“A society which is clamouring for choice, which is filled with many articulate groups, each urging its own brand of salvation, its own variety of economic philosophy, will give each new generation no peace until all have chosen or gone under, unable to bear the conditions of choice.” GivingPhilosophyChoicesGoneGenerationsGroupsEconomicConditionsBearsFilledSalvationChosenBrandsVarietyNew Generation Book:Coming of Age in Samoa Source: Coming of Age in Samoa
“One should commit no stupidity twice, the variety of choice is, in the end, large enough.” ShouldEndsEnoughChoicesStupidityCommitVariety Author:Jean-Paul Sartre
“our domestic lives reflect the major trend that dominates the consumer marketplace today: an ever-increasing emphasis on variety and choice. ... we find ourselves inventing our lives as we go along, improvising in an effort to take advantage of the bewildering range of choices that we face.” TodayFacesChoicesEffortOur LivesMajorsAdvantageVarietyConsumersRangeTrendsEmphasisMarketplaceInventingImprovisingDomestic Life Author:Sally Helgesen
“Planners and designers should encourage as much diversity in human habitats as they find in animal habitats. It is not possible to resolve all conflicts or to gain all ends. Choices have to be made. Different aspects of the public good should be stressed in different places. To achieve variety in land use patterns, there should also be a variety of relationships between the professions, not an institutionalized decision-making tree. Relationships between the constructive professions should, therefore, be deconstructed.” ShouldHumansMadeDifferentEndsUseChoicesDecisionAnimalTreeLandAchieveConflictDiversityGainsAspectPatternsProfessionVarietyDesignerDecision MakingResolveConstructiveStressedDifferent PlaceHabitatBiodiversityPlannersPublic GoodLand Use Author:Tom Turner
“Consumers presented with six choices on an item were twice as likely to buy as consumers overwhelmed with 24 varieties of the same item.” ChoicesSixVarietyConsumersOverwhelmedItems Author:Sheena Iyengar
“People have material needs, but you don't need a deodorant for every different day of the week. You don't need four hundred varieties of mustard. This is what I call too many choices. There are too many choices in America.” PeopleNeedsDifferentAmericaChoicesFourWeekMaterialsHundredVarietyMustardDays Of The WeekDeodorantDifferent Day Author:George Carlin
“We shouldn't feel restricted by our sexuality, and our sexuality doesn't have to be a cultural choice. That's an amazing variety of music within those five main performers.” FeelsChoicesFiveSexualityVarietyPerformersVariety Of Music Author:Neil Tennant