We Americans think we are pretty good! We want to build a house, we cut down some trees. We want to build… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
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“To ameliorate & raise the standard of the workingmen to the bourgeois level, is perhaps to create a race of slaves content… — Remy de Gourmont Copy Share Image
The 'Dead' films allow me to talk about things that a drama, say, won't. 'Dawn Of The Dead,' which was set in… — George A. Romero Copy Share Image
“We have too quickly bought into the lie that we’ll be happier with more—and as a result, too often miss the joy… — Joshua Becker Copy Share Image
Consumerism has become a new religion, complete with its high priests at Which? and its fatwas against anyone with the temerity to… — Sean O'Grady Copy Share Image
Jail is just another micro-society. It just happens that here, the problems are far more out in the open, we don't live… — Cecily McMillan Copy Share Image
He who accepts his poverty unhurt I'd say is rich although he lacked a shirt. But truly poor are they who whine… — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
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Many of our miseries are merely comparative: we are often made unhappy, not by the presence of any real evil, but by… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Perhaps if we could popularise through the techniques of branding and consumerism, a different idea, a different narrative, perhaps the world can… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
We shuffle out of office buildings after being laid-off by draconian bosses; we sit on hold for ten minutes only to be… — Alexander Weinstein Copy Share Image
Man today is fascinated by the possibility of buying, more, better, and especially, new things. He is consumption hungry... To buy the… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
When I was an adolescent, I was obsessed with having many commercial things, cars, clothes, stupid things. Now that I have all… — Till Lindemann Copy Share Image
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It's been a real success - one of the great business successes in the United States - to break down organization, to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
[Capitalism is] that commercial system in which supply immediately answers to demand, and in which everybody seems to be thoroughly dissatisfied and… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
The Master said, “A true gentleman is one who has set his heart upon the Way. A fellow who is ashamed merely… — Confucius Copy Share Image
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“Obesity is a double victory for consumerism. Instead of eating little, which will lead to economic contraction, people eat too much and… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
Though the worship of riches is an old religion, there has never been a danger that it might become the sole religion.… — J. E. Buckrose Copy Share Image
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I saw that a humble man, with the blessing of the Lord, might live on a little; and that where the heart… — John Woolman Copy Share Image
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“When the last tree has been cut down, the last fish caught, the last river poisoned, only then will we realize that… — Native American Copy Share Image
The quickest way to stop noticing something may be to buy it, just as the quickest way to stop appreciating a person… — Allison Pearson Copy Share Image
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Toy Story 3 is so besotted with brand names and product-placement that it stops being about the innocent pleasures of imagination --… — Armond White Copy Share Image
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The biggest untapped source of energy today is our youth. I am from an age of consumerism, but my two daughters are… — Mike Horn Copy Share Image
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Pussy Riot is against the cult of consumerism and the commercialization of art. Our performances were always open for everyone and anyone… — Yekaterina Samutsevich Copy Share Image
Do not let your "eye" be drawn by the false "beacon lamps" -of wealth, or position, or fame, or possessions. Be vigilant… — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
There’s Socialism and Communism and Capitalism and there’s Feminism and Hedonism, and there’s Catholicism and Bipedalism and Consumerism, but I think Narcissism… — Tony Hoagland Copy Share Image
“When selecting a one-night stand, a heterosexual woman who is materialistic is a trillion times more likely to choose a sexually unattractive… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Give the public the 'image' of what it thinks it ought to be, or what television commercials or glossy magazine ads have… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
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