The 'Dead' films allow me to talk about things that a drama, say, won't. 'Dawn Of The Dead,' which was set in… — George A. Romero Copy Share Image
“We have too quickly bought into the lie that we’ll be happier with more—and as a result, too often miss the joy… — Joshua Becker Copy Share Image
Consumerism has become a new religion, complete with its high priests at Which? and its fatwas against anyone with the temerity to… — Sean O'Grady Copy Share Image
He who accepts his poverty unhurt I'd say is rich although he lacked a shirt. But truly poor are they who whine… — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
Jail is just another micro-society. It just happens that here, the problems are far more out in the open, we don't live… — Cecily McMillan Copy Share Image
[Capitalism is] that commercial system in which supply immediately answers to demand, and in which everybody seems to be thoroughly dissatisfied and… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
The Master said, “A true gentleman is one who has set his heart upon the Way. A fellow who is ashamed merely… — Confucius Copy Share Image
The Internet is disrupting every media industry...people can complain about that, but complaining is not a strategy. And Amazon is not happening… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
In fast-moving, progress-conscious America, the consumer expects to be dizzied by progress. If he could completely understand advertising jargon he would be… — Daniel J. Boorstin Copy Share Image
Before our eyes we have the results of ideologies such as Marxism, Nazism and fascism, and also of myths like racial superiority,… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The danger, then, is that materialism is not only shaping how we live but the way we think as well. It influences… — Robert Wuthnow Copy Share Image
“Our culture has bred consumers and addicts. We eat too much, buy too much, and want too much. We set ourselves on… — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share Image
It's been a real success - one of the great business successes in the United States - to break down organization, to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We did not choose to believe that personal choice is the highest human virtue. Rather, we were taught, formed, forced to believe… — William Henry Willimon Copy Share Image
Under the Obama regime, the president and his allies are intentional in pursuing these conflicts from the perspective that you must sacrifice… — Bobby Jindal Copy Share Image
Many of our miseries are merely comparative: we are often made unhappy, not by the presence of any real evil, but by… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
We Americans think we are pretty good! We want to build a house, we cut down some trees. We want to build… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
“To ameliorate & raise the standard of the workingmen to the bourgeois level, is perhaps to create a race of slaves content… — Remy de Gourmont Copy Share Image
“Consumerism is the one thing that gives us our sense of values. Consumerism is honest, and teaches us that everything good has… — J.G. Ballard Copy Share Image
“Materialism doesn't matter I love you, let's live for laughter Make a maneuver Avoid being apart of consumerism consuming consumers Just be… — Andrew Edward Lucier Copy Share Image
I saw that a humble man, with the blessing of the Lord, might live on a little; and that where the heart… — John Woolman Copy Share Image
“When the last tree has been cut down, the last fish caught, the last river poisoned, only then will we realize that… — Native American Copy Share Image
The quickest way to stop noticing something may be to buy it, just as the quickest way to stop appreciating a person… — Allison Pearson Copy Share Image
When the poor farmer of India is unable to buy a gallon of gasoline to run his simple water pump because the… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Culture in general wants to connect ethical issues with consumerism. And we can see that overflowing into something that is consumed so… — Maya Moore Copy Share Image
“Obesity is a double victory for consumerism. Instead of eating little, which will lead to economic contraction, people eat too much and… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“We are a society of notoriously unhappy people: lonely, anxious, depressed, destructive, dependent — people who are glad when we have killed… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Though the worship of riches is an old religion, there has never been a danger that it might become the sole religion.… — J. E. Buckrose Copy Share Image
To the ideal of high consumption and the downgrading of spiritual values corresponds a conception of injustice that centers exclusively on the… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
The biggest untapped source of energy today is our youth. I am from an age of consumerism, but my two daughters are… — Mike Horn Copy Share Image
We cannot have a free market since it does not really set us free. It's free for interest, speculation and consumerism to… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
God forbid that India should ever take to industrialism after the manner of the west... keeping the world in chains. If [our… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“I was part of that strange race of people aptly described as spending their lives doing things they detest, to make money… — Emile Gauvreau Copy Share Image
Pussy Riot is against the cult of consumerism and the commercialization of art. Our performances were always open for everyone and anyone… — Yekaterina Samutsevich Copy Share Image
There’s Socialism and Communism and Capitalism and there’s Feminism and Hedonism, and there’s Catholicism and Bipedalism and Consumerism, but I think Narcissism… — Tony Hoagland Copy Share Image
Do not let your "eye" be drawn by the false "beacon lamps" -of wealth, or position, or fame, or possessions. Be vigilant… — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
Toy Story 3 is so besotted with brand names and product-placement that it stops being about the innocent pleasures of imagination --… — Armond White Copy Share Image
Hipsters. We all know one. They're those fun, little, arrogant people who let the ideal of 'anti-consumerism,' combined with a hatred for… — Steven Crowder Copy Share Image
We live in a society that, for the most part, is morally and spiritually bankrupt. Our culture is a culture of consumerism.… — Benjamin Bratt Copy Share Image
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