#consumer

You know, I think of the global economy as an inverted triangle, resting on the shoulders of the American consumer. And if the American consumer cannot have enough disposable income in order to maintain a standard of living that creates more opportunities generation after generation, that's bad for everybody. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#american #american consumer #bad #cannot #consumer

Foreign capital to build new cinemas will help modernize China's aging cinema infrastructure, attract Chinese consumers back into cinemas, and increase demand for U.S. films. ↗

— Jack Valenti

#attract #back #build #capital #china

Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps. ↗

— Quentin Crisp

#carry #consumer #green #marketed #must

For years, we've grown dependant on American consumers as the world's spenders of last resort. They've kept Europe out of recession, allowed China to industrialise, and prevented global deflation. But at the same time, they've not been looking after their own futures. ↗

— Evan Davis

#allowed #american #american consumers #been #china

The re-establishment of an ecological balance depends on the ability of society to counteract the progressive materialization of values. The ecological balance cannot be re-established unless we recognize again that only persons have ends and only persons can work towards them. ↗

— Ivan Illich

#economy #environment #humanity #society #economy

I don't think there is any franchise more powerful than ours around securing the consumer experience and we will not concede that to anyone including Microsoft. ↗

— John W. Thompson

#anyone #around #concede #consumer #experience

Pop culture is not about depth. It's about marketing, supply and demand, consumerism. ↗

— Trevor Dunn

#consumerism #culture #demand #depth #marketing

I also believe that it's the right thing to do, to maintain strong consumer confidence in our food systems. And I believe that the consumer should have strong confidence in our food systems. ↗

— Ann Veneman

#believe #confidence #consumer #consumer confidence #food

Locally produced foods - defined as those harvested within a 100-mile radius of one's home - have a lesser impact on the environment because of the decreased need for transportation from source to consumer. ↗

— Tyler Florence

#consumer #decreased #defined #environment #foods

We have been restraining the growth of the cost of education-that is, tuition, room and board-to be within approximately one and a half percentage points of the consumer price index. ↗

— Charles Vest

#been #consumer #cost #growth #half