I get no kicks from going to the gym. It doesn`t do it for me. Never has. Some people enjoy working out. But that`s never done it for me. In the past, I`d breathe in heavily between takes. I sucked it in and did a take. That way it doesn`t hurt the beer consumption at all.
- Colin FarrellI`m not eager at all to present my life out there for public consumption. I like to do one or two films a year and then do what is absolutely obligatory in terms of promoting them. My life outside of films is vital to me. - 1995.
- James SpaderMultinational corporations do control. They control the politicians. They control the media. They control the pattern of consumption, entertainment, thinking. They`re destroying the planet and laying the foundation for violent outbursts and racial division.
- Jerry BrownFinally, we should help developing nations like China and India curb their exponentially increasing consumption of oil and natural gas, which is driving world prices higher.
- Bobby JindalA Big Mac - the communion wafer of consumption.
- John Ralston SaulThe level of potential physical productivity of a society depends on both the development of the intellect of its members, and a minimal standard of both demographic characteristics and of consumption.
- Robert TroutThanksgiving 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 RandYou have to build a mass market for consumer consumption before people think about ownership models.
- Kevin ConroyThe innovations of the information age - laptop computers, broadband Internet service, blackberries and so forth '“ continue to make location less relevant in the working world. Telework, by capitalizing on those technological advances, not only offers a broad range of benefits to employers and employees, but also helps reduce traffic congestion, air pollution, and fuel consumption. Because of these important benefits, we need to encourage telework wherever possible by removing disincentives, and I applaud the Telework Coalition`s help in that effort.
- Tom Davis(Much of that imported oil leaves the country soon after it arrives.) The economy is growing at just over 5%, and yet oil consumption -- at a time when prices were rising -- rose 9% over the past year, ... My guess is that almost all the increase in consumption can be traced back to growth in smuggling.
- Michael ChambersPeople are continuing to drive; consumption has not gone down much.
- Tim HamiltonThis is a weak report overall, ... It`s too soon to say for sure we`re seeing weakness in consumption, but certainly these are some early warning signs.
- Greg JonesA lot of history is just dirty politics cleaned up for the consumption of children and other innocents.
- Richard ReevesAmericans are making coffee a bigger part of their lives, expanding attitudes and behaviors that are driving new levels of consumption.
- Robert NelsonThe only country where you see any positive movement within domestic consumption is Brazil, where you really do have a variety of coffees to make blends with.
- Robert NelsonThirty years of environmental extremist policies on energy consumption in this Nation leads to the situation that we have today.
- Marsha BlackburnThey also reinforce the need to maintain a strong fiscal position to lean against the effects of high, debt-financed consumption in the household sector,
- Michael CullenTourism, human circulation considered as consumption is fundamentally nothing more than the leisure of going to see what has become banal.
- Guy DebordIntolerable Beauty: Portraits of American Mass Consumption,
- Chris JordanAs notebook PCs become ubiquitous for computing, entertainment, and communication, the need for improved visual performance and longer battery life become paramount, ... The innovations by BOE HYDIS clearly point to a future where brighter, higher contrast, and wider viewing angle displays are possible while keeping both the cost and power consumption down.
- KamalConsumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer.
- Adam J. SmithHome computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog.
- Ab StevelsConspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.
- Adrienne LeptichConsumption may be regarded as negative production.
- AJ HansonMy disorder has been attended with several symptoms of a consumption; and I have been at times apprehensive that my great change was at hand: yet blessed be God, I have never been affrighted; but, on the contrary, at times much delighted with a view of its approach.
- Alan RodgerBy the immediate preservation of eggs for home consumption through the use of water glass or lime water, larger supplies of fresh eggs may be made available for marketing later in the season, when production is less and prices higher.
- Alan RupeArt is the production of objects for consumption, to be used and discarded while waiting for a new world in which man will have succeeded in freeing himself of everything, even of his own consciousness.
- Aleksander SuglobovI do not think that this would be the right moment to cut people`s standard of life in terms of private consumption any further.
