Activity Quote by James Surowiecki

The model of the consumer society is something that will one day end. My personal view is that too much consumption is wrong.

— Mikhail Gorbachev

It is not just disposable income but whether people feel good about their immediate future that drives sales. It is this feel-good factor that…

— Johann Rupert

A consumer doesn't take anything away: he doesn't actually consume anything. Giving the same thing to a thousand consumers is not really any more…

— Linus Torvalds

“If you know a product’s life cycle, you can time your strategic decisions. A product is at the end of its life cycle when…

— Victor Cheng

“Consumerism tells us that in order to be happy we must consume as many products and services as possible. If we feel that something…

— Yuval Noah Harari

Buying experience such as going out to dinner or taking a vacation increases our own wellbeing and the wellbeing of others. Experiences last while…

— Tom Rath

It's not a long-term business model to take advantage of your consumers in ways that are not sustainable.

— Richard Cordray

Human beings aren't meant to be solely consumers - eventually, something has to come out. Otherwise, I don't really see what the point of…

— Jarvis Cocker

Consumerism is so weird. Its a sort of conspiracy we collude in. Youd think shoppers spending their hard-earned cash would be highly critical. You…

— J. G. Ballard

If I am correct, the use of a product based on modelessness and monoty would soon become so habitual as to be nearly addictive,…

— Jef Raskin

What consumerism really is, at its worst is getting people to buy things that don't actually improve their lives.

— Jeff Bezos

Customers want to explore. But they need to have easy access to items they choose to use all the time. The historic trade-off between…

— Doug McMillon