Having rationally endeavored to control nature, is he not now becoming the slave of the objects which he makes? — Pope Paul VI Copy Share Image
With respect to physical existence, one needs little, and to the degree that one needs less, the more perfect one is. — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
The latest trend seems to be these DJs doing pre-recorded sets, in perfect pitch with the lights & acts on stage. Everything… — Eddy de Clercq 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
“In a lot of ways that poor little potato' – Evan pointed directly at Jade’s French fries – 'symbolizes the reckless consumerism… — Francine Pascal Copy Share Image
That the happiness of man may still remain imperfect, as wants in this place are easily supplied, new wants likewise are easily… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
A vital difference between the professional man and a man of business is that money making to the professional man should, by… — Frank Lloyd Wright Copy Share Image
“Generally, people need less than a quarter of what they want.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“What's great about this country is America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest.… — Andy Warhol Copy Share Image
The consumer today is the victim of the manufacturer who launches on him a regiment of products for which he must make… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
New pressures are causing ever more people to find their main satisfaction in their consumptive role rather than in their productive role.… — Vance Packard Copy Share Image
Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. There is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more a… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
We must be aware of consumerism! That's our tendency. It's the capitalistic curse that we were poisoned with. We should spend only… — Hugo Chavez Copy Share Image
If thou art rich, thou art poor; for, like an ass, whose back with ingots bows, thou bearest thy heavy riches but… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The religion and the environmentalism of the highly industrialized countries are at bottom a sham, because they make it their business to… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
We must surely appear to the world as exactly what we are: a nation that organizes its economy around consuming twice as… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
The answers to the human problems of ecology are to be found in economy. And the answers to the problems of economy… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
With breathtaking rapidity, we are destroying all that was lovely to look at and turning America into a prison house of the… — Eric Sevareid Copy Share Image
But the meaning of life is not . . . explained by one's business life, nor is the deep desire of the… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
The people who have more money and goods than any people in the history of the world spend most of their time… — Jim Wallis Copy Share Image
we were raising our standard of living at the expense of our standard of character. — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
Modern capitalism has created a world totally different from anything known before. — Lesslie Newbigin Copy Share Image
Culture in general wants to connect ethical issues with consumerism. And we can see that overflowing into something that is consumed so… — Maya Moore Copy Share Image
“Because he has finally realized that it is it and not him that is loved by the woman he loves, many a… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Consumerism has brought us anxiety. Set aside time to play with your children, and turn off the TV when they sit down… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
