Purchasing Quotes

• Use the same measure for selling that you use for purchasing.

  Abu Bakr

  Use, Selling, Caliphs

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• Consumers have not been told effectively enough that they have huge power and that purchasing and shopping involve a moral choice.

  Anita Roddick

  Shopping, Choices, Moral

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• 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

  Inspirational, Money, Character

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• The price of every thing rises and falls from time to time and place to place; and with every such change the purchasing power of money changes so far as that thing goes.

  Alfred Marshall

  Fall, Finance, Purchasing Power

  Alfred Marshall (2009). “Principles of Economics: Unabridged Eighth Edition”, p.51, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Goods can serve many other purposes besides purchasing money, but money can serve no other purpose besides purchasing goods.

  Adam Smith

  Purpose, Economics, Goods

  Adam Smith (1843). “An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations With a Life of the Author: Also a View of the Doctrine of Smith, Compared with that of the French Economists, with a Method of Facilitating the Study of His Works, from the French of M. Jariner”, p.177

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• Economy, n. Purchasing the barrel of whiskey that you do not need for the price of the cow that you cannot afford.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Needs, Cows, Whiskey

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.2387, Delphi Classics

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• Purchasing power is a license to purchase power.

  Raoul Vaneigem

  Power, Wealth, Flogging

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• 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.

  Marc Faber

  War, Zimbabwe, Europe

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• 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.

  Jon Corzine

  Years, Minimum Wage, Levels

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• I saw a boy of the crew purchasing javelins of them with bits of platters and broken glass.

  Christopher Columbus

  Broken Heart, Boys, Glasses

  Christopher Columbus, Bartolomé de las Casas (1827). “Personal Narrative of the First Voyage of Columbus to America: From a Manuscript Recently Discovered in Spain”, p.50

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• Money cannot purchase joy. It buys temporary distractions.

  LeCrae

  Joy, Distraction, Temporary

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• The products we design are going to be ridden in, sat upon, looked at, talked into, activated, operated, or in some way used by people individually or en masse. If the point of contact between the product and the people becomes a point of friction, then the industrial designer has failed. If, on the other hand, people are made safer, more comfortable, more eager to purchase, more efficient-or just plain happier-the industrial designer has succeeded.

  Henry Dreyfuss

  Happy, Failure, Hands

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• When you're making a purchasing decision around an appliance or a car or a home, that's when to take the environment into mind, but don't dwell so much on paper versus plastic.

  Chip Giller

  Home, Car, Decision

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• That is simple. In the Colonies we issue our own money. It is called Colonial Scrip. We issue it in proper proportion to the demands of trade and industry to make the products pass easily from the producers to the consumers. In this manner creating for ourselves our own paper money, we control its purchasing power, and we have no interest to pay.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Simple, Creating, Issues

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• A good starting point [in the measurement of investment risk] is the preservation and enhancement of your purchasing power in real terms.

  David Dreman

  Real, Risk, Enhancement

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• Men use care in purchasing a horse, and are neglectful in choosing friends.

  John Muir

  Horse, Men, Use

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• It is production that creates purchasing power, not the printing press!

  Peter Schiff

  Printing, Purchasing Power, Productions

  "The Fault Lines Emerge". www.321gold.com. March 28, 2009.

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• 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

  Men, Air, Max

  Michael Chabon (2012). “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (with bonus content): A Novel”, p.131, Random House

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• Our point of view is we will sell more if we help people make purchasing decisions.

  Jeff Bezos

  Views, People, Decision

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• A LOT OF PEOPLE DO NOT INVEST IN BUSINESS.. THEY INVEST IN BUSY-NESS (They Purchase A Job)

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Jobs, People, Busy

  Twitter post from Feb 02, 2017

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• Exercise your purchasing power as a consumer, volunteer and bring joy to those in need, and share your experiences, tell your stories, and inspire others along the way.

  Blake Mycoskie

  Exercise, Volunteer, Joy

  "Fulfilling My Life’s Mission Through the TOMS Shoes Movement" by Blake Mycoskie, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• Self-respect cannot be hunted. It cannot be purchased. It is never for sale. It cannot be fabricated out of public relations. It comes to us when we are alone, in quiet moments, in quiet places, when we suddenly realize that, knowing the good, we have done it; knowing the beautiful, we have served it; knowing the truth we have spoken it

  Alfred Whitney Griswold

  Life, Inspiring, Beautiful

  Alfred Whitney Griswold (1959). “Liberal Education and the Democratic Ideal: And Other Essays”

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• Word of mouth is the primary factor behind 20 percent to 50 percent of all purchasing decisions.

  Jonah Berger

  Decision, Mouths, Word Of Mouth

  Twitter post from May 31, 2016

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• In food, issues that surround purchasing and that whole realm have a very political component and they branch into stories that can be really compelling. Just being on the farm, interacting with all these people in the industry, leads to personal narratives that can be used to make a larger point.

  Dan Barber

  Issues, People, Political

  Source: www.starchefs.com

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• Is it any more moral to dilute the value of the purchasing power of the money you hold in your wallet than it is for the farmer to dilute the milk supply with water?

  Ron Paul

  Water, Milk, Moral

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