I sense that striving for wholeness is, increasingly, a countercultural goal, as fragmented people make for better consumers. — Kathleen Norris Copy Share Image
“the mall crowds swaying like wind-blown grass, a field of flesh shot through with sudden eddies of need and gratification” — William Gibson Copy Share Image
I think that consumerism is intrinsically a pretty flawed social system. — John Elkington Copy Share Image
Pop culture is not about depth. It's about marketing, supply and demand, consumerism. — Trevor Dunn Copy Share Image
“You can't rage against the machine through rebellious consumption.” — David McRaney Copy Share Image
Undoubtedly. Love is life for younger's. But unfortunately, LOVE is nothing. except, the top selling products for consumerism — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
“Contemporary feminism is enamored with consumer choice and has fully accepted it as a substitute for freedom.” — Holly Grigg-Spall Copy Share Image
America is a consumer culture, and when we change what we buy - and how we buy it - we'll change who… — Faith Popcorn Copy Share Image
Our primary identity has become that of being consumers – not mothers, teachers, or farmers, but of consumers. We shop and shop… — Annie Leonard Copy Share Image
The gospel preached during every television show is 'You only go around once in life, so get all the gusto you can.'… — John Silber Copy Share Image
“A pre-recorded message, timed to go off just as the crowd was reaching a fever pitch. A way to get them to… — Joshua Krook Copy Share Image
Consumerism is the reason Christmas has morphed into a hollow shopping ritual that leaves too many families with debt hangovers and an… — Rachel Campos-Duffy Copy Share Image
That happiness is to be attained through limitless material acquisition is denied by every religion and philosophy known to mankind, but is… — Robert Neelly Bellah Copy Share Image
But the meaning of life is not . . . explained by one's business life, nor is the deep desire of the… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
Too many commercials. Too many lies. Too many celebrities. I don't recognize. Too many brand names. Too many magazines. I got so… — Fred Small Copy Share Image
People are realizing that what seemed important to them in their lives-materialism and consumerism-doesn't work at all to make a happy heart.… — Sylvia Boorstein Copy Share Image
Many Christians, though keenly sensitive to the dangers of greed and discontent that come with an economy of continually increasing consumption, nevertheless… — Joy Davidman Copy Share Image
What is the chief end of man?-to get rich. In what way?-dishonestly if we can; honestly if we must. Who is God,… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“The violence of hierarchy is the violence that the powerful use against the dispossessed to keep them subordinated. As an example, the… — Lierre Keith Copy Share Image
We are being made aware that the organization of society on the principle of private profit, as well as public destruction, is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Since the 1970s, we have witnessed the forces of market fundamentalism strip education of its public values, critical content, and civic responsibilities… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
To me, an economy that sees the life of a community or a place as expendable, and reckons its value only in… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
It is an incredibly difficult task to lead people from self-centered consumerism to being servant-hearted Christians. It is not a task for… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
In a consumer society, expectations dare not plateau, because a growing economy depends on rising expectations... The more we let our level… — Paul Brand Copy Share Image
“The time is ripe for confronting consumption. Not only are ecological problems like climate change more pressing than ever, consumerism has lost… — John C. Ryan Copy Share Image
“An ironic religion -- one that never claims to be absolutely true but only professes to be relatively beautiful, and never promises… — Alex Shakar Copy Share Image
Side by side with the miseries of underdevelopment...we find ourselves up against a form of superdevelopment, equally inadmissable. This superdevelopment consists in… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
“Because of this false idea, they devised an aesthetic belief in making the exterior of an object a reflection of the practical… — Tom McDonough Copy Share Image
I think of the old slavery, and of the way The Economy has now improved upon it. The new slavery has improved… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
Overconsumption is a "cancer eating away at our spiritual vitals." It cuts the heart right out of our compassion. It distances us… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Many teachers of the Sixties generation said "We will steal your children", and they did. A significant part of America has converted… — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
“Ugh. Would that Christmas could just be , without presents. It is just so stupid, everyone exhausting themselves, miserably haemorrhaging money on… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
![“Ugh. Would that Christmas could just be , without presents. It is just so stupid, everyone exhausting themselves, miserably haemorrhaging money on pointless items nobody wants: no longer tokens of love but angst-ridden solutions to problems. [...] What is the point of entire nation rushing round…” quote by Helen Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/0a8/helen-fielding-2564_bad-mood_ugh-would-that-christmas-could-just-be-w_465712.jpg)
