Famous Quotes & Sayings

We have a wonderful physical plant in place. The key is to focus on the consumer and what they want and not get enamored with the technology. If we focus on the consumer, we should see all the technologies as opportunities.

We've seen higher inflation in the course of this year than perhaps was anticipated last year when wage deals were negotiated, ... Consequently that's eroded household purchasing power, and we've actually seen very sluggish consumer demand - which has been a big surprise.

We've seen customers in our industry aggressively reducing inventory balances, so shipment, sales and profits were lower than would be suggested by improved consumer purchases of our products.

The CPI is correct in measuring consumer prices, ... But it's not correct in measuring the cost of living.

There are a lot of factors here, but more than anything else, we haven't had a full jobs recovery, and the consumer is waiting for that. These numbers reflect they're kind of running out of patience.

There are a lot of creative things you can do as a consumer to further maximize your rebate.

There is a lot of developer and consumer interest around these applications.

There is categorically no consumer harm being done right now.

With consumers having ever more choice, corporations must invest more and more in courting public opinion.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The mortgage crisis is a clear instance of consumers who needed protection. There was predatory lending to people who didn't know what they were doing.

We want to become a destination for content producers and consumers -- especially user-generated content.

Yves Behar

Consumers want products that tell stories, have magic, and inspire.

P. J. O'Rourke

If you talk to most businessmen, they'll say that what they do is for the public good, but you know they're just greedy, and consumers are just consuming for the sake of their own greed.

Bernie Sanders

States used to protect consumers from predatory lenders, but strong state usury laws were obliterated by a 1978 U.S. Supreme Court decision.

We still haven't released details on how the rollover predictability ratings will be conducted but that is imminent. It's part of our consumer safety information program that will be expanding to eventually include brake and lighting performance.

We still expect that the consumer slowdown will prompt more interest rate cuts,

Tomorrow's employment report is critical for the market. Investors are hanging on every number that we get. Anything to do with consumer spending is key because consumers have been supporting the economy.

We are going for number one in the consumer market.

We're excited about the possibilities of on-demand entertainment, and eager to play a key role in providing it to consumers - with exceptional reliability.

Mark Foley

We're enabling the next generation of consumer electronics.

We do consumer products for India, white-good products for India and medical products for India and export.

We ... would like consumers to know it's false and very misleading.

We definitely have to figure that once tax filing season is done and tax refunds are cashed, we do expect consumer spending will slow down in the second half of this year, ... I don't see any way to fudge that (higher financing costs). You're not getting the employment gains or wage and income gains to offset that.

Carlos Ghosn

We don't know where the markets are going, ... We have to observe what's going down, see the trends, look at every vibration on the market, prepare the technology and jump when consumers start to think one way or the other.

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.

Anne Sweeney

I think we all realize the consumer has taken control, and they're not giving it back. So as every new technology comes forward, we have to figure out how to integrate it.

Wal-Mart is a litmus test for the economy with respect to consumer spending. One thing I'll be interested in hearing about is the sales outlook, and especially whether or not deflation is a concern.

The question is not whether the consumer is slowing. From the Fed's perspective, it's whether the consumer is slowing down fast enough to keep inflation in check,

David Byrne

The proposals are essential for the enhancement of consumer confidence,

Those were three lousy numbers from an economic perspective. There is the intimation of a slowdown led by the housing market and if the consumer rolls over, then we have a problem.

Those options for consumers are superior to what we have.

This stronger consumer sentiment may yet translate into solid core consumer spending for the holiday season.