« All Own Interest Quotes
·
Eric Schlosser's Page
Own Interest Quotes by Eric Schlosser
1 Own Interest quote by Eric Schlosser
More Quotes by Eric Schlosser
Eric Schlosser has 35 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
-
Future historians, I hope, will consider the American fast food industry a relic of the twentieth century--a set of attitudes, systems, and…
-
A generation ago, three-quarters of the money used to buy food in the United States was spent to prepare meals at home.…
-
Twenty years ago, teenage boys in the United States drank twice as much milk as soda; now they drink twice as much…
-
The market is a tool, and a useful one. But the worship of this tool is a hollow faith. Far more important…
-
The executives who run the fast food industry are not bad men. They are businessmen. They will sell free-range, organic, grass-fed hamburgers…
-
In 1970, Americans spent about $6 billion on fast food; in 2000, they spent more than $110 billion. Americans now spend more…
-
The industry doesn’t want you to know the truth about what you’re eating, because if you knew, you might not want to…
-
Marijuana gives rise to insanity -- not in its users but in the policies directed against it. A nation that sentences the…
-
What we eat has changed more in the last 40 years than in the previous 40,000. The survival of the current food…
-
Yes, a cheeseburger and fries is probably my favourite meal. But I don't eat ground beef anymore.
-
The Golden Arches are now more widely recognized than the Christian cross.
-
If the market does indeed embody the sum of all human wishes, then the secret ones are just as important as the…
See all 35 quotes by Eric Schlosser »
More Own Interest Quotes
Popular Own Interest quotes from across the collection:
-
He who becomes a Muslim does so in his own interest.
— Abu Bakr
-
I'll declare my own interest right here at the start and admit that, like the vast majority of people, I find youthful…
— Julie Burchill
-
Very often the opinion of the clients must be disregarded in their own interest.
— Unknown Author
-
It is alleged by men of loose principles , or defective views of the subject, that religion and morality are not necessary…
— Noah Webster
-
The person giving the advice returns the confidence placed in him with a disinterested eagerness... and he is usually guided only by…
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
-
Where it is in his own interest, every organism may reasonably be expected to aid his fellows. Where he has no alternative,…
— Michael Ghiselin
-
However, I must stress that my own interest is immediate and in the picture. What I am conscious of and what I…
— Aaron Siskind
-
We have the self-evident right to regulate our trade according to our own will and our own interest . . . .…
— James Madison
-
The myths and folk tales of the whole world make clear that the refusal is essentially a refusal to give up what…
— Joseph Campbell
-
It is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats, to hide the truth in their breasts, and show, like…
— Sallust
-
I believe that the basic nature of human beings is gentle and compassionate. It is therefore in our own interest to encourage…
— Dalai Lama
-
It comes down to risk, again and again. If you risk coming out, if you risk making pictures that aren’t good, you…
— Joel Meyerowitz
See all Own Interest Quotes »
Browse Eric Schlosser Quotes by Category