A Quote by Peter Schiff

You don't drive an economy by consuming - the consumer is not the engine, the consumer is the caboose.

Peter Schiff

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Consumer Consuming Drive Economy Engine

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Peter Schiff
American - Businessman
Born: March 23, 1963

Xerox did OK in moving to digital in the commercial space. They didn't do well in the consumer market, but they're not a consumer brand. They don't even know how to spell consumer.

Antonio Perez

We marked a milestone for consumer empowerment when we began to publish consumer complaint narratives which allow people to share in their own words their experiences in the consumer financial marketplace.

Richard Cordray

We could have a greener economy, even a greener consumer economy by changing the rules - whether it's by taxing carbon or trading carbon, I'm not sure what - but in the end there's just a fundamental problem with the sheer amount we're consuming.

Michael Pollan

The American consumer, even today, the weight of the American consumer in the global economy is China plus India doubled. So, it's tough to replace that.

Fareed Zakaria

It’s in our best interest to put some of the old rules aside and create new ones and follow the consumer – what the consumer wants and where the consumer wants to go.

Bob Iger

It's in our best interest to put some of the old rules aside and create new ones and follow the consumer - what the consumer wants and where the consumer wants to go.

Bob Iger

When the consumer is strong, the American economy will be strong, so consumer protection actually serves economic growth and economic progress.

Richard Cordray

You know, I think of the global economy as an inverted triangle, resting on the shoulders of the American consumer. And if the American consumer cannot have enough disposable income in order to maintain a standard of living that creates more opportunities generation after generation, that's bad for everybody.

Hillary Clinton

One thing I would say about the Indian consumer is that as much change and as much technology, innovation that you offer to the Indian consumer, the Indian consumer is very receptive and actually keep expecting more, and we have had that great experience.

Chanda Kochhar

I'd rather play a tune on a horn, but I've always felt that I didn't want to train myself. Because when you get a train, you've got to have an engine and a caboose. I think it's better to train the caboose. You train yourself, you strain yourself.

Captain Beefheart

A cigarette is the only consumer product which when used as directed kills its consumer.

Gro Harlem Brundtland

A consumer society is about simplfying and degrading the consumer as well as the product.

William S. Burroughs

We're guided by consumer data, and it helps give us the confidence to invest where the consumer is going.

Steve Easterbrook

The responsiveness of a firm to the consumer is directly proportionate to the distance on the organization chart from the consumer to the chairman of the board.