Quote by Dolores Hayden

“In the United States there are sixteen-and-a-half square feet of mall space for every man, woman, and child.”

— Randy Alcorn

If you think the United States has stood still, who built the largest shopping center in the world?

— Richard M. Nixon

There's almost 70 billion in square feet under construction in high rises in commercial, residential and light manufacturing. And we estimate about 30 billion…

— James Chanos

“It is deeply ironic that while America was hemming and hawing over whether to go metric on account of its shrinking place in world…

— John Bemelmans Marciano

Somewhere along the way America became a giant mall with a country attached.

— Ben Fountain

The U.S. Census Bureau reports that American homes are 650 square feet larger today than they were in 1980. Unfortunately, so are most Americans.

— Conan O'Brien

You can't deny the experience of a store. It's fantastic if you're a global brand and you've got the power or the funds to…

— Matthew Williamson

I think Americans have become a - much more a nation of consumers than citizens.

— Norman Lear

“Therefore, the very large department store should not be viewed as a sinful undertaking, as, for example, the Tower of Babel. It is, rather,…

— Joseph Roth

The American consumer is also the American worker, and if we don't do something to protect our manufacturing base here at home, it is…

— Lindsey Graham

More and more department stores are acting as the shop window for a range of retailers now, using space more efficiently to recreate the…

— Chuka Umunna

America is a great disappointment to me. As I said in one of my books, other societies create civilisations; we build shopping malls.

— Bill Bryson