Affordability Quotes

There are really two things that have to occur in order for a new technology to be affordable to the mass market. One is you need economies of scale. The other is you need to iterate on the design. You need to go through a few versions.

When 70% of Millennials say they are pro-socialist, we need to do better than simply dismiss them by saying that they are stupid or entitled or brainwashed; we should try and understand why. And, from the perspective of a broken generational compact, there seems to be a pretty straightforward answer to me, namely, that when one has too much student debt or if housing is too unaffordable, then one will have negative capital for a long time, and if one has no stake in the capitalist system, then one may well turn against it.

Maybe for John McCain the American dream means seven houses-and if that's your America, John McCain is your candidate. But for the rest of us, the American dream means one home - in a safe neighborhood, with good schools and good health care and a little money left over every month to go out for dinner and save for the future. Does that seem like too much to ask? John McCain thinks it is.

Let the good work go on. We must ever remember we are refining oil for the poor man and he must have it cheap and good.

A lot of people realize "I don't have to work in this job that I'm miserable at every year, or every day, and I don't have to live in, for example, New York City where it's super expensive and if I live somewhere else that is less expensive and could pursue my passion like, I can afford to do that."

London is the greatest city in the world, but we're at a crossroads. Ordinary Londoners have been priced out of our city because of the housing crises. We're a city that's growing in population, but the infrastructure can't cope with the growth.

Neither of my parents live in Oakland anymore. They both got priced out.

When I came to New York, it was cheap!

If the public can't see justice being done, or afford the costs of justice, then the entire system becomes little more than a cozy club solely for the benefit of judges, lawyers and their lackeys, a sort of care in the community for the upper middle classes.

We must work towards solutions that make housing, transportation, the workforce, and higher education more equitable.

Sustainability is important because we all are responsible to nourish our planet. And real food should be delicious, safe, affordable, and accessible to all. All without compromise.

The key to making things affordable is design and technology improvements, as well as scale.

The cost of independence has dropped.

Yeah, I came over to Cambridge with 500 quid in my pocket and I had to borrow a waistcoat off another Australian player. I couldn't afford to buy one.

To give everyone a house and garden is very difficult in urban areas.

I happen to be fortunate: I live in San Francisco, and I can afford a $600 phone. Or two of them!

If we can't be free at least we can be cheap.

Cancer treatment is very expensive, and the process is painful and long. This is something that we have to collectively think about, on how to make it affordable.

There are a number of things that sound good, but frankly, we just can't afford them. And Obamacare doesn't sound good and it's not affordable.

Economy, n. Purchasing the barrel of whiskey that you do not need for the price of the cow that you cannot afford.

At the age of 20 I bought a used Fiat 127. This was the only one I could afford!

Poverty is an expensive luxury. We cannot afford it.

America's vast population of working poor can only get so poor before even Walmart is out of reach.

If you people can’t afford to live in our town, then you’ll just have to leave.

Mathematicians are fairly cheap.