Purchasing Quotes - page 3

Furthermore, there is no good ethical or economic reason for asking workmen and current producers to forego all economic gain in order to increase the purchasing power of all the wealth accumulated in past years. (Charles E. Wilson)
That it is logical, fair and reasonable to maintain the purchasing power of an hour's work in terms of goods and services the employee must purchase in his daily living. View quote
Charles E. Wilson
The first article carrying Vonnegut's byline, 'This Business of Whistle Purchasing,' a lighthearted criticism of a school fund-raiser, was submitted at the urging of his sophomore English teacher. View quote
Charles J. Shields
I am a huge supporter for cash for caulkers - which allows people to make improvement for energy efficient in their homes. We should do the same for Americans purchasing appliances and computers and for that matter, new air-conditioner and heating units. View quote
Harold Ford, Jr.
Straw purchasing is illegal. View quote
Jason Chaffetz
The reality is that nearly 80 percent of the world's purchasing power lies outside the United States, and if we don't tap those markets, others will. View quote
John Hoeven
Purchasing and downloading a book on to your e-reader won't necessarily protect it from disappearing. View quote
Jonathan Zittrain
If you print money like in Zimbabwe... the purchasing power of money goes down, and the standards of living go down, and eventually, you have a civil war. View quote
Marc Faber
When consumers purchase a Toyota, they are not simply purchasing a car, truck or van. They are placing their trust in our company. View quote
Akio Toyoda
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. View quote
Mary Barra
Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always be in demand under all conditions. (Roger Babson)
Purchasing power is a license to purchase power. View quote
Raoul Vaneigem
Ah, the power of two. There's nothing quite like it. Especially when it comes to paying utility bills, parenting, cooking elaborate meals, purchasing a grown-up bed, jumping rope and lifting heavy machinery. The world favours pairs. Who wants to waste the wood building an ark for singletons? View quote
Sloane Crosley
The biggest share of U.S. exports to the six CAFTA nations is not the traditional job-creation kind. These are products that are not consumed in the purchasing nations. View quote
Stephen F. Lynch
The greatly increased consumption of alcoholic beverages is very largely a direct result of the increased purchasing power created by wartime expenditures. View quote
William Lyon Mackenzie King
An almost forgotten means of economic self-reliance is the home production of food. We are too accustomed to going to stores and purchasing what we need. View quote
Ezra Taft Benson
About three decades ago, when I needed to purchase some office equipment, chiefly steel filing cabinets, I was amused by a firm whose computer, having been informed that R. P. Oliver was the purchasing agent for R. P. Oliver, offered the former a secret "kick back" of 20% if he would buy their products at the expense of the latter. Another firm offered the purchasing agent a "complimentary" woman's mink jacket, which would be sent with his compliments to "any address," thus tactfully permitting him to choose between his wife and his doxy. That would have been good business, had the computers been operated by someone with intelligence enough to notice the odd coincidence between the name of the purchasing agent and the name of the owner to be exploited. View quote
Revilo P. Oliver
It seems to me that the system of purchasing temporary security by lasting sacrifices, and of placing the interests of Foreign Ministries above those of this country, is one that never can be worked out with advantage either to the honour of this country, or to that of the Administration which pursues such a course. View quote
Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
Collectors are paying for our education by purchasing our art. View quote
Jack White
It guarantees unfailing purchasing power where it is most needed-among the countless producers of raw commodities. View quote
Benjamin Graham
And then the man reminded Max, with a serious but suave and practiced air, that freedom was a debt that could be repaid only by purchasing the freedom of others. (Michael Chabon)
Finding the real joy of Christmas comes not in the hurrying and the scurrying to get more done, nor is it found in the purchasing of gifts. We find real joy when we make the Savior the focus of the season. View quote
Thomas S. Monson
The big problem that is holding back Linux is games. People don't realize how critical games are in driving consumer purchasing behavior. We want to make it as easy as possible for the 2,500 games on Steam to run on Linux as well. View quote
Gabe Newell
It has now been over 7 years since Congress last raised the minimum wage to its current level of $5.15 per hour. Since that last increase, Congress's failure to adjust the wage for inflation has reduced the purchasing power of the minimum wage to record low levels. View quote
Jon Corzine
Purchasing the Bobcats is the culmination of my post-playing career goal of becoming the majority owner of an NBA franchise. View quote
Michael Jordan