Quotes About Market

I would like to try to cap rent prices.

Whenever rent controls or increased tenants' rights are raised, naysayers wail that doing so will cause landlords to flee the rental market. Firstly, that is a canard: if a landlord charges £1000 for a room, and you tell him from now on he can only charge £900, he won't decide to instead earn nothing.

I think DVD has been a real gold mine for a lot of reasons. You were selling a packaged good in a big mass market, so you could make it huge. You were selling or renting a thing that people didn't consume. You go to Blockbuster, rent five movies, and only watch two. That's a good business to be in.

I think the thing about New York City real estate is that you kind of just take what you can get when you're renting.

Start with the idea that you can't repeal the laws of economics. Even if they are inconvenient.

You may not like the idea of putting money into a home when you're moving out. But it's demanded by the market. You need to show it off. You don't have to rip out the kitchen and bathroom. But maybe replace the tiles or the countertops. Get professional advice.

We want to replace all the T.G.I. Friday's, Applebee's - at a price point that is arguably even lower than those guys.

What's my expectation in the U.S.? I would like to replace Grey Goose.

When we talk about reviews, what we are really talking about is just a market report - it's like reading about the new Lexus. You have to know what the guy writing the review cares about to understand his take. Does he like sports cars, or does he like Bentleys?

You don't need Math to do business reporting. Business is all about choices that consumers make.

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

China and Hong Kong represent an enormous growth opportunity for McDonald's.

There's a reality that the market is changing, and the stories of the Latino community need to be out because there's a huge audience in need of films that would represent them.

If you're running for reelection in the House of Representatives race, you know, it's very important to you that you be on fairly good terms with the local affiliates in the largest market in your area. I mean you don't want to antagonize them.

We have substantially improved our position in Japan which now represents a major part of our business.

I would encourage someone to go to Brazil and try to do business there. BRIC countries get a lot of hype, but business there is brutal.

Here's a hypothesis I seriously believe: If there hadn't been a 'Pokemon' game, maybe the market for handheld game devices would have gone extinct.

Bubbles are best identified by credit excesses, not valuation excesses. And there's no bigger credit excess than in China.

One of the biggest challenges we had in the first decade was not that many people had personal computers. There weren't that many people to sell to, and it was hard to identify them.

Californians devised a system of electricity sales that ignored every dimension of the free market.

China is the world's largest lighting market. That should not be ignored lightly.

We started CapitalSource because large banks were ignoring small to mid-sized businesses, and we saw a big business opportunity as a result.

Our look and image never change dramatically from one season to the next, so we need an edge.

Choices abound in the free market. Choice creates real and immediate accountability.