“We have been restraining the growth of the cost of education-that is, tuition, room and board-to be within approximately one and a half percentage points of the consumer price index.” Has BeensGrowthRoomsHalfCostConsumersBoardsPercentagesTuitionRestrainingCost Of Education Author:Charles M. Vest
“All too much of the wage structure has been based on the time workers put in, rather than upon the product put out. The consumer dollar has no interest in how much time it buys-only in the character and quality of the product itself.” Has BeensCharacterInterestBusinessQualityToo MuchProductsStructureDollarsWorkersConsumers Author:Wheeler McMillen
“Over the past 10 years, the majority of value creation in the venture community has been in consumer Internet.” YearsHas BeensPastValuesCommunityCreationInternetMajorityConsumersVentureOver The Past Author:Bill Gurley
“The consumer wants food to be as cheap as possible. The producer wants it to be as expensive as possible. Both want it to involve as little labor as possible. And so the standards of cheapness and convenience, which are irresistibly simplifying and therefore inevitably exploitive, have been substituted for the standard of health (of both people and land), which would enforce consideration of essential complexities.” PeopleWantLittlesHas BeensLandEssentialsStandardsLaborProducersConsumersComplexityExpensiveConsiderationConvenienceCheapness Author:Wendell Berry
“Disco is a major influence in the world of fashion. It is a dynamic factor in contemporary advertising. It is a message from every consumer that there has been a rediscovery of America's greatest by-product: fun.” WorldHas BeensAmericaFunInfluenceFashionProductsMajorsMessagesContemporaryFactorsAdvertisingConsumersDiscoRediscovery Author:Neil Bogart