Patrick Carman Quotes

If people support independently owned small businesses in their community, they can make a difference.

I am a regular, if not exactly enthusiastic, patron of my local bookshop. I try to buy at least some books there because I cling to the belief that it's important to maintain those businesses which put a human face on the exchange of money for goods and services.

The experience is fundamentally different for buying from local businesses than it is for buying consumer goods.

We have a wonderful district with lots of fun little stores and companies and farms.

By using locally manufactured products, you will be able to help the small entrepreneurs in your area to a great extent.

Online is not contributing in the same way as the high street in terms of business rates and to the local community.

Curbside is primed to fundamentally change the way people shop - by creating a seamless way for consumers to access products from local merchants - by successfully developing complex location and inventory technology.

Family farms and small businesses are the backbone of our communities.

If I'm hunting down gifts, I like to buy locally.

I represent a rural state and live in a small town. Small merchants make up the majority of Vermont's small businesses and thread our state together. It is the mom-and-pop grocers, farm-supply stores, coffee shops, bookstores and barber shops where Vermonters connect, conduct business and check in on one another.

As the metropolitan Atlanta area continues to grow, it's critical that we support small businesses and the prosperity of our local community.

I always wanted to build something in Vegas, especially off The Strip. I know how it is for locals. They don't like going to The Strip for entertainment or even to eat.

Iowa's small businesses are the lifeblood of our communities and the engine behind our economy.

I think local shopping areas and markets are terribly important, both for tradespeople and the local feeling of an area.

When I was a kid in the '60s, I went shopping in downtown Silver Spring. Hecht's, JCPenney, the little retailers - they sponsored all my sports teams.

We need to preserve our neighborhoods, our small business, our local economy.

My Eighth District, like others, counts on these family businesses and their teams working hard to support their families and aid their communities. As retailers, these teams often bring different or unique products to the marketplace.

Behind every small business, there's a story worth knowing. All the corner shops in our towns and cities, the restaurants, cleaners, gyms, hair salons, hardware stores - these didn't come out of nowhere.

I love black dresses. I think everyone should own a lot, but black dresses don't sell online because on the computer they don't read like anything.

If I won the lottery I'd start a charity that helped little family hardware stores, cobblers and fruit shops open in city centres.

I love that thing on Amazon that you can go on and order a book, and you click on it and it says, 'You might also like,' or 'Other people who bought this have bought that.'

John is a cottage industry in Baltimore and the city opens its doors for him whenever he is making a new film.

Small businesses are the economic drivers of our country, providing the stimulus our communities need.

Support a small chef. Not these big chains... but support the people who are out there trying to do things right and working hard to do that.

As much as I love to shop online, I also love walking the streets on a beautiful day and seeing what finds I can discover in a small shop or vintage store.