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Needs Quotes by Ludwig von Mises
- The market economy needs no apologists and propagandists. It can apply to itself the words of Sir Christopher Wren's epitaph in St. Paul's: 'If you…
- The characteristic feature of capitalism that distinguishes it from pre-capitalist methods of production was its new principle of marketing. Capitalism is not simply mass production,…
- Capitalism is essentially a system of mass production for the satisfaction of the needs of the masses. It pours a horn of plenty upon the…
- Capitalism needs neither propaganda nor apostles. Its achievements speak for themselves. Capitalism delivers the goods.
- Innovation is the whim of an elite before it becomes a need of the public.
- The first thing a genius needs is to breath free air.
- The market economy is the social system of the division of labor under private ownership of the means of production. Everybody acts on his own…
- In the land of the lotus-eaters there is no action. Action arises only from need, from dissatisfaction. It is purposeful striving towards something. Its ultimate…
- Profits are the driving force of the market economy. The greater the profits, the better the needs of the consumers are supplied... He who serves…
- In reality no food is valued solely for its nutritive power and no garment or house solely for the protection it affords against cold weather…
- What matters is not the allocation of portions out of a fund presented to man by nature. The problem is rather to further those social…
- Most of us have no sympathy with the rich idler who spends his life in pleasure without ever doing any work. But even he fulfills…
More Needs Quotes
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable. — J. J. Abrams
- Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them… — Paul Auster
- 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
- You teach best what you most need to learn. — Richard Bach
- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey
- The police can't protect consumers. People need to be more aware and educated about identity theft. You need to be a little… — Frank Abagnale
- I'm not going to conform to some consumer need. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Nobody needs to cry for me. I'm going to be great. — Lance Armstrong
- Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs. — Desi Arnaz