There’s no such religious force in the West as powerful as…

When I became religious, it was full-force for me. And, through the lifestyle of being out on the road with non-Jewish musicians, in non-Jewish…

— Matisyahu

An old argument with me is that the true religious force in the world is not the church, but the world itself: the mysterious…

— Wallace Stevens

Unless the church is equipping believers to embrace the values and vision of the kingdom of God and turn away from the materialism, consumerism,…

— Alan Hirsch

“I have come to believe that the major threat to the viability of our faith is that of consumerism. This”

— Alan Hirsch

In 1491 the Inka ruled the greatest empire on earth. Bigger than Ming Dynasty China, bigger than Ivan the Great’s expanding Russia, bigger than…

— Charles C. Mann

Just when you thought multi-nationals and crazed consumerism were too big to fight, along comes Naomi Klein with facts, spirit, and news of successful…

— Gloria Steinem

“In my view, dissatisfaction is implicit in the fabric of consumerism.”

— Dave Bruno

Consumer wants can have bizarre, frivolous, or even immoral origins, and an admirable case can still be made for a society that seeks to…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

“Fifty years ago, people went without clothes in order to eat. Today, people gladly go without food in order to buy clothes. And they…

— Sinclair Dumontais

America always put forth this phony melting pot theory, but it's a reality now. They couldn't accomplish the melting pot economically; they couldn't accomplish…

— Russell Means

I think that consumerism is intrinsically a pretty flawed social system.

— John Elkington

A lot of times, my work is looked at very much on the surface. It's very easy to just want to put something in…

— Jeff Koons

“Salesmanship is usually the art of making it the prospect’s problem, the salesperson’s need or desire to earn money.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

if we center our lives on BMWs, RVs, VCRs, PCs and the other acronyms of consumerism, we cannot expect our children to do otherwise.

— Johnnetta B. Cole

I understand that it's the music that keeps me alive... That's my lifeblood. And to give that up for, like, the TV, the cars,…

— Bruce Springsteen