Instead of asking what's wrong with rampant consumerism, we ought to be asking, 'What justifies it?' Popular art does not have to… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
The individual is denuded of everything but appetites, desires, and tastes, wrenched from any context of human obligation or commitment. It is… — Jeremy Seabrook Copy Share Image
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
Modern man is alienated from himself, from his fellow men, and from nature. He has been transformed into a commodity, experiences his… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“Because of this false idea, they devised an aesthetic belief in making the exterior of an object a reflection of the practical… — Tom McDonough Copy Share Image
“We have to create culture, don't watch TV, don't read magazines, don't even listen to NPR. Create your own roadshow. The nexus… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
The sense that materialism has gotten out of hand is magnified by the pressures facing middle-class American families. — Robert Wuthnow Copy Share Image
“If i bought something that didn't warrant more than three wearings, I did not need it.” — Jen Hatmaker Copy Share Image
“And that discovery would betray the closely guarded secret of modern culture to the laughter of the world. For we moderns have… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
One cannot build life from refrigerators, politics, credit statements and crossword puzzles. That is impossible. Nor can one exist for any length… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
Make it new is the message not just of modern art but of modern consumerism, of which modern art is largely a… — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
For why, my brothers and sisters, would you rejoice in silver? Either your silver will perish, or you will, and no one… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
“The attention of a company must be on the welfare of its consumers, not on draining their wallets.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, there are some ecological phenomenological chemicals within consumerism. — Timothy Morton Copy Share Image
“Because we lack a divine Center our need for security has led us into an insane attachment to things. We really must… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Advertising prods people into wanting more and better things. Of course advertising makes people dissatisfied with what they have - makes them… — Bernice Fitz-Gibbon Copy Share Image
Historians differ on when the consumer culture came to dominate American culture. Some say it was in the twenties, when advertising became… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
“In much the same way, motherhood has become the essential female experience, valued above all others: giving life is where it's at.… — Virginie Despentes 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
In a consumer society, expectations dare not plateau, because a growing economy depends on rising expectations... The more we let our level… — Paul Brand Copy Share Image
“The only grown-up other than Jacob who ever came into his schoolroom was Eli Willard. School was in session one day when… — Donald Harington Copy Share Image
Most persons think that a state in order to be happy ought to be large; but even if they are right, they… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
When I lost my faith in people I put my trust in things To avoid the disappointment Trusting people brings... I tried… — John Gorka Copy Share Image
“The path of least resistance is paved with high-fructose corn syrup and palm oil.” — Hosam Zidan Copy Share Image
