Pocketbook Quotations

Latinos are concerned about the same pocketbook issues that matter to most middle class Americans - creating good-paying jobs in this country, making sure our children get a quality education, and ensuring that our families have access to affordable and quality healthcare.

We ask from the heart that supermarkets, which are now more profitable and selling more, help us to take care of the pocketbook of the people by not raising prices.

There is a new wave of environmental consumers I like to call Pocketbook Environmentalists. They're going green primarily because it makes good financial sense, but the fact that it benefits their families' health and the environment also makes them feel good.

For Pocketbook Environmentalists, financial savings are the primary motivator. However Pocketbook Environmentalists are changing the face of the market and the planet for the better by demanding that going green saves you money.

We need a representative in Harrisburg who will stand for the hard-working citizens of Pennsylvania and not fatten his own pocketbook at the expense of ours.

Since smugglers smuggle to make money, if we can hit them in the pocketbook we hope this can serve as a deterrent.

Obviously, companies split when the stock price has gotten beyond the pocketbook of the average investor.

There is a huge market for products and services aimed at what I like to call the Pocketbook Environmentalist: a shopper who's savvy enough to know things don't necessarily have to cost more just because they're good for the environment.

I think there's no question many doctors feel ethically compromised, ... They are concerned that there is a trade-off between their pocketbook and their family on one hand, and the patient on the other.

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I think House races are most often about local and pocketbook issues and gas prices are definitely a pocketbook issue. The unanswered question that nobody knows the answer to is where are gas prices in October?

We believe at $3 a gallon there's not enough bite in a person's pocketbook to make a big difference,

The victim said the man approached her and said, 'Can you tell me where there's a liquor store around here,' and then he grabbed the pocketbook and shoved her to the ground, ... She said she hurt her left wrist, right elbow and right hip.

The thing that has worried me for most of the year is that the economy is very good, but the majority of voters don't think so. Pocketbook issues matter for the ability to win elections in 2006.

Other economy-wide developments, especially income and employment growth, typically exert a much greater influence on the consumer's pocketbook and spending habits than does the state of the housing industry.

This is about big business having its hand in the pocketbook of Texas, a pocketbook Rick Perry should be fiercely protecting from special interests.

A lot of people are wanting to help but are not sure how. This storm has hit everyone's pocketbook hard. If people want to help, they can bring items, pitch in their time. This is the perfect time to find their niche with the hurricane disaster, ... And given that a lot of (schoolteachers) don't make a lot of money anyway, this is our way to help without having to spend a lot of money.

It's all about how much your pocketbook can afford. You can take a higher deductible, but if you have an accident, you are going to pay a little more.

It starts with jobs and the economy. Voters are much more concerned with basic pocketbook issues than anything else.

It's going to take a bite out of the pocketbook and we'll have to sharpen the pencil better. There has to be a silver lining, but it's going to be more expensive.

It's not a pocketbook issue for the American consumer. We're already applying pretty low tariffs to China.

That?s a pretty close vote as it is, ... I?d like to have a little more in my pocketbook in case something goes wrong.

I'm not sure anyone has the pocketbook to compete with Unilever here, ... Nestle is a possible one, but one that would be more vulnerable to antitrust concerns.

I really think when you talk about pocketbook issues that affect the electorate, people think about the Nasdaq (composite index) and the Dow Jones (industrial average). If we got another rate hike and the market sold off on that, I think people would be displeased. If there's no rate hike on August 22 and the market rallies, you've got to say that helps (Al) Gore.

Investors are clearly expressing renewed confidence in the economy and financial markets while keeping a watchful eye on domestic pocketbook issues.

Gas prices are the classic pocketbook issue for the average person and the average family, and these are things that they notice very much. It helps explain the paradox we see in the polls: The economy is very good, but right now a majority of people say it isn't. The hurricane, and its aftermath, will only exacerbate this problem.

I began as a journalist for my pocketbook and a poet for my soul.

A loss never bothers me after I take it. I forget it overnight. But being wrong - not taking the loss - that is what does damage to the pocketbook and to the soul.

The hope is that people will get hit in the pocketbook enough times so they'll correct the problem, ... It's a mounting problem we're trying to address. We've been asking people to play nice, and it hasn't been working.