| "Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure." »Thorstein Veblen |
| "Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog." »Doug Larson |
| "Thanksgiving is a typically American holiday...The lavish meal is a symbol of the fact that abundant consumption is the result and reward of production." »Ayn Rand |
| "Sane and intelligent human beings are like all other human beings, and carefully and cautiously and diligently conceal their private real opinions from the world and give out fictitious ones in their stead for general consumption." »Mark Twain |
| "How Kennedy knew the precise drop in milk consumption in 1960, the percentage rise in textile imports from 1957 to 1960 and the number of speeches cleared by the Defense Department is not quite clear, but anyway, he did. He either overwhelmed you with decimal points or disarmed you with a smile and a wisecrack." »James Barrett Scotty Reston |
| BTW, Why won't you become an editor? |