Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jim Murray

The U.S. effort to force GM foods upon unwilling consumers is offensive and misguided.

The U.S. economy shows further signs of stabilizing, though a true recovery is still some months away. Consumers will determine the near-term outlook and signs are positive.

The U.S. consumer right now is hungry for fashion that's new.

They are very forward thinking at recognizing consumer habits. How they (consumers) get information is changing.

They were the first to recognize that the consumer was moving to noncarbonated products, and they innovated aggressively.

There's increasing diversity in consumer demand. Automakers have to respond.

The resilience of the economy and the consumer have been better than expected. You've got so many potential negatives that it's sometimes hard to see the positives for the market. But the positives are powerful ones.

The resilience of the consumer really shines through in this data.

There's good evidence the U.S. housing sector is cooling, not collapsing, which means the U.S. consumer is going to cool.

Stephen Harper

There's no reason for the federal government to profiteer when consumers are hurting,

There's no question that what's happening in the stock market is going to hurt consumer spending. The only thing helping us is the performance of housing.

There's no question that industries that are purchasing steel are benefiting. But unlike industries that are hurt, consumers will never organize.

There's not a lot of tolerance here. Gas is expensive these days. Consumers should be able to get what they're paying for.

There's no such thing as enough due diligence that prospective consumers can do.

There's nothing more that consumers should be doing that they aren't doing already.

The trend is for higher yields given the outlook for economic growth. Consumer prices will probably turn positive after October.

The timing of the release will have some impact on when consumers buy, but not so much on whether or not they buy.

The United States doesn't have to worry about gasoline lines. But consumers need to worry about the price they pay this week. They should be prepared for a short-term shock. Only time can fix that.

Stanley Hauerwas

Israel knew that there was no greater gift than to be given God's name, but that gift was a frightening reality that threatened to consume her. Israel, who would be tempted by the idolatrous presumption she possessed God's name, rightly never forgot she could not say God's name.

What was really tough for me was that Lars Magnus Ericsson founded Ericsson in 1876; we've always had a consumer product. And I'm the 16th CEO of Ericsson, and I decided that we don't have any consumer products anymore.

We've received great feedback from brokers who have already subscribed to our home equity lead service. Mortgage brokers can be on the phone talking to a lead seconds after the consumer has requested a quote, and when their interest as at it's highest.

Ultimately it comes down to where the consumer is.

Saul Berman

We'll see a lot of new ways to get content to the consumer at CES. Everyone is trying to find ways of reaching that huge, segmented audience.

Saul Berman

We'll see a lot of new ways to get content to the consumer at CES.

What consumers would see is a seamless, cost-free system.

What consumers want is for us to mass produce moon-shot technology but at down-to-earth prices, ... isn't quite here yet, at least in the form consumers will accept.

What consumers want is a physical presence, and typically it's just to deposit their checks. What we have found in our own research is that consumers like online banking, but they just don't like mailing checks.

What consumers of online video tell us is it's still just too hard.

What consumers don't realize is that they are spending fake money which nevertheless has to be repaid.

We expect interest rates to continue rising and home prices to rise at a slower pace in the year ahead. This combination makes withdrawal of mortgage equity a less likely source of funds for consumers in the future.

We expect holiday sales for consumer electronics to be OK. Last year was such as a good year that the big gains maybe aren't sustainable.

We expect continued strength in consumer spending in 2006. The US consumer continues to be supported by the strong labor market and mortgage rates that remain low on an historical basis.

Michael K. Powell

This market is not collapsing. It is not going to fail over time, ... Communications services remain vital to consumers around the globe.