardless of the industry, antitrust law is meant to benefit consumers - not competitors.

— Marvin Ammori

True citizens are not the audience of their government, nor its consumers; they are its makers.

— Lewis Hyde