Cabinet members are soon overwhelmed by the insistent demands of running their departments. On the whole, a period in high office consumers… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
The ever-mounting glut of waste materials is characteristic by-product of modern consumer society. It might even be argued that capitalism's continual need… — Stuart Ewen Copy Share Image
When the farmer can sell directly to the consumer, it is a more active process. There's more contact. The consumer can know,… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
The greatest gift of life on the mountain is time. Time to think or not think, read or not read, scribble or… — Philip Connors Copy Share Image
As consumers we get more demanding all the time. We want better quality. We want it faster. And cheaper. Plus, we want… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
Only in situations where competition is illegal will competition not act naturally to bring the best product at the lowest price to… — John Pugsley Copy Share Image
Economists specialize in pointing out unpleasant trade-offs - a skill that is on full display in the health care debate. We want… — Sendhil Mullainathan Copy Share Image
I believe that if corporate America expects consumer confidence to be restored, they must first be honest with us. — Bennie Thompson Copy Share Image
Make your company stock a consumer product. When consumers buy stock in your company, they'll never buy a competitive product. You've linked… — Faith Popcorn Copy Share Image
The money economy thus leaves a large ecological footprint, defined as the amount of land and resources required to meet a typical… — Stuart L. Hart Copy Share Image
Good design is thorough down to the last detail - Nothing must be arbitrary or left to chance. Care and accuracy in… — Dieter Rams Copy Share Image
To eat in a monastery refectory is an exercise in humility; daily, one is reminded to put communal necessity before individual preference.… — Kathleen Norris Copy Share Image
Instead of investing in the goods as they pass between producer and consumer, as the merchant does, the businessman now invests in… — Thorstein Veblen Copy Share Image
Within a capitalist consumer society, the cult of personality has the power to subsume ideas, to make the person, the personality into… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
For decades, media companies have largely controlled the tools through which consumers were told what to buy, wear or think. Now consumers… — Simon Mainwaring Copy Share Image
The paradox of Steve Jobs's career is that he had no interest in listening to consumers - he was famously dismissive of… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
Wearable technology is not just for consumers. It creates a tremendous opportunity for businesses, too. — Parker Harris Copy Share Image
I think this market space, this modern world we're living in, one of its greatest failures is that it can only seem… — Herbert Copy Share Image
It is critical that low-income consumers have access to alternative products and services such as rent-to-own. It gives working-class families opportunities to… — William Lacy Clay, Jr Copy Share Image
The brand is lying about something, or at least misrepresenting it. When I read a bottle of shampoo or moisturizer or other… — Aaron Belz Copy Share Image
I called for a consumer protection financial bureau before it was created. And I think the best evidence that the Wall Street… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
The responsiveness of a firm to the consumer is directly proportionate to the distance on the organization chart from the consumer to… — Virginia Knauer Copy Share Image
