Consumer Quotes

496 quotes by 398 authors

What does a tax do? It takes either from the producer or the consumer a more or less sizable portion of the product destined in… — Gustave de Molinari
There's no denying that a collapse in stock prices today would pose serious macroeconomic challenges for the United States. Consumer spending would slow, and the… — Ben Bernanke
According to the International Institute for Environment and Development, the annual amount spent globally on advertising aimed at increasing consumption topped $430 billion in 1998.Consumer… — Jacques Ellul
This is the standard procedure for corporate growth these days; one company buys up another on loans that are floated on the basis of future… — Eric Kierans
The development of capitalism consists in everyone having the right to serve the consumer better or more cheaply. — Ludwig von Mises
The consumers are asking for, they lose their office. Their task is service to the consumer. Profit and loss are the instruments by means of… — Ludwig von Mises
Human beings are themselves considered consumer goods to be used and then discarded. We have created a 'disposable' culture which is now spreading. It is… — Pope Francis
In a word, the consumer of mass culture is lonely, not only lonely, but spiritually impoverished. — Walker Percy
The consumer, so it is said, is the king each is a voter who uses his money as votes to get the things done that… — Paul Samuelson
Consumer: A person who is capable of choosing a president but incapable of choosing a bicycle without help from a government agency. — Herbert Stein
...it's always been difficult for us to lead an examined life as a corporation. I've always felt like a company has the responsibility to not… — Yvon Chouinard
In fast-moving, progress-conscious America, the consumer expects to be dizzied by progress. If he could completely understand advertising jargon he would be badly disappointed. The… — Daniel J. Boorstin
I like cars that are ahead of their times, and that were noble failures because they were built to a higher standard than the consumer… — Jay Leno
Nothing can prevent the united consumer from working for themselves with the aid of mutual credit, from building factories, workshops, houses for themselves, from acquiring… — Gustav Landauer
Going green doesnâ€™t start with doing green acts â€” it starts with a shift in consciousness. This shift allows you to recognize that with every… — Ian Somerhalder
I am still a consumer; the consumer world was the world I emerged into, whose air I breathed for a very long time, and its… — Bill McKibben
The more people there are, the more food we need, the more space we occupy, the more resources and consumer goods we wish to have… — Prince Philip
There's an expectation these days that novels - like any other consumer product - should be made on a production line, with one dropping from… — Donna Tartt
Most of the major consumer-goods companies roll out their marketing programs in the I-4 corridor. It reflects what America looks like. — Bob Buckhorn
Treat all economic questions from the viewpoint of the consumer, for the interests of the consumer are the interests of the human race. — Frederic Bastiat

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