Consumerism is the one thing that gives us our sense of…

“if we are not deliberately thinking about our culture, we will simply be conformed to it without ever knowing it is happening. An interesting…

— Timothy Keller

I honestly believe that this is one of the greatest secrets to true peace of mind -- a decent sense of values. We could…

— Dale Carnegie

You have to have a strong sense of your values and a strong sense of who you are, because there are a lot of…

— Condoleezza Rice

“For the natural selectivity of the island I will have to substitute a conscious selectivity based on another sense of values – a sense…

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

The essence of good taste is a sense of values, and a sense of values is the pivotal point of good living.

— Millicent Fenwick

Unless you have a sense of values that's shared by people and turns them loose to do certain things on their own within those…

— Alan Cranston

“The marriage of reason and nightmare that dominated the 20th century has given birth to an ever more ambiguous world. Across the communications landscape…

— J.G. Ballard

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