Marketability Quotes
Market moralities and mentalities-- fueled by economic imperatives to make a profit at nearly any cost-- yield unprecedented levels of loneliness, isolation, and sadness. And our public life lies in shambles, shot through with icy cynicism and paralyzing pessimism. To put it bluntly, beneath the record-breaking stock markets on Wall Street and bipartisan budget-balancing deals in the White House lurk ominous clouds of despair across this nation.
Cornel West
![An Wang quote: "Markets change, tastes change, so the companies and the..."](/pic/122227/600x316/quotation-an-wang-markets-change-tastes-change-so-the-companies-and-the.jpg)
![Owen D. Young quote: "Markets as well as mobs respond to human emotions; markets as..."](/pic/118714/600x316/quotation-owen-d-young-markets-as-well-as-mobs-respond-to-human-emotions.jpg)
Marketing jingles from every angle lure patrons to turn our backs on our locally owned stores, restaurants, and farms. And nobody considers that unpatriotic. This appears to aggravate Tod Murphy. "We have the illusion of consumer freedom, but we've sacrificed our community life for the pleasure of purchasing lots of cheap stuff. Making and moving all that stuff can be so destructive: child labor in foreign lands, acid rain in the Northeast, depleted farmland, communities where the big...
Barbara Kingsolver
![Maggie Gallagher quote: "Marketers are out there trying to figure out how to get your..."](/pic/208447/600x316/quotation-maggie-gallagher-marketers-are-out-there-trying-to-figure-out.jpg)
![Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero quote: "Markets are very important but for the government the citizens..."](/pic/121076/600x316/quotation-jose-luis-rodriguez-zapatero-markets-are-very-important-but-for.jpg)
![Cliff Stearns quote: "Markets rebounded quickly from morning jitters after the..."](/pic/108285/600x316/quotation-cliff-stearns-markets-rebounded-quickly-from-morning-jitters.jpg)