Mike Ferguson (Michael A. "Mike" Ferguson) Quotes
The pace of technological change in recent years has been both impressive and positive for consumers.
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I am shocked that Republicans can't explain why our technological and economic advantages are the result of sound monetary and economic policy.
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I don't know that I've ever bought anything online. I'm about 10 years behind the technological curve, I think.
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Indeed, we must foster cost-saving competition. And that means joining the marketplace of other industrialized countries - not just for the manufacturers who sell drugs, but for consumers as well.
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Every technological revolution takes about 50 years.
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I enjoyed running at that pace, I tried to just hang on to Valentino.
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As the ball comes down the pitch at such pace, it is a challenge just to keep going. But I'm working on it.
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A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power.
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By keeping the Internet free of discriminatory taxes, we've encouraged companies and consumers to do their business in the electronic marketplace, ... Congress originally enacted the moratorium to prevent thousands of state and local taxing jurisdictions from using the Internet as a cash cow. Rather than slow down the Internet with a slew of new taxes, we ought to extend the moratorium to allow the Web to reach its full potential.
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Just before consumers stop doing something, they do it with a vengeance.
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David Brin is a technological determinist. He thinks that we understand the trend and we need to hop on it. I don't have any such illusions.
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You don't drive an economy by consuming - the consumer is not the engine, the consumer is the caboose.
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There is simply no way to sustain an economy based on consumer credit.
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But on the road that I'm on I must continue; if I do nothing, if I don't study, if I don't keep on trying, then I'm lost, then woe betide me. That's how I see this, to keep on, keep on, that's what's needed.
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You have a more interesting life if you wear impressive clothes.
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We are so conformist; nobody is thinking. We are all sucking up stuff; we have been trained to be consumers, and we are all consuming far too much.
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I am glad to be going. This is the lonesomest pace in the world?
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No matter how big the number is, we are going to sell out, ... We are going to have some disappointment with retailers and consumers.
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Forget words like 'hard sell' and 'soft sell.' That will only confuse you. Just be sure your advertising is saying something with substance, something that will inform and serve the consumer, and be sure you're saying it like it's never been said before.
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I'd like to build myself a rocket ship and launch myself into space. Still waiting on the technological advances required for a DIY space flight.
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I always thought it'd be fun to go to a sci-fi convention, watch a bunch of Klingons walking around, all of that kind of stuff.
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Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.
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My dream is to make families a place where adults with high self esteem can develop. I think we have reached a point where if we don't get busy on dreams of this sort, our end is in sight. We need a world that is as good for human beings as it is for technology.
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The pace of technological change in recent years has been both impressive and positive for consumers.
