Purchasing Quotes

“What America is, to me, is a guy doesn't want to buy, you let him not buy, you respect his not buying. A guy has a crazy notion different from your crazy notion, you pat him on the back and say, Hey pal, nice crazy notion, let's go have a beer. America, to me, should be shouting all the time, a bunch of shouting voices, most of them wrong, some of them nuts, but please, not just one droning glamorous reasonable voice.”
― George Saunders, In Persuasion Nation

“Every piece of art has a buyer. Only Time decides when the right buyer will see it.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“To acquire an asset at greater cost than value is simply unwise.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, Investing, The Permaculture Way: Mayflower-Plymouth's 12 Principles of Permaculture Investing

“Purchasing a large and expensive home during a real estate boom turned into the biggest financial mistake that I ever made.”
― Steven Magee

“Organizational Procurement is a tight balancing act between “cost and quality” on one side and “time and compliance” on the other side, yet a seasoned procurement specialist keeps it evenly balanced.”
― Victor Manan Nyambala

“Now it’s as if buying a new phone is like winning some kind of contest. I felt as if I were in a bidding war for the color I wanted, not that I actually care, because I’ll get a case to prevent the thing from shattering the first time it falls out of my bra strap.”
― Regina Barreca

“Buying a product or a service is not procurement, that is purchasing. “Procurement” is more multifaceted! “Procurement” will assess needs, define requirements, comb the market and onboard vendors against set criteria. “Procurement” solicits for proposals in formal fashion and allows for a fair competitive ethical environment. “Procurement” contracts based on value for money and maintains full accountability and transparency. To deliver goods and services in the right quality from the right source, at the right price to the right destination at the right time in the quantity and in the right way is not purchasing. All that requires a broad range of strategies, which in one word means “procurement”!”
― Victor Manan Nyambala

“Buying a product or a service is not procurement, that is purchasing. “Procurement” is more multifaceted! “Procurement” will assess needs, define requirements, comb the market and onboard vendors against set criteria. “Procurement” solicits for proposals in formal fashion and allows for a fair, competitive, and ethical environment. “Procurement” contracts based on value for money and maintains full accountability and transparency. To deliver goods and services in the right quality, from the right source, at the right price, to the right destination, at the right time, in the right quantity, and in the right way is not purchasing. The portfolio of strategies required to deliver value for money can be summed up in one word “procurement”!”
― Victor Manan Nyambala

“Most news agencies report based on who is purchasing advertising.”
― Steven Magee

“If the choice is between an airline flying the Boeing 737 Max and an airline that does not, I will be purchasing my ticket from the safer airline.”
― Steven Magee