Quotes About Purchasing

I don't really shop too much. I shop a few times a year.

The greatly increased consumption of alcoholic beverages is very largely a direct result of the increased purchasing power created by wartime expenditures.

A lot of people are buying things on the Internet - not just white men.

People should have an escape valve for their money, their assets. If you have substantial financial assets, the government is going to confiscate the purchasing power of those assets and spend it.

People spend money when and where they feel good.

The central element in the economic problem of money is the objective exchange-value of money, popularly called its purchasing power.

The only good thing I've ever noticed about money, the only positive aspect of an otherwise pretty vulgar commodity, is that you can use it to buy things.

Printing money is merely taxation in another form. Rather than robbing citizens of their money, government robs their money of its purchasing power.

If you increase the quantity of money, you bring about the lowering of the purchasing power of the monetary unit.

If ever there was an area in which to do the exact opposite of that which government and the media urge you to do, that area is the purchasing of gold.

I went into a shop and I said, "Can someone sell me a kettle." The bloke said "Kenwood" I said, "Where is he?"

When you spend time with potential customers, you get to hear about their struggles firsthand. You see their eyes light up with excitement or darken with confusion. You learn things you would never find in a survey, database, or questionnaire. You learn why people buy.

It is production that creates purchasing power, not the printing press!

Increased wages, higher pensions, more unemployment insurance, all are of no avail if the purchasing power of money falls faster.

I would to God thou and I knew where a commodity of good names were to be bought.

The way you buy has a lot to do with the way you worship and who you worship and what you worship.

Like manchurian candidates, we have been made into manchurian consumers, who subconsciously buy when we are triggered by our brand masters.

Federal assistance helps millions of Americans escape poverty every year by providing the stability needed to take advantage of new opportunities. In fact, it is our safety net that allows full participation in the economy. More Americans purchasing goods means more Americans making them, which means more American jobs.

With paper printed books, you have certain freedoms. You can acquire the book anonymously by paying cash, which is the way I always buy books. I never use a credit card. I don't identify to any database when I buy books. Amazon takes away that freedom.

I manage to feel guilty one way or another, no matter which purchasing priority wins the day. I've either spent too much, bought cheap processed junk, or I've subsidized the sweat shop industry. Even simplifying can be complicated. GAH!

The manufacturing of most goods harms the environment in one way or another. The culprit is not the factory, but it is we who buy what it produces. Therefore we should think carefully about items we purchase.

I hope that more Canadians will become interested in in how the inflation rate target affects our purchasing power, our standard of living and therefore our life.

When I am there at our global product development centers, I am meeting with the design team and reviewing design work being done there and meeting with engineers responsible for work being done specific to that region, meeting with purchasing team.

Ninety percent of the population buys TV sets, and only about 10 percent buy business books.