#consumer

The corruption of the American soul is consumerism. ↗

— Ben Nicholson

#consumerism #corruption #soul

I don't mean to criticize anyone in any way that I wouldn't criticize myself. I think people should have fun, and have a good time, and enjoy the luck that we have to be lazy and dwell in consumerism. But I think that it's a balance. And our job as actors is empathy. ↗

— Natalie Portman

#anyone #balance #consumerism #criticize #dwell

Increasingly, consumers don't search for products and services. Rather, services come to their attention via social media. ↗

— Erik Qualman

#come #consumers #increasingly #media #products

Ambient Devices develops a new generation of consumer electronic products. ↗

— David Rose

#consumer #develops #devices #electronic #generation

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 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

The American Dream, coupled with government subsidies of utilities and cheap consumer goods courtesy of slave labour somewhere else, has kept the poor huddled masses from rising up. ↗

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

#american dream #cheap #consumer #coupled #courtesy

The American consumer, even today, the weight of the American consumer in the global economy is China plus India doubled. So, it's tough to replace that. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

#american consumer #china #consumer #doubled #economy

America must be the teacher of democracy, not the advertiser of the consumer society. It is unrealistic for the rest of the world to reach the American living standard. ↗

— Mikhail Gorbachev

#america #american #consumer #democracy #living