“Companies in the East put a lot more emphasis on human relationships, while those from the West focus on the product, the bottom line. Westerners appear to have more of a need for achievement, while in the East there's more need for affiliation.” NeedsHumansLinesCompanyFocusProductsAchievementWestBottomEastEmphasisBottom LineHuman RelationshipsWesternersAffiliation Author:Daniel Goleman
“Cars, toys, aspirin, meat, toasters, water - nearly every product sold has passed basic safety regulations well in advance of being marketed and sold. But consumer credit is a kind of buyer-beware, wild west. That is partly the result of history.” WellsKindWaterResultsCarProductsSafetyWestCreditConsumersMeatRegulationToysBuyersAspirinWild WestToasters Author:Elizabeth Warren
“The economics of industrialized countries would collapse if women didn't do the work they do for free: According to economist Marilyn Waring, throughout the West it generates between 25 and 40 percent of the gross national product.” IfsCountryProductsPercentEconomicsWestCollapseEconomistGross Book:The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women Source: The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women
“In the West, we got the message that it's not cool to wear ivory. It's not cool to utilize products from these wonderful species. They are not commodities. We need the whole world to join hands in getting this message now, particularly countries in Asia and certain communities that have not been educated about this. They have not had the campaigns that we had.” WorldNeedsCountryWholeHandsCertainCommunityWonderfulProductsMessagesWestSpeciesCampaignsWhole WorldEducatedCommodityAsiaIvory Author:Patrick Bergin
“One of the popular views in the liberal circles of the West is that we are actually 'all victims of capitalism'. I disagree. This savage global capitalism is only one of the most terrible bi-products of the dominant Western culture of racism, greed, brutality and unbridled desire to control the world.” WorldDesireCultureViewsProductsTerribleRacismCapitalismVictimWestWesternGreedCirclesDisagreeSavagesDominantBrutalityWestern Culture Author:Andre Vltchek
“When I left the Lampoon, I went west to try that out, and discovered that I hated it.They were awful people turning out awful product .” PeopleTryingLeftProductsWestAwfulHated Author:P. J. O'Rourke