Bill Bixby Quotes

More than ever before, consumers have the ability to unify their voices and coalesce their buying power to influence corporate behaviors.

I think the big force is going to be consumer buying power.

We have all the power. Us consumers have all the power, and if we can show that, 'Hey, I want transparency,' Hey, I want something that's going to be nutritious and great,' then suddenly, kale will be all over the marketplace, and turmeric will be all over the marketplace.

We consumers have to send a message every day of what we want and what we don't.

Each consumer has the power of their wallet and their voice. They can exercise that.

A brand is only going to want to be more inclusive if they feel like it's going to be good for business as well as making the consumer feel good - so we have to encourage people to do that. Consumers have to stand up and say, 'I have power: my pound or dollar is how I vote.'

When controversy calls, corporations can be far more responsive than politicians. The market votes every day, after all.

Don't underestimate the power of the vigilante consumer.

The real bosses, in the capitalist system of market economy, are the consumers.

I'm a walkawayer. If someone brings me a really crap meal in a restaurant I will tell them it's wonderful and then just never go to the restaurant again. I think that's the best way to do it generally, rather than sit and fight and annoy your head. Just pretend to enjoy it and then leave.

Hollywood can buy a lot of pieces of the puzzle, but the great thing is they can never buy word of mouth.

Society has changed so dramatically that it's empowered the individual, and technology has a lot to do with that. Years ago, if you had a bad experience at a restaurant, you could complain to the manager. Maybe you could picket. Now, you go online and write a review that may go viral.

I'm very lucky. The public happens to like me. Maybe they like me because I use every opportunity to talk about injustice.

Boycotts are as American as apple pie.

You cannot dictate to those whose sense you are entrusted to represent.

The people who make the most noise get the most publicity. Interest groups do count as opposed to data and rationality.

Policy makers do the right thing only if the public makes as much noise as possible.

No politician can sit on a hot issue if you make it hot enough.

Politicians are, in general, receptive to those who make the most noise.

Over 17 years, I took on banks, landlords, real estate firms, local governments, anybody who treated anybody unfairly.

As consumers, we are making choices, and we allow things to exist, and we celebrate the existence of things. And we can also boycott those things we don't want to be part of.

I get lobbied by governments, schools, nurses, charities. It's not all a bad thing.

I realized very quickly that the public has a perfect right to tell you what they want to see.

I think, in my own life, I'm pretty political. I think I have some very strong ideals, and I struggle a lot with it. I struggle a lot with feeling like, 'I have a platform; should I be saying more?'

Writing is a form of activism.