Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sebastian Thrun

It is only a matter of time until consumers have self-driving cars.

David Rosenberg

I think that the U.S. consumer is hot to trot. I think you're looking at a first quarter that's going to easily top 10 percent (in retail sales increase) on an annualized basis.

David Rosenberg

I think that the U.S. consumer is hot to trot, ... I think you're looking at a first quarter that's going to easily top 10 percent (in retail sales increase) on an annualized basis.

W. S. Gilbert

I think that what we're hearing from consumers today is that not only do fad diets not work, they're really just a recipe for failure.

It is important to look at what consumers are doing, not what they are saying,

Bill Richardson

It is important to have more production, ... the ideal price is between $20 and $25 -- that is good for producer countries and consumer countries.

It is no surprise that newspaper circulation is declining. The Internet has been eating away at the time consumers spend with other media. And now it is actually dictating an entirely new set of news habits and expectations.

It is in the interest of not only farmers, but also consumers and retailers, to ensure that dairy farming in Scotland remains sustainable so that we have a continued supply of quality, fresh Scottish milk.

It is inevitable that we will see a 1% or 1.5% decline in retail sales in an upcoming month as consumers become sated with new vehicles. ... This will not be an indication of any particular vulnerability.

I think we're in for a prolonged period in which construction materials costs are going to rise more rapidly than consumer costs.

I was thinking consumer DSL pricing was only going to drop to about $40 a month by 2002, but thanks to this ruling, we'll probably get it down to around $32 by then, ... For every million new lines, there's going to be about a 3 percent reduction in monthly subscriber fees.

I think one way to look at this is that if this petition is approved, then North Texas consumers are going to feel Katrina's inflated effect on rates in January.

It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. It's hard to tell at what point consumers will start to balk. It defies the laws of economics.

It did come in stronger, so that's probably good news in terms of consumer momentum as we go into the new year.

It depends on consumer psychology, whether the wealth effect trumps or home price trends trump.

I think many investors have failed to make the link between global growth and the U.S. housing market. The U.S. consumer remains 20 percent of the global economy, and a slowdown in housing and, in turn, U.S. consumption could hurt emerging market exports.

I think long-terms are probably headed under 5-1/2 percent. When will that come? As soon as we get the release of the PPI and the consumers price index.

I think long-terms are probably headed under 5-1/2 percent, ... When will that come? As soon as we get the release of the PPI and the consumers price index.

William Burroughs

Junk is the ultimate merchandise. The junk merchant does not sell his product to the consumer, he sells the consumer to the product. He does not improve and simplify his merchandise, he degrades and simplifies the client.

Nancy Anderson

It is encouraging to see our home state of Washington at the forefront of legislation and enforcement on these important consumer protection issues.

It is encouraging that consumers are taking the negative things that are happening recently. Possibly the employment situation is outweighing other concerns.

I think this week's performance has been very indicative of a bottom. The market made a lot of sense this week, since the Fed really helped to ensure the positive psychology that is needed to maintain consumer and investor confidence.

I'm still not convinced that Sony can stir growth. They have to come up with something nobody can imitate but consumers will buy. But they haven't given any details how they plan to do that.

I don't expect it to be as strong in 1999 as what we saw in 1998, which was an extraordinarily good year. But we do see still further growth from the consumer throughout the course of 1999, particularly in the first half of the year, and February was a good example of that, so we're off to a good start.

I don't expect consumers here will really see a 10 percent movement on the prices of imported goods, ... But for exporters, that 10 percent is very real.

Maria Cantwell

I don't know what the level should be, ... But I know consumers should not be paying $5 a gallon for gas.

I don't know what's going on with consumers that they have to talk on phones in the middle of theaters.

IBM's numbers looked very good. Intel's the ugly one because the worry is many investors are expecting higher corporate spending to offset potential weakness in consumer spending.

There are so many different options for consumers that didn't exist 20 years ago.

Robert Barry

Growing fleet sales, increasing competitive pressure in large pickups and escalating risk of weaker consumer spending is likely to hurt pricing and revenue.

Given fears of weakening consumer electronics sales, ... a strong sales performance is very creditable in these market conditions.

Given the huge decline in consumer confidence, this (gain in spending) does not seem unreasonably weak, especially with consumers' real after-tax income growth slowing too.

Given that the expected pace of the recovery has been scaled down over recent months, sharp declines in stock prices are having a negative effect on consumer and investors confidence,