22 Quotes by John Brooks

all this is quite a ways from auto makers being able to rig markets or force consumers to take what they want them to take .And the reason ; simply ; is that there is no accounting for tastes .... when it comes to dictating , the consumer is the dictator without peer

We've been waiting for this day and I think everyone's been rehearsing for weeks. Now it's just a matter of who does what once the new cars arrive.

Tim Carson understands that both Fayette and Westmoreland counties are in need of good-paying jobs that will keep our young people here. He knows that jobs and health care are not issues that end at the county line. We all share the burden of creating economic opportunity, and we need a leader like Tim, who understands this and who has the experience to fight for us.

Bradley Williams turned in his resignation. (Town Attorney) Mike Abbott is working on a contract with Sheriff Ronnie Oakes to get deputies to run patrols for us.

Cooper high-tailed it out of there. He concluded the meeting and he was gone.

I learned the town had not signed a contract with the auditor, and it's very important that we do, and that we get started on the audit. I'm not 100 percent sure what happened there, but (part-time Town Clerk) Josie (Ellis) has been preparing the information for the auditor, so we can get that information ready to work on, probably after Brian finishes the corporate tax season, in March.

(Investigator) Lester Bowman and I went over to the police academy in Bristol today. I wanted to make sure we would not lose any grant money because of losing the officers, or because of problems with paperwork being behind.

I don't think anybody really realized how big a problem this could be.

The Edsel was a classic case of the wrong car for the wrong market at the wrong time. It was also a prime example of the limitations of market research, with its ‘depth interviews’ and ‘motivational’ mumbo-jumbo.