“Salesmanship is usually the art of making it the prospect’s problem, the salesperson’s need or desire to earn money.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
The surplus of society overrides all our traditions and shapes all our philosophies. — Walter Weyl Copy Share Image
Our inequality materializes our upper class, vulgarizes our middle class, brutalizes our lower class. — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
Women have an instinct for what the market is. We have tremendous insight in terms of understanding products and consumerism. — Bonnie Hammer Copy Share Image
The folly of endless consumerism sends us on a wild goose-chase for happiness through materialism. — Bryant H. McGill Copy Share Image
True happiness flows from the possession of wisdom and virtue and not from the possession of external goods. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“Purpose driven technology will continue to flourish, whereas profit driven technology will either perish or destroy the world.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Ownership breeds slavery: with every single thing that you acquire, comes a new worry of not losing that thing.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I like to live my life so that my loved ones give me the things I need as gifts and I give… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
That happiness is to be attained through limitless material acquisition is denied by every religion and philosophy known to mankind, but is… — Robert Neelly Bellah 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
People are realizing that what seemed important to them in their lives-materialism and consumerism-doesn't work at all to make a happy heart.… — Sylvia Boorstein Copy Share Image
Too many commercials. Too many lies. Too many celebrities. I don't recognize. Too many brand names. Too many magazines. I got so… — Fred Small Copy Share Image
Language is wild - you can't fence it or tell it what to do - and it's the same with people. Even… — Jay Griffiths Copy Share Image
It is important to recognize that behind the razzmatazz of consumerism, we all remain dependent on basic natural resources - land, air,… — Klaus Topfer Copy Share Image
I think consumerism breeds dissatisfaction, and I think that the advertisers play to that. So I cannot be comfortable with that. On… — John Elkington Copy Share Image
The danger, then, is that materialism is not only shaping how we live but the way we think as well. It influences… — Robert Wuthnow Copy Share Image
“Our culture has bred consumers and addicts. We eat too much, buy too much, and want too much. We set ourselves on… — Vironika Tugaleva 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
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
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
“When we black people commit ourselves to living simply as a political action, as a way of breaking the stress caused by… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
“The different strategies and visions of ‘reformists’ and ‘radicals’ are not the only subject of major debate within lesbian, gay, bisexual and… — Richard Dunphy Copy Share Image
“Reimagine 2025 by Stewart Stafford Imagine no Viagra, Put yourself at ease, Flags at half-mast, limp, No one worthy to please. Imagine… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
“Modern man is actually close to the picture Huxley describes in his Brave New World : well fed, well clad, satisfied sexually,… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
We, all of us in the First World, have participated in something of a binge, a half century of unbelievable prosperity and… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
“It means that, while our branded world can exploit the unmet need to be part of something larger than ourselves, it can’t… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
“But even in the much-publicized rebellion of the young against the materialism of the affluent society, the consumer mentality is too often… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
“The place where french-postmodernism has been really harmful is the Third World. Because Third World intellectuals are badly needed in popular movements,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Is the burden of independent thought wearing you down? Do you dread the indecision that awaits every time you open your wardrobe?… — Christopher Brookmyre Copy Share Image
“a life that values relationships and experiences over ownership and consumerism can be freer and more fulfilling.” — Genevieve Parker Hill Copy Share Image
I do think if you aim for quality, it's not so much about consumerism. The idea is 'Buy less, choose well, make… — Vivienne Westwood 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
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
“We buy our chains from our jailers and only when we put need before desire will we escape the prison of neo-liberalism” — Dean Cavanagh Copy Share Image
“Don’t obsess over having the 'latest' version of a product. For there was a time that the previous version was the latest.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana 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
“You may forget the toys you buy and break, but you'll remember the experiences and memories you create.” — RICHIE NORTON Copy Share Image
