“In the consumer economy taste is not the criterion in the marketing of expensive soft drinks, usability is not the primary criterion in the marketing of home and office appliances. We are surrounded with objects of desire, not objects of use.” UseHomeDesireEconomyObjectsDrinkTasteOfficeMarketingPrimariesConsumersExpensiveCriteriaAppliancesUsabilityObjects Of DesireSoft Drinks Author:Donald A. Norman
“Let us learn the meaning of economy. Economy is a high human office,--a sacrament when its aim is grand, when it is the prudence of simple tastes, when it is practised for freedom or for love or devotion.” HumansSimpleEconomyTasteOfficeAimDevotionSacramentsPrudence Author:Ralph Waldo Emerson
“For those of us who worry more about working people than about windfall profits for oil companies, it may net out. A better question is: what does it do to our economy if we manage to overheat the earth? This summer's drought provides a small taste.” PeopleIfsMayDoeEarthCompanyWorryEconomyTasteSummerProfitOilManageDroughtOil Companies Author:Bill McKibben
“Seriously, our nation is never going to be on the same page on issues like gun control, welfare, the economy, the environment, etc. I doubt we'll ever come to terms on tastes great or less filling and hybrids versus Hummers, and there will always be Yankees fans and Red Sox fans, and never the 'twain shall meet. Fortunately, all it takes for us to be of one mind is some buttercream frosting.” MindNationsTermEconomyIssuesDoubtEnvironmentFansTastePagesGunRedWelfareEtcGun ControlVersusFillingYankeesHybridRed Sox Fans Author:Jen Lancaster