“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
Today's consumerism has changed things. I think children are much less creative now. — Giovanna Cau Copy Share Image
A large percentage of those living in developed societies are told what brand of soda they should drink, what cigarettes they should… — Fidel Castro Copy Share Image
Nobody who gets enough food and clothing in a world where most are hungry and cold has any business to talk about… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Heavy physical work, the care of home and children, petty quarrels with neighbors, films, football, beer, and above all, gambling filled up… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
As businessmen caught a glimpse of the potentialities inherent in endlessly expanding the wants of people under consumerism, forced draft or otherwise,… — Vance Packard Copy Share Image
“Earn, consume, and enjoy life. Offend no one; don’t get offended. Don’t take sides; don’t take a stand. Don’t interfere; don’t get… — Abhaidev Copy Share Image
Consumerism has accustomed us to waste. But throwing food away is like stealing it from the poor and hungry. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
A lot of places think that bigger is better. It's like consumerism is taking everything over. — Paolo Nutini Copy Share Image
I believe that conventional marketing techniques are increasingly ineffective. Customers are hyped out. They have been overmarketed. They are becoming more cynical… — Anita Roddick Copy Share Image
“That which constitutes the cause of the economic poverty of our age is what the English call over-production (which means that a… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Plenty is the original cause of many of our needs; and even the poverty, which is so frequent and distressful in civilized… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“Do an overwhelming number of respected scientists believe that human actions are changing the Earth's climate? Yes. OK, that being the case,… — Kalle Lasn Copy Share Image
Let us be bold enough to ask ourselves as Christians whether the Church of the Lord Jesus in the United States has… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“We want our movies instantly. We order our groceries at lunchtime and expect them to arrive in time for dinner. We punch… — John Dickerson Copy Share Image
In the name of economy a thousand wasteful devices would be invented; and in the name of efficiency new forms of mechanical… — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
“The Christmas presents once opened are Not So Much Fun as they were while we were in the process of examining, lifting,… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
My first rule of consumerism is never to buy anything you can't make your children carry. — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
I have discovered that many of the things I thought were priceless are as cheap as costume jewelry, and much of what… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
I think a lot of self-identity and inner-personal development is hampered by consumerism and capitalism because we see ourselves as a reflection… — Aloe Blacc Copy Share Image
“If I were asked to name the deadliest subversive force within capitalism--the single greatest source of its waning morality--I should without hesitation… — Robert L. Hellbroner Copy Share Image
There are not enough rich and powerful people to consume the whole world; for that, the rich and powerful need the help… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
We are determined not to take as the aim of our life fame, profit, wealth, or sensual pleasure, nor to accumulate wealth… — Nhat Hanh 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
