Citizens Quote by Vicki Robin Download Open image “Americans used to be 'citizens.' Now we are 'consumers.” — Vicki Robin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Citizens Consumers Used
I think Americans have become a - much more a nation of consumers than citizens. — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
Please, please, stop referring to yourselves as 'consumers.' OK? Consumers are different than citizens. Consumers do not have obligations, responsibilities and duties to their… — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
I think there is a big disjuncture between what we are served up as consumers and what we are served up as citizens. — Jennifer Pahlka Copy Share Image
“Lizabeth Cohen defines the postwar equation of citizenship and consumerism as the emergence of a "consumer's republic" in which consumerism, rather than social policy,… — Marita Sturken Copy Share Image
We're not citizens anymore. We're consumers. That's what we're called. It's just like being an alcoholic and being in denial that you're an alcoholic.… — Yvon Chouinard Copy Share Image
Please, please, stop referring to yourselves as "consumers." OK? Consumers are different than citizens. Consumers do not have obligations, responsibilities and duties to their… — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
We're going to be selling our product to the American consumer. We want to have Americans who understand American consumers. — Anand Mahindra Copy Share Image
Americans sadly, are the #1 consumers worldwide. We drive the market. American citizens. That struck me - like a lightning bolt! And that probably… — Mike Tomlin Copy Share Image
I abhor the word "consumer." Consumers, unlike citizens, have no implicit duties, obligations, or responsibilities to the common good. It's a degrading term. The… — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
“One day a young girl watched her mother prepare a ham for baking. At one point the daughter asked, “Mom, why did you cut… — Vicki Robin Copy Share Image
Life is too precious to be a spectator sport. We are no longer merely fans, rooting for the winning team. We are the team.… — Vicki Robin Copy Share Image
Could we chose to amend the rules of the game to create a society that values people over profits, life over pollution, mutual care… — Vicki Robin Copy Share Image
When you have Enough, you have everything you need. There's nothing extra to weigh you down, distract, or distress you. Enough is a fearless… — Vicki Robin Copy Share Image
In Nonviolent Communication you will find an amazingly effective language for saying what's on your mind and in your heart. Like so many essential… — Vicki Robin Copy Share Image
It is easier to tell our therapist about our sex life than it is to tell our accountant about our finances. — Vicki Robin Copy Share Image
Politics is not an issue whether you like or dislike , but every citizen must involve. — Khem Veasna Copy Share Image
The language we share is at the core of our identity as citizens, and our ticket to full participation in American political life. We… — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share Image
Jeff Chu's pilgrimage across America to discover his own place as a gay man in the Christian church as well as attitudes about being… — Donna Freitas Copy Share Image
“The police ultimately pay the price for poor customer service when citizens become fearful of them.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Worship isn't destructive, Martin. I know that. I don't. I only know it's the core of his life. What else has he got? He… — Peter Shaffer Copy Share Image
No greater victory can be won by citizens or soldiers than to transform temporary foes into permanent friends. — William Jennings Bryan Copy Share Image
Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together in bonds of fraternal… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
A free society depends upon a high degree of mutual trust. The public will not give that trust to officials who are not seen… — Archibald Cox Copy Share Image
My dreams were always small and puny. All I ever needed was a little house with a little picket fence by the sea. Little… — Imelda Marcos Copy Share Image
The average ordinary citizen can do a lot of different things when it comes to the climate crisis. — Lawrence Bender Copy Share Image
I think most of us are raised with preconceived notions of the choices we're supposed to make. We waste so much time making decisions… — Sandra Bullock Copy Share Image