“Some have an idea that the reason we in this country discard things so readily is because we have so much. The facts are exactly opposite-the reason we have so much is simply because we discard things so readily. We replace the old in return for something that will serve us better.”

—  Alfred P. Sloan

Alfred P. Sloan, in: General Motors, News and Views. (1945), p. 1;

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