- Alfred JarryEnergy consumption matters both to our environment and our economy.
- Alicia CoroGlobal fuel and consumption, however, is projected to increase by 100 to 150 percent over the next 20 years, driven largely by the rapidly growing Chinese and Indian economies; and this growth and this increase in demand will force prices even higher.
- Allan CollinsA shift is necessary toward lifestyles less geared to environmental damaging consumption patterns.
- Amanda McLeanIt is not government`s job to mandate responsibility on our behalf. We have the intelligence and good sense to make wise consumption choices for ourselves and our children. It is up to us to do what is best for our health and our children`s health.
- Amanda SlussThe Texas Energy Office`s Loan Star Program has reduced building energy consumption and taxpayers` energy costs through the efficient operation of public buildings, saving taxpayers more than $172 million through energy efficiency projects.
- Andre MamedOur oil problems are only going to get worse. Our trade balance is only going to get worse. So we have to slow the growth of U.S. oil consumption, particularly imported oil consumption.
- Andrea OkomskiCraft brewers are committed to promoting the safe and moderate consumption of their beverage, and work closely with their communities to prevent underage drinking and alcohol abuse.
- Andrea OkomskiI don`t see a groundswell of people willing to raise gas taxes right now. That leaves fuel economy standards as the only effective tool we have as a nation to make a dent in our dangerous and ever growing consumption of oil.
- Andrea OkomskiSo we in Congress have a very clear choice. We can take largely symbolic action and sit back and fiddle while Americans burn more gasoline. Or we can pass concrete, effective legislation that will save consumers money while significantly reducing U.S. oil consumption.
- Andrea OkomskiPoetry and consumption are the most flattering of diseases.
- Andrew RudnickTo reduce alcohol consumption by pregnant women, there needs to be a government-society approach to the issue, rather than simply regarding it as a health problem.
- Anita DefrantzThis project is considered to be one of the most important projects in the Kingdom and will fill the gap in the cement manufacturing and export of cement that coincides with consumer consumption,
- Anna KramerThe current, rather mild U.S. recovery has been driven by asset appreciation/consumption and not employment or capex (capital expenditure) growth. Future growth is dependent on additional asset appreciation in real estate and stocks if Asia continues to absorb much of our investment and many of our jobs.
- Anne LangThe real estate market has been an underlying source of support for private consumption. As that market begins to slow and weaken, that would have an impact on private consumption.
- Annemarie ConroyCAFE is a counter-market regulatory scheme and it needs to be seriously reevaluated, ... We firmly believe that it`s new technology that will get us to better emissions, lower consumption, rather than legislative mandates.
- Annette CarterThe economy is shifting from consumption to investment growth. The long commodity boom will also promote spending on construction and engineering that will grow the economy further.
- Anthony BarthelemyIt looks like manufacturing is still under pressure. We`re getting to a stage of a two-speed economy where the manufacturing sector needs lower interest rates but the consumption side doesn`t.
- Anthony BarthelemyWe feel confident that we can continue to provide the services that weve provided in the past, ... Although, we are looking for any available means to try and reduce our consumption of fuel.
- Anthony PalumboIf we are able to reduce our consumption by five percent, it would cover the difference in the price of what I budgeted and what currently stands, ... The market is tight with fuel. I dont think anybody has any idea where fuel prices are going. I think we all feel the pinch each time we go to gas station to fill our own vehicles. Were feeling the same pinch when we fill our buses.
- Anthony PalumboThe Fed is concerned about inflationary pressures, and more concerned about energy prices feeding through to core inflation than feeding through to (slower) consumption.
- Anthony ShaftesburyEven with those advances most manufacturers are not making a great deal of money and customers aren`t happy, ... Lean consumption involves solving customers` problems completely, not wasting their time, providing exactly what the customer wants, in a location they prefer and a timeframe they need. And finally it is helping customers reduce efforts to solve their own set of problems.
- Armando Coboso we can operate government more efficiently from an energy-consumption standpoint.
- Arthur Cheliotes