We live in an era of consumerism and it's all about…

We live in an era of consumerism and it's all about desire - based consumerism and it has nothing to do with things we…

— Aloe Blacc

It's no surprise that if you look at the development of the economy, of consumerism, of all these things that have gotten out of…

— Peter Buffett

“On the table beside me is a book entitled Love’s Desperate Desire. Based on the cover, I would have called it My Spectacular Washboard…

— Rick Yancey

I think a lot of self-identity and inner-personal development is hampered by consumerism and capitalism because we see ourselves as a reflection of the…

— Aloe Blacc

“Logograms pose a more difficult question. An increasing number of persons and institutions, from archy and mehitabel to PostScript and TrueType, come to the…

— Robert Bringhurst

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