#consumer

We should assume that the end product can be switched off by any consumer who is offended or frightened by it. ↗

— Richard King

#assume #consumer #end #end product #frightened

I know how tough it is to stand up to powerful forces that prey on consumers. ↗

— Kathleen Sebelius

#forces #how #i #know #powerful

We need to recognise that what really matters isn't buying more and more consumer goods, but family, friends, and knowing that we are doing something worthwhile with our lives. Helping to reduce the appalling consequences of world poverty should be part of that reassessment. ↗

— Peter Singer

#buying #consequences #consumer #doing #family

Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer. ↗

— Adam Smith

#consumer #consumption #end #far #interest

Most women's magazines simply try to mold women into bigger and better consumers. ↗

— Gloria Steinem

#bigger #consumers #into #magazines #mold

I had to watch government fail for 25 years doing consumer reporting before I really saw it because intuitively, the reaction is problem, bring government and government will make it better. ↗

— John Stossel

#before #better #bring #consumer #doing

I saw how the regulation I called for made things worse, didn't help consumers and simple competition was better. And I started praising business and occasionally criticizing regulation. ↗

— John Stossel

#business #called #competition #consumers #criticizing

What I've learned in 40 years of consumer reporting is that the market is imperfect, and some people get ripped off. ↗

— John Stossel

#get #i #imperfect #learned #market

Many of us are alarmed at the skyrocketing cost of medical care, including patients, who are the consumers. However, medical malpractice is not the reason for these increasing costs. ↗

— Joe Baca

#care #consumers #cost #costs #however

My first rule of consumerism is never to buy anything you can't make your children carry. ↗

— Bill Bryson

#buy #carry #children #consumerism #first