Unfortunately, our affluent society has also been an…

From the clayey soil of northern Wyoming is mined bentonite, which is used as filler in candy, gum, and lipstick. We Americans are great…

— Gretel Ehrlich

Developed and benefited from the unsustainable patterns of production and consumption which have produced our present dilemma. It is clear that current lifestyles and…

— Maurice Strong

Tax reduction has an almost irresistible appeal to the politician, and it is no doubt also gratifying to the citizen. It means more dollars…

— John W. Gardner

Professionalism in medicine has given us medial miracles for the affluent but hospitals that will charge $35 for aspirin.

— Bill James

We fought hard for socialism in a devastating war of independence and reunification. To build an affluent and prosperous society, we chose the path…

— Nguyen Minh Triet

We get richer and richer in filthier and filthier communities until we reach a final state of affluent misery - crocus on a garbage…

— John W. Gardner

When I first began visiting West Germany in the early 1980s, I was startled by the contrast between Birmingham, where I went to school,…

— Luke Harding

The American people are extraordinarily comfortable, affluent, and secure. It's easy for us to make the argument that God's purpose is being fulfilled through…

— Walter Russell Mead

“It rankled her that people richer than she were so often less worthy and attractive. More slobbish and louty. Comfort could be found in…

— Jonathan Franzen

I come from a very affluent family. I have been educated in one of the finest institutions of the world. Money was never a…

— Adnan Sami

Rich people in poor places want to show off their wealth. And their less affluent counterparts feel pressure to fake it, at least in…

— Virginia Postrel

...no matter how complex or affluent, human societies are nothing but subsystems of the biosphere, the Earth's thin veneer of life, which is ultimately…

— Vaclav Smil

Obama's assault on the affluent rests upon a sky-high stack of lies. Obama is too well staffed and too well informed not to know…

— Deroy Murdock

“Integrity is more significant than income. Honor is more opulent than fame. Self worth is more affluent than net worth.”

— Sravani Saha Nakhro

It's amazing how people can get so excited about a rocket to the moon and not give a damn about smog, oil leaks, the…

— Cesar Chavez