Charles Duhigg Quotes & Sayings (Page 9)

“When the mortgage giant Fannie Mae recruited Daniel H. Mudd, he told a friend he wanted to work for an altruistic business. Already a decorated marine and a successful executive, he wanted to be a role model to his four children - just as his father, the television journalist Roger Mudd, had been to him.”

“When the vast baby-boom generation exploded into adolescence in the 1960s, marketers exulted. Advertising consultants, always eager to coin a phrase, began happily explaining to corporations the difference between 'teenyboppers' and 'counterculture consumers.'”

“America has always had an apocalyptic strain. Yet it also seems to believe that if, or when, The End comes, it will still come out on top.”

“As America becomes an older nation, it is also, by some measures, becoming sicker.”

“As the nation's elderly population grows, dozens of industries have tried to harness the political might of older Americans for corporate goals.”

“At some point, if you're changing a really deep-seated behavior, you're going to have a moment of weakness.”

“Bank of America is the story of some of the most ambitious, aggressive bank builders on the face of the planet.”

“Calling out people for not voting, what experts term 'public shaming,' can prod someone to cast a ballot.”

“Conditions in Chinese factories are harsh. They're much harsher than they are in, for instance, the United States or any Western nation.”

“Equipment sellers can pocket more than $2,500 every time they send a powered wheelchair to a patient and bill Medicare.”